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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...

Friends and family gathered at MMCRU Middle School on Friday, Feb. 8, to see three of the district’s middle school students become the next recipients of the adaptive tricycle gifted by the Josh’s...

During Catholic Schools Week, Remsen St. Mary’s Schools participated in several meaningful activities. These activities focused on faith, family, and unity with each other in Christ. One of the...

The RSM Dance Team held the First Annual Daddy – Daughter Dance on Saturday, February 9, 2019, at the St. Mary’s Lorne Nilles Memorial Gym from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Girls from preschool through eighth...

The Remsen Fire Department held their Annual Fireman’s Dance on Saturday, January 26 at the Avalon Ballroom. The Johnny Holm Band provided the entertainment for the event. Remsen Fireman Chris...

City of Remsen employees were rewarded for their hard work at the Employee Recognition Dinner, which was held at the Golden Pheasant on January 12.

The Marcus Knights of Columbus held their annual free throw contest on Sunday, January 20, 2019, with 19 participants. All kids ages 9 to 14 were asked to compete with a chance to move on to...

The St. Mary’s Hawk Baseball team was presented with awards for their participation in the 2018 State Baseball Tournament during the Girls’ High School Basketball Half-time at the January 4, 2019...

Second graders in Mrs. Wimmer’s class at Remsen St. Mary’s Elementary had fun learning about pigs. They couldn’t believe that chalk, crayons, and certain medicines come from pigs. Mrs. Collins from...

The Remsen St. Mary’s Little Hawks Preschoolers enjoyed a visit with Victoria from Hillview. Victoria came and talked to the preschoolers about the different types of animals in the area and what...

A Retirement/Chamber Coffee was held for Rick Nitzschke on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the EMT Building, hosted by the City of Remsen staff. Rick was honored with a plaque from...

By Allen Hamil, Sports Editor Le Mars Daily Sentinel MARCUS — Unity Christian came away with a pair of wins over MMCRU in War Eagle Conference action on Friday, January 4, 2019. The Unity boys...

Little Royals Preschool celebrated Christmas on Friday, December 21, 2018 with a pajama party and a visit from Santa. Children told Santa what they wanted for Christmas and he left a few goodies and...

By Ashley Willman, RSM Journalism While others schools may play games and have parties before christmas break, RSM students enjoy the tradition of serving others each year instead with an annual...

After 40 years of service in law enforcement, Le Mars Police Department’s Assistant Chief Jay King celebrated his retirement, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Friends, family, and coworkers gathered at the...

Preschool through sixth grade students presented a collection of holiday songs at the Lorne Nilles Memorial Gym on Wednesday, December 5th. Throughout the night there were sounds of voices of many...

MMCRU - Remsen Elementary presented their holiday concert “Twas the Night Before Christmas” on Thursday, December 6, 2018 under the direction of Music Director, Joan Wilberding. The Preschool, TK,...

The MMCRU High School Band and Choir presented their Holiday Concert on Thursday, December 13 at the High School Gym in Marcus. The high school choir, under the direction of Ms. Lori Looyenga,...

Students in seventh through twelfth grade sang and performed songs from multiple countries at the Lorne Nilles Memorial Gym on Wednesday, December 12th. The seventh and eighth grade band opened the...

When someone we love dies we are often sad and we miss them. When Lyle Schroeder died this fall, some of his siblings wanted to help his great-niece, Quinn Homan, not miss him so much. The siblings...

Jack Frost may have been nipping at their noses, but people lined Central Avenue Saturday evening to take in the Le Mars Lighted Christmas Parade and then headed out Pioneer Village Christmas...

The Le Mars Fire and Rescue Department celebrated the holidays with a party, Sunday, Dec. 9 at Fire Station #1. Santa made an appearance during the festivities and children lined up to tell Jolly Old...

The Kiwanis Aktion Club hosted its annual Cookies for Heroes event, Thursday, Dec. 6, in the Floyd Valley Conference Center. The heads of Le Mars’s first responder departments received special goodie...

On November 20th, Remsen St. Mary’s students held a hunger banquet instead of their traditional Thanksgiving service. During the banquet, students were randomly assigned to the groups of low...

(Sentinel Photos by Beverly Van Buskirk) Third District Court Judge Robert Dull was honored with a retirement reception Friday afternoon in the Plymouth County Courthouse courtroom. Colleagues and...

