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LCS board will budget on anticipated allowable growth money (03/09/10)
Le Mars Community School Board of Education members gave their approval to a budget timeline that will culminate in a certified 2010-11 budget to be filed with the state by April 15, 2010. The board directed Superintendent Dr. Todd Wendt to develop the 2010-11 budget working under the assumption of a 2 percent allowable growth in state funding and a Cash Reserve Levy of $750,000...

County budget passes without a hitch, despite 'no' vote (03/03/10)
Taxpayers had nothing to say Tuesday before Plymouth County's 2010-11 budget was finalized. The Plymouth County Supervisors approved the $21,891,804 budget with a 4-1 vote, after no one attended a public hearing.

Vander Plaats ready to put government on chopping block (02/09/10)
Gubernatorial hopeful Vander Plaats thinks he has some answers for Iowa's troubled economy -- and the top one is shrinking the government. Vander Plaats spoke Monday to about a dozen people at the Le Mars Pizza Ranch during a tour hitting all 99 of Iowa's counties...

MidAmerican Energy calls for safety, continues storm restoration (01/26/10)
MidAmerican Energy reminds customers to take additional safety precautions as work continues to restore service to thousands of customers impacted by this week's ice storm. Today (Tuesday) MidAmerican Energy reported only one outage in Plymouth County...

Proposed city budget holds the line on tax levy (01/20/10)
The City of Le Mars is working to keep the tax levy at its current level in the proposed 2011 budget. The $16.1 million budget with $5.5 million in the general fund is similar to the current fiscal year 2010 budget of $15.9 million, Assistant City Administrator Bill Cole said...

Senator says cuts deliver hard blow to schools (10/13/09)
Last week Iowa Gov. Chet Culver imposed 10 percent cuts on all state departments to shore up the state's 2009-10 budget. "Everybody's going to feel the pain here," said Rep. Chuck Soderberg. "Some are going to feel it worse than others." For example, he noted, the 10 percent cuts will affect K-12 schools and human services departments, but until officials determine how the budgets will be trimmed the full impact won't be known...

First half property taxes due Sept. 30 (09/23/09)
Plymouth County Treasurer Linda Dobson reminds property owners that the first installment of real estate and mobile home taxes is due Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Property tax information may be obtained online at www.iowatreasurers.org or by calling the treasurer's office at (712) 546-7056...

Loess Hills Alliance seeks board member (11/11/08)
The Loess Hills Alliance has an open seat for a board member. The aim of the alliance is to protect the natural and cultural resources of Iowa's Loess Hills and to ensure economic viability and private property rights in that region. The board of directors meets once every three months...

Work on GIS website puts Plymouth County on the map (09/02/08)
Plymouth County's success with owning and operating a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) website will soon be known around the world. Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise, owner of AutoCad Map 3D software used on the county's GIS website, wrote a customer success story that will be published in the company's trademark magazines, displayed at GIS conferences and on its website...

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