Le Mars News Archives

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.

Iowa Rep. Steve King met with the Honor Flight veterans and guardians at the World War II Memorial.

Members of the C-Troop, First 113th Cavalry pose in desert gear in this photo from an Iraq tour of duty.

Le Mars City Hall employees Ann Bunkers and Angie Kneip, prepare for the "After 5" Recycle Open House set for 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday at city hall.

Christian Needs Center director Jessica Larson explains that the food pantry needs donations to help provide boxes of food for families during the Christmas season.

Dave Rask, left, and Jason Risser, both with Mission Aviation Fellowship, talk about their flight to Le Mars in a new Kodiak plane while it is being refueled.

A man who allegedly fired a shotgun near a moving car in Le Mars after the driver and passenger rang his doorbell and ran away was found guilty of two charges Thursday.

THE LE MARS BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT TURNED DOWN CONDITIONAL USE AND SETBACK VARIANCES LAST TUESDAY.

Lu Rolfes, the head of the local Weight Watchers group, is leading their effort in the national program Lose For Good by donating 66 pounds of food to the Christian Needs Center -- equal to the 66 pounds she lost in Weight Watchers.

Twenty-six men will "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" Saturday to raise awareness for Domestic Violence.

Pat French looks on as Becky Wiersma holds a red, white and blue quilt top, one of 20 completed in a second round of sewing for the American Hero Quilts project.

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.

During a recent drill, Le Mars firefighters practice dealing with the dangers of smoke -- pulling a firefighter who went down out of the building and giving first aid.

What the heck is L.E.E.P. ? Posted Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at 9:50 PM << Previous Respond *L.E.E.P. to announce first event... With the confirmed reduction in L.C.S.D. student numbers, L.E.E.P. is planning a November 2009 "Taverns for Textbooks" event to help soften another financial hit to education.

Answers are still being sought in the death of a 29-year-old Remsen man who was found dead at noon Monday in a pickup truck partially submerged in the Little Sioux River, just north of Kingsley.

Checking their position on the globe using a GPS unit, Matt Faltys, Cody Uhing, Liza Stork and Brian Walter, of Tekamah, Neb.

Le Mars will be one of more than 1,400 U.S. and Canadian cities to have area residents participate in the National Life Chain Sunday 2009 this weekend.