Ownership Changes

Steve King says time to stop spending (02/08/10)
U.S. Rep. Steve King thinks the biggest problem in government right now is overspending. He also doesn't believe President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan is working as it was set out to do. Neither does he favor a government-run national health care program...

Supervisors approve election numbers with no changes (11/13/09)
The Plymouth County Supervisors made no adjustments Tuesday in their canvass of last week's city elections. Final numbers verified 1,017 residents visited the polls for an 11 percent voter turnout. The county's cost for the election was $7,858, but that amount will be reimbursed by the cities, said Cheri Nitzschke, deputy auditor...

Day, King thank soldiers, urge patriotism (10/19/09)
It was a good day to be a Siouxland soldier Saturday. Col. George "Bud" Day, America's most decorated living war veteran, spent the day pheasant hunting with soldiers from the 113th Cavalry in Le Mars and the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, along with Rep. Steve King (R) in western Plymouth County...

Supervisors approve last week's school election (09/14/09)
Three more people cast votes in last week's school board election than originally reported. The Plymouth County Supervisors learned the actual number of voters was 1,219 and gave their official stamp of approval last Friday during a canvass of the election...

Feds shut down Vantus Bank, Missouri bank acquires deposits (09/09/09)

Plymouth Life facility work on hold (09/09/09)
The Plymouth County Supervisors will further discuss tuckpointing the Plymouth Life residential care facility with a bidder Friday. The supervisors decided a conference call with a Karr Tuckpointing representative is needed before they can approve a $63,436 contract with the company to do tuckpointing repairs at the care facility...

Ethanol plant garners grain dealer license (06/16/09)
Plymouth Energy is back in the grain dealing business. On June 10, Plymouth Energy Grain, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Plymouth Energy, obtained a grain dealer license, which gives it the ability to purchase corn for the Plymouth Energy ethanol plant just north of Merrill...

Nevada Senator speaks in Le Mars, denies presidential aspirations (06/02/09)
Republican U.S. Sen. John Ensign, of Nevada, spoke to a small crowd at the Wells Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor Monday about the state of the Republican Party, health care, education, but denied intentions to run for president. "When you come to Iowa, there's a lot of speculation," Ensign said, regarding the supposition this visit is an early campaign stop for 2012...

Newspaper added to Daily Sentinel's parent company (03/12/09)
The Le Mars Daily Sentinel's newspaper family is growing. Rust Communications, the Missouri-based media company which owns the Daily Sentinel, acquired The Monett Times and the Monett Shopper in Missouri from Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. The change in ownership was announced this month...

Milk by any other name... Dean Foods heads into logo change (01/12/09)
The bunny is disappearing from the milk coolers in the grocery stores. Blue Bunny logos on milk and cultured dairy products from the Le Mars milk plant are being phased out. Dean Foods purchased the milk plant in January 2008 from Wells' Dairy, Inc. Wells' Dairy officials chose not to sell the Blue Bunny logo, however...

A year to remember: Top stories of 2008 (12/30/08)
Editor's note: This is the first of two stories recapping 2008's top stories in the Daily Sentinel. 10. O'Keefe stabs, kills a man A butcher knife to the chest led to the death of Sam Toliver, 32, Jan. 24, 2008. Jody O'Keefe, 35, most recently of Le Mars, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and other charges and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. ...

City accepts partial Harker's debt payment (11/07/08)
Harker's Distribution, Inc. officials will pay a lump sum to the City of Le Mars to free up the mortgage on a piece of its property to sell to developers of a truck wash and care facility. The Le Mars City Council, following a closed session Tuesday, agreed to accept $60,000 from Harker's Distribution Inc. as partial payment on its nearly $300,000 debt to the city...

Public can speak on Girls Inc. bonds (10/02/08)
Girls Inc. received permission from Plymouth County supervisors in June to route $5.1 million in revenue bounds through the county to build a new center in Sioux City. The supervisors Tuesday scheduled a 10 a.m. Nov. 4 public hearing, which will be during their regular board meeting, inviting public comments on the agreement with Girls Inc...

Negotiations begin on new Wells' Dairy labor contract (09/22/08)
Negotiations are underway on a contract that impacts about 1,400 hourly manufacturing employees at Wells' Dairy in Le Mars. "A corporate team is sitting down and meeting with an employee team," said Dave Smetter, spokesman for the ice cream and novelty company...

Harker's closes after 100 years in Le Mars (08/27/08)
A century-old Le Mars establishment is folding. Harker's, a food service company that began with a meat market started by George Harker in 1906, will have its last day Friday, according to Harker's president Jim Harker. Cardboard boxes fill the front lawn of the Le Mars corporate headquarters building at 801 Sixth St. S.W...

Remsen Clinic steps closer to construction with bid acceptance (05/02/08)
Frank Audino Construction will build the new Remsen Medical Clinic by an expected Oct. 30 deadline. The Sioux City company submitted the lowest general contract bid of $567,502, which included a $29,503 deduction for vinyl siding on the exterior of the clinic. A masonry siding will be used instead...

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