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Gehlen Catholic’s Veterans Day Prayer Service honored local veterans by giving thanks and sharing what it means to be a hero. Guest speakers were Gary Rohmiller (‘69) and his wife Pearl, retired from...

(Photos courtesy of The Remsen Bell) The Remsen community celebrated its 49th annual Oktoberfest activities on Saturday, Oct. 26. From the family-style meal to polka dancing, to tapping the keg,...

From pumpkin car races to trick or treating for candy and books, or having fun painting a pumpkin, there were plenty of Halloween activities in Le Mars Saturday. Hundreds of children with their...

(Sentinel Photos by Allen Hamil) O’Toole Park was a buzz of activity on Sunday afternoon as community members, skateboard enthusiasts and city leaders descended upon the new skateboard park to...

(Sentinel Photos by Kim Fickett) The Le Mars Fire and Rescue Department held its annual pancake breakfast last Sunday in recognition of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 6-12. The department’s...

(Sentinel Photos by Beverly Van Buskirk/Photos Contributed) Students in TK-12th grade across Plymouth County headed to school on Friday, Aug. 23 for the first day of the 2019-2020 school...

This year’s Plymouth County Fair brought beautiful temperatures for the majority of the five days before temperatures climbed into the 90’s on Saturday. The mild temperatures, along with the array of...

Le Mars celebrated the Fourth of July holiday with a parade, picnics, a band concert and fireworks. The parade, organized by The Friends of the Fourth, featured red, white and blue on every entry. A...

(Sentinel Photos by Allen Hamil) The Le Mars Little League wrapped up the 2019 season with its end of the year tournament June 24-30 at the John Britton Little League Complex. Around 58 teams...

Le Mars was a thriving town of activities in celebration of this year’s Ice Cream Days and Sesquicentennial Celebration. The parade kicked things off on Saturday morning as it saw more than 100...

Ice Cream Days and the Sesquicentennial Celebration is in full gear. Thursday and Friday were full of activities from the Primebank Ice Cream Social featuring the Noteables, to the beard and mustache...

The Wells Visitor Center and Ice Cream Parlor reopened to the general public on Wednesday morning with a Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce coffee and ribbon cutting. Wells Enterprises, Inc. CEO Mike...

On Thursday, April 18, 2019, MMCRU Middle School Student Council members participated in an all day Service Day for residents of Remsen. The Student Council Community Service Committee came up with...

Hundreds of kids from toddlers to first graders descended upon Cleveland Park on Saturday for the community’s annual Easter Egg Hunt. Sponsored by Primebank, in part with the Aktion Club, the...

Le Mars Police Chief Kevin Vande Vegte along with his fellow officers, staff, city officials, Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce representatives, and community members, gathered on Thursday to...

The MMCRU - Remsen Elementary celebrated Dr. Seuss Week from Tuesday, February 26, through Friday, March 1. On Tuesday, in honor of the book “Bartholomew and the 500 Hats”, students wore different...

The RSM boys’ basketball team returned to Des Moines for the third straight year, playing three games of State Basketball at the Wells Fargo Arena. Their first game was against Prince of Peace,...

As rain fell across Plymouth County and temperatures hovered around the 50 degree mark causing what snow that was on the ground to melt, low lying areas across the county took on more water than it...