Photos

(Sentinel Photos by Beverly Van Buskirk) The 17th annual Great Akron Scarecrow Festival was held on Saturday at the Akron City Park. The event highlighted the festival’s scarecrow decorating...

Wednesday, September 5, 2017 marked the 37th annual Knights of Columbus Phonothon and its success continues to grow by leaps and bounds. According to Shelly Thomson, Life Skills marketing development...

If you have driven down Main St. (Washington St.) or been at the Golf Course recently, you might have had a chance to spot a wandering turkey out and about. This turkey, affectionately named Gibby...

Jared Ehrp of Remsen Farmers Coop stopped by the MMCRU Middle School seventh grade Exploratory Ag class on Friday, September 8 to present the $3,000 donation that the MMCRU FFA was receiving for...

By: Megan Sabin On Saturday morning, September 9, the Remsen Public Library held a Tiny Tots Storytime at 10 a.m. with a story and activities for children to enjoy. Janeene Klein started off the...

On Tuesday, August 29, citizens from across Plymouth County visited a Texas Aid Trailer at Old School Signs, 1130 12th St., Le Mars, donating items such as diapers, wipes, baby formula, cleaning...

Students from around Plymouth County returned to school on Wednesday, Aug. 23 and Thursday, Aug. 24. Here, students at Gehlen Catholic and Franklin Elementary at Le Mars Community show an array of...

By: Megan Sabin Around 90 people participated in the Back to School GLOW Walk, which was sponsored by the Remsen Chamber of Commerce on Sunday evening, August 20, 2017. Registration started at 7...

Pictured are the sights from different heats of the Demolition Derby, which took place on Saturday, August 19. Look for more photos on our website: http://www.lemarssentinel.com/multimedia

Remsen St. Mary’s 32nd Annual Parish Auction was held on Sunday, August 13 starting at 10:00 a.m. Though a little rainy and cloudy, that didn’t stop the auction from taking place under the big tent...

RSM Alumni took part in the Annual Softball Game on June 23 & 24.

The Tri-State Cruiser Car Show took place in downtown Remsen on Wednesday, July 12, starting at 5 p.m. Many different makes, models, and types of vehicles were on display.

The Remsen St. Mary’s high school baseball and softball teams recently held their Senior Night, recognizing the senior players and their parents. The softball team held their Senior Night on...

The fourth program for the Summer Reading theme of “Build a Better World” was “Books, Bucks, and Bingo” which took place on Wednesday, June 28 at 10 a.m. at the Remsen Public Library. Employees from...

On Saturday, June 24, bicycles, motorcycles and classic cars pulled out of Remsen for the Annual Tata’s Fun Ride, which helped raise money for local cancer patient, Kerri Stinton. The pedal bike...

On Wed., June 14, 2017, Rachel Jones and Jake Dailey of the Hampstead Stage Company, based out of New Hampshire, performed a wonderful rendition of Pinocchio at the Remsen Public Library for the...

On Wednesday, June 14, 2017, the MMCRU Varsity High School Royals Baseball Team started a new tradition at their home field in Marcus. Some of the future MMCRU Royals (Royals Youth Association Little...

MMCRU - Remsen Kindergarten Graduation for the 2016-2017 school year took place on Thursday, May 25, 2017. Kindergarten students with their teacher, Mrs. Mindy Ruhland, are pictured above and...

The Remsen Public Library, in honor of their 50th anniversary, held a Coloring Page Contest. All of the participant's coloring pages are displayed at the Library. Students Pre-K through first grade...

The Remsen Chamber did a wonderful job organizing the annual Easter Egg Hunt, which started at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 15, 2017. About 150 kids took part in the Easter festivities, which included...

The Remsen St. Mary's Sandy Augustine Memorial Gym was buzzing with activity on Tuesday, April 11 as well as the day before in preparation for the Then Feed Just One (TFJO) packaging date. Eighteen...

