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LE MARS — A new budget year for the City of Le Mars will also bring with it a combined department of Le Mars Fire-Rescue and Le Mars EMS. The merger was first announced at the end of Tuesday’s city council meeting when City Administrator Jason Vacura informed council members they would notice a change to the General Fund line item that would reflect the two departments now as one operating unit...

LE MARS — Plans for the next phase of the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine are being put into place by Floyd Valley Healthcare under guidance from the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). Phase 1B is set to begin Feb. 1 with a broader reach of those who will qualify for receiving the vaccine...

LE MARS — Le Mars City Council members had a discussion about the 2021 RAGBRAI plans, for which Le Mars is slated to be the starting point on July 25. City Administrator Jason Vacura said questions from the Community Services Committee arose about if the ride was still a go, and concerns if Le Mars still wants to be a part of it...

LE MARS — Three Plymouth County Sheriff's Deputies were sworn in to new positions on Tuesday by Judge Dan Vakulskas at the courthouse in a ceremony.

MARCUS — The MMCRU building in Marcus was on a lockdown during the late morning and early afternoon hours on Tuesday, Jan. 19, following the finding of a .22 caliber bullet laying in the hallway of the high school. According to a release signed by Superintendent Dan Barkel and Principal Travis Sprague that was sent out following the lockdown, the building went into a lockdown as law enforcement were called to the scene. ...

SIOUX CITY — A man who enticed a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity and was stopped outside Le Mars was sentenced on Jan. 14, 2021, to 12 years in federal prison. Sean Matthew Williams, 25, from Edgerton, Wisconsin, received the prison term after an Aug. 27, 2020, guilty plea to one count of Coercion and Enticement...

SIOUX CO. — On Thursday, Jan. 14, at 4:51 p.m., the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office investigated a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred on Highway 10 (460th Street), three miles east of Alton. Josiah Gonzalez, age 18, of Granville, was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Malibu westbound on Highway 10. Barry Galles, age 45, of Remsen, was driving a 2019 Ford F-250 eastbound on Highway 10. Gonzalez lost control of his vehicle, entered the eastbound lane and the two struck...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community School District Board of Education bargaining team gave its opening proposal to the Le Mars Community Education Association for the master contract for 2021-2022. The meeting was at 5 p.m., Wednesday at the Education Services Center...

The Le Mars Eagles Club recently donated $2,500 to the Le Mars Backpack Program. Money raised from bingo in Le Mars, and by other clubs in west central Iowa and Nebraska, funnel funds through the Grand Aerie to be available for donation to worthy causes. The donation will help fill backpacks with food for children in the Le Mars area...

DES MOINES — On Dec. 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021, reauthorizing and extending the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program, and the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program. ...