Le Mars News

Editor's note: This story is the first in a pair of stories looking deeper at a recent downtown market analysis led by the Main Street Iowa program.

Le Mars City Council members Tuesday put their stamp of approval on a new 2 1/2 year management/operations agreement with the Le Mars YMCA.

Drew De Kok, warehouse manager for Food Bank of Siouxland, helps Patricia Rachuy, of the Le Mars Wal-Mart, load boxes of donated food into a truck.

At Bob's Drive-In, the famous Bob's Dogs have been in demand for six decades. Here Nathan Kass, general manager, and Myles Kass, owner, serve up another loaded hotdog at the restaurant, which opened in 1949.

The City of Le Mars rolled out its newly designed website today . The site carries the same address, www.lemarsiowa.com , but offers much more than its 10-year-old predecessor, said Jessica Lingren, manager of the Le Mars Convention & Visitors Bureau .

The Royal T III glows for its last showing Tuesday under the Johnson family ownership.

The Plymouth County Supervisors made no adjustments Tuesday in their canvass of last week's city elections.

Burning corn took out one of the Hinton Co-op's grain dryers Wednesday. The Hinton Fire Department responded to a 3:15 p.m. call reporting smoke coming from one of the two grain dryers at the Hinton Co-op. "There was a pretty good fire in the upper third of the grain dryer," Hinton Fire Chief Chad Beck said.

A Le Mars couple will be transforming a former grain mill site west of Le Mars into a manufacturing business for semi trailers.

NEAR IDA GROVE, Iowa - As folks, in Maine, vote publicly on same-sex marriage, four men running for Iowa governor want voters in the "hawkeye state" to have the same chance.

The Boji Babes of Okoboji are more than a group of pretty women whose images light up the pages of a calendar.

There wasn't a rush for the city elections Tuesday -- unlike the 2008 presidential election or the ISL vote -- so Bernice Less, of Le Mars, had time to quilt when she wasn't helping voters with changes of address.

Plans are underway for the Fifth Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner. The turkey meal, organized by Rejoice! Community Church and the Eagles will be hosted at the Eagles Club in Le Mars from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. November 26.

Kent Hanstein and Beth Dreckman are officially new owners of the Le Mars Truck Stop after taking the reins Oct.

The men from Wisconsin who died in the crash were on the flight from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin to Winner, South Dakota for a hunting trip.

All 11 Plymouth County cities will hold elections Tuesday. In Le Mars there are no contested races and incumbents are running unopposed for mayor, three city council seats and two Floyd Valley Hospital Board of Trustee seats.

Le Mars Community Education Enhancement Project will hold its first fundraiser, Nov.

Shel Ruden, owner of Heavenly Healing, moved her massage therapy business, which she started in her home in 2008, into downtown Le Mars late this summer.

ANYONE WITH FLU SYMPTOMS SUCH AS FEVER, COUGH, NASAL CONGESTION, VOMITING OR DIARRHEA IS NOT ALLOWED TO VISIT PATIENTS.

Railroading in Plymouth County and ethnic foods of the area will be the focus of a program Sunday at the Plymouth County Historical Museum.