Akron News

Supporting libraries and a women's shelter are some of the first requests for money in 2010-11 to come before the Plymouth County Supervisors.

JEANNIE FRERICHS, AKRON LIBRARY DIRECTOR, TUESDAY ASKED SUPERVISORS TO INCREASE FUNDING.

TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED. . THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS 33-YEAR-OLD SABRINA BROWN OF AKRON WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON COUNTY ROAD K-22, NEAR COUNTY ROAD C-80. THE CAR BROWN WAS DRIVING WENT INTO THE DITCH AFTER SHE LOST CONTROL DUE TO ICE ON THE ROAD.

Accepting Community Foundation of Greater Plymouth County grants were, front row -- JoEtte Hiemstra for Kingsley Ambulance; Mary Ann Arens for Plymouth County Historical Museum; Kay Luckett for Le Mars Arts Council.

CHAIRPERSON CAROL SCHNEIDER TODAY INTRODUCED 27 GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE 142-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER PLYMOUTH COUNTY.

More than $8 million worth of federal stimulus dollars has been quietly sliding through the IV of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and into Plymouth County's veins.

Truck driver Herbert Sprouse knew better than to keep going Tuesday afternoon. Interstate Highway 35 was slick and covered in snow, and at age 61, Sprouse has learned a thing or two about bad weather.

THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY 4-H AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY WILL ELECT FAIR BOARD MEMBERS, RECAP THE FAIR, VOTE ON THE CHANGE OF BYLAWS, AND HEAR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FAIR.

THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS THE ACCIDENT WAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 12 AND COUNTY ROAD K-18 SOUTH.

It's widely known that drug addictions can kill, but what about simply experimenting.

A northwest Iowa man has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for the prescription drug overdose death of another man.

THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD IS DEDICATING THE NEW BOAT RAMP AND RIVER ACCESS SOUTH OF AKRON TO THE MEMORY OF FORMER CONSERVATION BOARD MEMBER RON WILMOT.

Plymouth County Pheasants Forever is offering a free youth mentor hunt this weekend to anyone ages 12-15. Youth can sign up to hunt Saturday, Sunday or both days.

Jane Sherman who has made pies for restaurants, bake sales, and now her own baking business, doesn't keep her perfect pie crust recipe under wraps.

It was the single bloodiest battle of World War Two for American forces... Iwo Jima.

THE LOCATION BEING CONSIDERED IS ABOUT EIGHT MILES FROM SIOUX CITY. JOHN DENNEY OF WESTFIELD IS PROPOSING THE NINE-HOLE COURSE ON LAND IN WESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY'S SIOUX TOWNSHIP IN SECTION 16.

EEKHOFF WILL BE BASED IN THE DOWNTOWN LE MARS' MAIN BANK. . EEKHOFF IS DESCRIBED BY FIRST NATIONAL BANK PRESIDENT AND C-E-O ROGER CLAYPOOL AS THE PERFECT FIT FOR FIRST NATIONAL.

A Sioux City man is in jail after police say he abused a 5-year-old girl. 18-year-old Lawrence Hoffman is charged with having inappropriate contact with a child.

THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISTRICT'S REORGANIZATION INVOLVING RURAL AND CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS IS PART OF THE REASON THE SCHOOL IS HOSTING THE LE MARS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE "AFTER 5." . DOCTOR LEON SCOTT OF LE MARS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR 10 YEARS AND RETIRED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

Tony Ryan came home to Iowa to become Akron-Westfield Community School's new superintendent at in July.