Stratford News

Are you of Swedish decent, have Swedish ancestors, or just want to see how the Swedish lived in Iowa? Then come to Stratford on Friday, Aug.

Beginning today, Webster County consumers will see a slightly higher sales tax. Rates on items subjected to sales tax have increased from 6.5 to 7 percent - or 7 cents on every dollar spent.

The Stratford Jaycees and ELC will be hosting a benefit for Webster City native Troy Johnson from Sunday at the Stratford City Park.

Residents of Hamilton County got to meet some interesting people from long ago Wednesday night.

Utility rate increases haven't missed residents of the town of Stratford, as city council members there recently approved ordinances that will increase water and sewer rates In the new ordinances, sewer rates will increase $5 per 1,000 gallons.

Kevin Carroll Bordwell passed away on May 28, of 2009 in Stratford, Iowa at the age of 43.

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department says a Florida rape suspect has died in Iowa.

Authorities said Kevin Carroll Bordwell, 43, was found about 3 a.m. near the intersection of Stagecoach Road and 370th Street in Hamilton County.

As 13-year-old Airman James Ratekin listened for the sound of an aircraft emergency locator transmitter-ELT- Saturday afternoon, he turned with his locating device as the sound became louder to find the site of the downed "plane." Although there wasn't really a missing plane, Ratekin and fellow Civil Air Patrol cadets - 14-year-old Airman Josh ...

Wide-eyed children surround a pig pen and chicken coop and gaze at a windmill and barn at Living History Farms, a working museum in Urbandale, Iowa .

McKenna Mitchell, of Webster City, got a little lesson on the traditions of her Swedish ancestors Saturday morning.

In the mid-1980s, a group of Hamilton County residents gathered to discuss ways to recover from the ongoing farm crisis of the time.

Hamilton County Solid Waste Commission members Wednesday night learned that the Stratford City Council has expressed an interest in withdrawing from the transfer station.

A Webster County local option sales and services tax was overwhelmingly approved Tuesday - albeit by a relative handful of total voters.

At last November's general election, Webster County voters approved the imposition of a 1 percent local option sales tax that will take effect July 1. This tax replaces the current one-half percent tax that ...

The Webster County Local Option Sales and Service tax is collected by adding a 1 cent per dollar on purchases subject to the Iowa sales and service tax.

People in the town of Stratford are working together to run a community grocery store, two years after the Stratford Food Center shut down.

HOSPITALS Visiting hours are 3:30 to 8 p.m. at Mary Greeley. Mary Greeley Medical Center The names of the following patients are published with their permission: Admitted Jan.

HOSPITALS Visiting hours are 3:30 to 8 p.m. at Mary Greeley. Mary Greeley Medical Center The names of the following patients are published with their permission: Admitted Jan.

Unless you've been living under a rock somewhere, you know that this is a challenging economic era the likes most of us have never experienced.