âMessenger photo by Anne Blankenship
Officials with KC Nielsen Ltd., an authorized John Deere dealership, broke ground for a new 54,000-square foot showroom south of Webster City Wednesday morning. Company officials Ken Nielsen, Tony Nielsen, Tyler Nielson and Dennis Simmons, store manager, manned the shovels to turn the first bit of soil at the construction site. âMessenger photo by Anne Blankenship
Gerald Peterson, of Peterson Construction, visits with Ken Nielsen and Tony Nielsen following the groundbreaking ceremony held Wednesday for the new KC Nielsen dealership south of Webster CIty. Peterson Construction will be doing some of the subcontracting for the construction, according to Tony Nielsen.
Leah Mulholland
WEBSTER CITY The Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors said in a statement that it is “ready to finally be able to move forward.”
The statement came just days after former administrative assistant Leah Mulholland, 41, was sentenced in Hamilton County District Court on a charge of first degree theft. Mulholland received a 10-year suspended prison sentence, five years of probation, a $1,000 suspended fine and she will have to make restitution in the amount of $193,205.08.
Three other charges ongoing criminal conduct influence enterprise, forgery and unauthorized use of credit cards were dismissed.
She was arrested in February 2020 following a lengthy investigation related to more than $239,586.23 in improper disbursements from the Webster City Chamber of Commerce. She entered a plea of guilty to the theft charge on Dec. 4, 2020.