The City of Remsen has several projects underway including the West Development project and the Water Treatment Plant. Also, they have recently completed the first step of their Flood Control...

The Remsen St. Mary’s Little Hawks Preschool had a lot of fun the week of Halloween. On Monday, Oct. 29, Bavarian Meadows invited us up. The children and residents made “Puffy Ghosts” together. On...

War Eagle Conference Meet Results Girls Individual- Out of 48 runners Kaitlyn Goth, 2nd, 21:20.3 Boys- Team 6th of 7 Individual- Out of 80 runners Brett Staab, 26th, 19:48.8 Gunnar Grage,...

Plymouth County firefighters from Akron, Hinton, Merrill, Kingsley, Le Mars, Oyens, and Remsen, raised money to assist with Kevin Ortmann’s needs due to a brain cancer diagnosis and having a stroke...

Children enjoyed the nice weather for the Remsen Chamber’s Trick or Treating Event, which took place downtown at different Remsen Chamber businesses on Wednesday, October 31. Due to RSM and MMCRU...

Residents all around the town of Remsen have gotten into the Autumn Season and Halloween Spirit by decorating their properties with all sorts of fall favorites, such as scarecrows, pumpkins, gourds,...

(Sentinel Photos by Kim Fickett) Around 300 Hinton Community Elementary School students in preschool through third grade visited the Hinton Fire Station on Friday morning in recognition of Fire...

The second graders at Remsen St. Mary’s enjoyed learning about St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of nature and animals, last week. The students had fun celebrating the Feast Day of St. Francis...

The Remsen Farmers Coop held their Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Open House for their new office building on Friday, September 21, 2018 from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. The Ribbon Cutting was held a little after...

Ken and Michelle Wurth of Maple Lanes Bowl hosted a Chamber Coffee on Tues., September 18, 2018 from 8:30 to 10 a.m., celebrating 25 years in business. Donuts, coffee, and juice were consumed by...

Remsen Farmers Coop celebrated the completion of their new office building with an Open House and Ribbon Cutting on Fri., September 21, 2018 from 9 to 11 a.m. Tasty rolls and coffee were enjoyed by...

Bavarian Meadows hosted a Chamber Coffee on Tues., September 11, 2018 from 8:30 to 10 a.m., celebrating National Assisted Living Week. During the Chamber Coffee, many tasty treats were devoured and...

U.S. Rep. Steve King toured the brand new industrial technology facility at Marcus Meriden Cleghorn Remsen-Union, Friday, Aug. 31. Below, industrial technology teacher Matt Hansen explained the drive...

Pictured are the sights from different heats of the Demolition Derby, which took place on Saturday, August 18.

Total Motors celebrated the grand opening of its new facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday morning. More than 250 people were in attendance for the celebration, including members of the...

By Allen Hamil, Sports Editor Le Mars Daily Sentinel LE MARS — Not since the 1983-85 seasons, all state championship years for Remsen St. Mary’s, have the Hawks strung together as many consecutive...

Plymouth County Conservation Naturalist Victoria DeVos presented a free nature program, “Have Nature, Will Travel”, to six children at Beck Park on Friday, July 6 from 1-2:30 p.m.

Karaoke closed out the 2018 “Libraries Rock” Summer Reading Program at the Remsen Public Library on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 10 a.m. The children had a rockin’ great time singing with their...

Tom Bacan celebrated his retirement at an Open House/Chamber Coffee at Iowa State Bank on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Friends, family, business acquaintances and people from the community came down to...

By: Megan Sabin The Fourth of July Holiday saw a random wind storm come down upon the city of Remsen. According to Interim Public Works/Utility Superintendent Chris Poeckes, this wind storm took...

The Remsen Heritage Museum held their Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and a Chamber Coffee on Tuesday, June 26 from 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. The Ribbon Cutting was held right in front of the museum with Remsen...

Three different styles of magic were showcased at the fourth summer reading program at the Remsen Public Library on Wednesday, June 27. Larry Dunbar and Co. consists of Connor, who specializes in...

The 2018 St. Mary’s Alumni Softball Tournament took place on Saturday, June 23. The Championship team was “Pick’s Corner”, Glenn/Kitty Pick Family.