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Supervisors to take on mailbox versus road debate (03/18/10)
Are mailboxes sitting too close to county roads? The Plymouth County Supervisors decided Tuesday to look into the matter more thoroughly, after hearing concerns from local farmer Del Kellen. Kellen, who lives and farms south of Le Mars, said there's a problem with sight distance when it comes to rural mail carriers stopped along the K-49 and other county paved roads...

Neither sleet, snow, or police prevent Milne from walking to work (02/17/10)
The postal service isn't the only thing that keeps going through all the winter elements. Nothing, not even traffic or police, keeps Richard Milne, of Le Mars, from walking to work. At age 62, Milne chooses to lace up his walking shoes to transport him on the nearly 3-mile one-way route to his job as engineering technician at the Plymouth County Engineer's office just north of Le Mars...

Public employee bargaining: Designed to protect citizens (02/11/10)
(Editor's note: This story is the first of two stories taking a closer look at public employees' bargaining.) In the business world, salaries and benefits of a business' employees are somewhat dependent on how well the business is doing. However, in the public sector, employees like teachers and city workers are given the chance to organize and bargain collectively based on Iowa Code Chapter 20...

¿Habla español? :Plains Area staff trains to be multi-lingual (01/29/10)
Employees at Plains Area Mental Health are learning to say "What do you need?" and "How much does this piano cost?" -- in Spanish. It's all part of a new venture Plains Area is starting to help reduce cultural and language barriers. About 25 therapists and receptionists at the Le Mars mental health center and its Storm Lake counterpart are working on picking up another language and learning about that group's culture...

Le Mars KCs celebrate 100 years of service (01/18/10)
A Le Mars organization with a history of service in the community will observe its 100th anniversary this month. The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic, family fraternal organization which support services programs in their churches and community. The Le Mars council, Trinity Council 1466, was instituted Jan. 23, 1910, with the first meeting held Feb. 4, 1910, in the office of Dr. Fitzgerald in Sioux City. Sponsoring council was Epiphany Council in Sioux City...

Analysis back on Le Mars' downtown: What's hot and what's not (11/19/09)
Editor's note: This story is the first in a pair of stories looking deeper at a recent downtown market analysis led by the Main Street Iowa program. Sometimes the familiar is too close to our face to see it clearly. Results are in on a survey and analysis of downtown Le Mars that aimed to give fresh perspective about its strengths and weaknesses -- and how to use that information to improve...

What's open, what's not this weekend (07/01/09)
Closed: All City of Le Mars offices will be closed Friday, July 3, for the 4th of July weekend holiday. The Grass and Twig dropoff site north of the Riverview Complex will not be open Saturday. Regular hours resume 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 11...

Oyens centennial: A big hairy deal (06/08/09)
Bill Loutsch has lived near Oyens for nearly 50 years. But lately, he hasn't been looking like himself. That's because Bill, along with about 30 other men from the community, loves Oyens so much he was willing to grow out his beard six months to help celebrate the Oyens Centennial...

Dull has passion for community theatre (05/27/09)
One might say that Bonnie Dull has a love affair with the Le Mars Community Theatre. The 87-year-old Le Mars resident has been involved with the local theater group since its inception more than 40 years ago and just completed directing the latest production, "The O'Conner Girls."...

New postage rates start May 11 (05/04/09)
There's only one week left before the price increase for postage stamps and other mailing services. Starting May 11, it will cost 44 cents to mail a first-class letter. That's a 2 cent increase over the current 42 cents. Le Mars Postmaster Dan Kelly said he has ordered a large number of new stamps in preparation for the increase...

Dropping day of mail a 'last resort,' local USPS man says (04/10/09)
Earlier this year the United States Postal Service's postmaster general caused a stir when he told Congress the USPS may temporarily drop one day of mail delivery. But the likelihood of going from six-day delivery to five days is slim, according to Barry Snyder, supervisor at the Le Mars Post Office...

New café offers a hub for Merrill (03/27/09)
Almost every table is packed. The clanking and sizzling sound of cooking spills out from the kitchen. Laughter and chatter fills the room. Smiling servers glide by carrying plates loaded with roast beef sandwiches and steaming burgers. Pretty good for day four of Emma Rae's Café. Especially considering the fact there's no sign outside, except for "Open."...

The doctor is in: Remsen welcomes new clinic (01/19/09)
The new Remsen Medical Clinic, located west of the Remsen Post Office received an official welcome with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house on Friday, Jan. 16. Members of the Remsen community, FVH board of trustees, Ply. Co. Board of Supervisors, a representative from Senator Grassley's office, and members of the North West Rural Electric Cooperative (NW REC) joined Remsen city officials who attended the ribbon cutting ceremony held in the lobby of the Remsen clinic...

Clearing snow and ice from mailbox ensures delivery (12/22/08)
Remember the saying that starts out "Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow . . ." and continues with the theme the U.S. Post Office will always deliver? If the way to the mailbox, whether by vehicle or by foot, isn't safe, there may not be any mail delivered...

Christmas crunch: Postal Service sorts through busiest time (12/16/08)
It may be 10 degrees below zero Wednesday but you'll be seeing U.S. Postal Service workers out on the streets. Dec. 17 is predicted to be their busiest delivery day. That comes two days after their busiest mail sorting day. "The Postal Service will handle 960 million cards and letters today," said Le Mars Postmaster Dan Kelly on Monday. "That's nearly double the average daily volume."...

Mail processing center stays in Sioux City (11/04/08)
Sioux City will keep its U.S. Postal Service mail processing center. That announcement came Monday afternoon following nearly three years of studying the possibility of consolidating that center with Sioux Falls. "There were cost savings to be had, but none worth the consternation in the community and among customers," said Richard Watkins, spokesman for the U.S.P.S. Des Moines-based Hawkeye district...

Construction marches forward on new Remsen Medical Clinic (08/13/08)
June rain delays can't stop construction of the new Remsen Medical Clinic. The clinic on Second Street west of the post office is expected to be completed Dec. 1, said Daryl Friedenbach, director of financial services at Floyd Valley Hospital (FVH)...

Street closings approved for Scoop da Loop event (08/07/08)
The Le Mars City Council on Tuesday granted the request by the Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce/Main Street for closing streets for the 11th annual Scoop da Loop event set for Aug. 20 in Le Mars. The areas to be closed for the event are the Olson Cultural Event Center and Postal Playhouse parking lots and First Street and First Avenue surrounding the cultural center. The closings will be effective from 5 p.m. to 10 p. m...

Awareness keeps recycling trend on the rise (06/17/08)
Education. That's the reason about 10,000 more pounds have been recycled this year compared to last year, city and county officials said. In Le Mars, as of the end of May,132,060 pounds were recycled compared with 85,000 in May 2007. When the recycling program began in 2005 during this same time period 61,680 pounds were recycled...

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