RSM put on three great performances of Oliver this past weekend, April 6, 8 & 9.

The Turnaround GK Blaze and GK Storm competitive gymnastics team continued their 2017 competition season by blazing into Des Moines, Iowa for the Field of Dreams Invite February 3-5. The Turnaround...

The Turnaround GK Blaze and GK Storm competitive gymnastics team blazed into their last regular meet of the 2017 competition season at the Golden Invitational in Omaha March 10-11. The Turnaround GK...

By: Miranda Loutsch, RSM Journalism On March 4, the Remsen St. Mary's Dance Team hosted their annual Dance Night. During this event the team performed all of their routines from the year as well...

By: Sydney Lewis, RSM Journalism The Remsen St. Mary's Boys Basketball team had a very successful season, extending to the state tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. Throughout the whole season, the...

Hawks vs Grandview Christian & Hawks vs North Linn

Mardi Gras at St. Mary's took on a new face this year. The Christian Leadership Team (CLT) planned new games as well as keeping some of the more popular ones from past years. Pictured are just a few...

There was a great following of RSM fans at State Basketball in the Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena on Monday, March 6. This first time to state for the RSM basketball team brought fans, the young and...

Family and community members gathered in the Jason Puetz Memorial Gym at Gehlen Catholic School on Tuesday afternoon to see off the 36 members of Gehlen Catholic’s Mission Honduras. The group will be...

By: Hunter Johnson, MMCRU Journalism The Royal boys' basketball team on Tuesday, Feb. 7 faced the HMS Hawks. MMCRU was doing well after the first quarter trailing only by two points with a score...

By: Allen Hamil, Sports Editor Le Mars Daily Sentinel REMSEN -- Jacob Wesselmann cracked 1,000 career points as Remsen St. Mary's completed a perfect 20-0 regular season with a 67-22 blowout of...

Remsen St. Mary's fourth graders hosted the RSM Shootout basketball tournament on Saturday, February 11. There were 12 teams that competed in three separate round robin pools. Teams that participated...

By: Megan Sabin The Remsen Chamber of Commerce held their annual meeting and dinner on Sat., February 11, 2017 at the Avalon Ballroom in Remsen with 125 people in attendance, according to Chamber...

By: Hailey Klein, RSM Journalism On February 1, Remsen St. Mary's High School students and faculty enjoyed time together on Student Appreciation Day. They went to Drop Zone and the Southern Hills...

By: Miranda Loutsch, RSM Journalism On February 1, Remsen St. Mary's had their annual Family Fun Night in the Sandy Augustine Memorial Gym. Mrs. Mary Arens said "Family Fun Night was a...

By: Allen Hamil, Sports Editor Le Mars Daily Sentinel REMSEN -- After an even first half, Remsen St. Mary's got the offense to click in the second half and came away with a 48-29 victory on...

By: RSM Journalism On December 2, Remsen St. Mary's had its annual Anointing Mass held in the Sandy Augustine Memorial Gym. Some of the elderly were brought over from the nursing homes to join the...

On Friday, November 11 Remsen St. Mary's held a Veterans' Day Service in the Sandy Augustine Memorial Gym. The service began with the advancement of colors and an invocation was led by Father Bill....

By: Hunter Johnson, MMCRU Journalism What is Veterans Day? It is a public holiday held on the anniversary of the end of World War I, November 11, to honor U.S. veterans and victims of all wars. It...

The Remsen Thunderbolts youth football teams had a great season this year. All four Thunderbolts teams ended the season with a perfect 5-0 record. They ended the season by playing the last game...

By: Brooklyn Frederes, Sydney Lewis, and Kaitlyn VanDenTop, RSM Journalism On October 12, sixty-two Remsen St. Mary's High School students went to Planned Parenthood in Sioux City to pray for...

Vicki Heeren was among three across the Diocese of Sioux City who received an Excellence in Education Award at the Bishop's Dinner of Catholic Education on Saturday, September 24. Fifty-one RSM...