SMOKE STARTED COMING THROUGH VENTS INTO THE MEDIA CENTER AND ADJACENT CLASSROOMS AROUND 1:45PM. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TODD WENDT SAYS THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A FURNACE PROBLEM.

A Plymouth County has found a northwestern Iowa man not guilty for a fatal traffic accident near Le Mars in 2007.

Area children are invited to visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus at Santa's Palace in December.

Red light runners beware: you could be risking your life if you ignore railroad crossing signals.

Larry Rolfes , a member of American Legion Wasmer Post 241, presents a crocheted American flag throw to Stub Jessen , who is the last surviving World War II prisoner of war in Plymouth County.

Marlene Fitzpatrick is retiring as choir director and liturgist at St. James Catholic Church in Le Mars, a position she's held for 35 years.

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.