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'A Time to Remember' benefits local Alzheimer's programming (02/23/10)
Jerry and Audrey Scholten, of Le Mars, will serve as honorary chairpersons for the upcoming Wine & Roses event in Le Mars, "A Time to Remember." The event benefits the Alzheimer's Association. The Scholtens encourage everyone to generously donate to help provide optimal care and services to the persons and their families confronting this disease...

Pioneer Village Christmas readies for weekend activities (12/10/09)
Pioneer Village Christmas will hold its second and final weekend of activities Saturday and Sunday evening, open from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. New this year are displays in the Round Barn, with the live nativity performed twice each evening at the barn's entrance. Displays of Santas, snowmen, lighted ceramic village pieces and animated Christmas figures are inside...

Pioneer Village Christmas opens Saturday (12/03/09)
Pioneer Village Christmas will open for two weekends of holiday fun Saturday at the Plymouth County Fairgrounds. Hours are 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 5, 6, 12 and 13. For the first time in many years, the Round Barn will be open to visitors with displays and the live nativity...

Faber's hobby wine earns high rank (10/28/09)
A Le Mars man's wine, made from grapes grown in his backyard and fermented in his basement, was picked champion in its class last weekend. Wayne Faber entered his dry red wine in the Schleswig Wine and Bier Contest last weekend, an annual event for Schleswig, 45 miles south of Cherokee...

Former teacher turned author returns to Hinton (09/21/09)
Jane Kauzlarich wrote her book "Quack," then she published it and began selling it and now she's written a song about it. Kauzlarich, a retired Hinton Community School teacher, will be reading "Quack" and singing with pre-kindergarten through fifth graders Wednesday at the school...

A Hinton vintage: Couple opens winery (06/02/09)
The bundle of 400 grape vines that arrived at Barry and Brenda Dittmer's door nearly six years ago have come to fruit. This weekend, the rural Hinton couple opened the doors to Tucker Hill Winery, complete with seven varieties of wine. Around 300 people visited the winery and vineyard during the weekend grand opening to taste the fruit of the Dittmer's labor...

Fee increases for LCS students in 2009-10 year (05/27/09)
Fees for LCS middle and high school music students, pupil insurance, student activity tickets and hot lunch ticket prices will increase for the 2009-10 school year. The increases were approved by the Le Mars Community School Board of Education Tuesday night, as recommended by Superintendent Dr. Todd Wendt...

Gehlen Ball sure to be 'a Grande Gala' (04/21/09)
There's still time to get tickets for the 2009 Friends of Gehlen Catholic Ball "a Grande Gala" set for this Saturday, April 25. Food, special presentations, and auction and live music highlight the evening which raises money for education of students at Gehlen Catholic Schools...

'A Time to Remember' features West Coast winemakers (03/30/09)
Six winemakers will be represented at the Le Mars Wine and Roses event, "A Time to Remember," this Thursday evening at the Willow Creek Country Club in Le Mars. "A Time to Remember" will benefit Alzheimer's Association programming in Plymouth County and features wine tasting with prestigious winemakers from across the United States...

'A Time to Remember' names honorary chairs (02/20/09)
A Le Mars couple, Jeff and Teresa Peters, will serve as honorary chairman and chairwoman for the upcoming Wine and Roses event in Le Mars, "A Time to Remember," benefiting the Alzheimer's Association. "Each of us has been close to someone suffering from Alzheimer's disease," said Jeff Peters, who runs the Williams & Company, CPA, Le Mars office...

Chamber dinner is 'Live from Le Mars' (01/09/09)
"Life from Le Mars - It's Saturday Night!" is the theme for the 2008 Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner. The Jan. 31 dinner features awards, entertainment, and a time for socializing and wine tasting at the Le Mars Convention Center. The evening starts with wine tasting at 6 p.m., followed by the program and dinner at 7 p.m...

Don't get stuck in the cold: Plan for winter power outage (12/29/08)
By Charles Schwab Safety Specialist, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Iowa State University Extension Winter power outages are always challenging but occasionally they can be dangerous if not handled correctly. The key to managing any emergency such as a power outage is to have a specific disaster plan to handle decisions that must be made in the moment of the crisis...

Vintage harvest: Dittmers' vineyard produces juicy crop (09/22/08)
With a juicy plop, a bunch of grapes falls into a heaping pail of the purple fruit. All around, people are talking, laughing, and clipping away at loaded branches of grape vines. It's Sunday and it's harvest time at Barry and Brenda Dittmers' vineyard in Hinton...

Branching out: Hinton couple goes vintage with planned winery (07/31/08)
Tuscany. Napa Valley. Hinton? If Barry and Brenda Dittmer have their way, yes -- their sloping vineyard on a Plymouth County hillside will be not only an agricultural plot but a destination winery. An Iowa winery isn't as surprising as people think, Barry pointed out...

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