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When life was simple: Fitzgerald recalls pony carts and hand-me-downs (12/03/09)
Editors Note: This story is the first in a weekly series looking back at life decades ago and remembering a time when people's lifestyle was very different than today. Was life simpler when $1 bought four gallons of gas or during the Great Depression when it cost less to use corn as fuel than sell it or when children played baseball instead of computer games?...

Olympic champion returns to roots: Jennie Finch headlines Pink Ribbon Night (10/30/09)
You won't find too many natives of Southern California who enjoy the smell of a cattle farm. But Jennie Finch is not your typical California girl. "It's funny how you appreciate the smell of cows and cornfields," said Finch, a softball pitcher for Team USA and a two-time Olympian, said in Le Mars Thursday. ...

Ethanol outlook: Where is the industry headed? (10/21/09)
Editor's note: This story is part two of a pair of stories looking deeper at the ethanol industry and Plymouth Energy's recent quest to raise $10 million for the ethanol plant. In the past decade, ethanol has been both a golden egg and a rotten one...

Stabbing trial begins for Velarde (12/10/08)
When Josh Thompson first saw Christopher Velarde at a bar on April 27, 2008, Velarde complimented Thompson on his New York Yankees baseball cap. The next date the two men would see the hat was in court as a piece of crime scene evidence that would link them together...

Daily Sentinel welcomes Geleynse as co-sports editor (11/19/08)
All the way from a state where agriculture means apples, carrots and blueberries, Jesse Geleynse is joining the staff at the Le Mars Daily Sentinel as co-sports editor. Geleynse grew up playing baseball and soccer in Mount Vernon, Wash., about an hour north of Seattle...

Farrer says fair is five best days of summer (07/16/08)
When you think of livestock at the Plymouth County Fair, rabbits and poultry may not be the steer or swine you were imagining. Thirteen-year-old Grady Farrer would disagree. The owner of rabbits, chickens and pheasants, Farrer believes that poultry and rabbits are where the real livestock shows occur...

LOST requests approach half a million dollars (03/25/08)
An outdoor saddle club arena in Merrill. A rented van for a mission trip to Montana. A handicapped-accessible bathroom at the Le Mars Little League Park. A kids' cabin at the Plymouth County Historical Museum. These are just a few of the 36 projects that county groups are seeking money for through the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) grant program...

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