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LE MARS — Le Mars Community will celebrate homecoming week Sept. 26-30 with the theme of “Dogs Through the Decades.” The dress up days for the week will follow the theme. On Monday, “Sock hop” with attire from the 50s and 60s will be on display. Tuesday marks disco days with 70s attire. Wednesday will see students pump it up in the 80s. On Thursday, 2000’s Icon will be the directive...

LE MARS — Two people were arrested after what started as a traffic stop in Le Mars turned into a pursuit and ended in Sheldon. At approximately 2:04 a.m., Monday, Sept. 19, a Le Mars Police Officer initiated a traffic stop at Hawkeye Avenue and 18th Street Southwest for a traffic violation. The vehicle failed to yield to the officer’s emergency lights and sirens...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community Schools Board of Education approved 13 teacher associate positions and several coaching contracts, as well as three resignations at its Sept. 12 meeting. Those submitting resignations were: Mackenzie Riemenschneider as a middle school teacher associate effective Aug. 18, 2022; Rhonda Taylor as a middle school teacher associate effective Aug. 17, 2022; and Megan Swanberg, as a high school teacher associate, effective Sept. 30...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Rotary Club recently honored member Ryan Odor as its 2022 Rotarian of the Year. The award was presented at a Rotary meeting by Rotary President Steve Albert. Odor has been a member of the Le Mars Rotary since 2021 and currently serves as the Sergeant at Arms...

LE MARS — Payton Wright was all smiles as she received a bouquet of flowers and four silver balloons, one for each digit that comprised the number 1,000. Le Mars volleyball coach Jess Wolles made the announcement following Tuesday night’s 25-19, 25-20, 25-21 Missouri River Activities Conference loss to Sioux City West...

LE MARS — The 3rd annual Jaywalk-a-thon based on prayer and the special intentions of our Le Mars community returns to the Gehlen Catholic practice track on Friday, Sept. 23 as the school’s second largest fundraiser. Each student is encouraged to raise $75 and the school goal is $40,000 which will go towards art and teaching supplies, technology, educational field trips, and so much more...

LE MARS — The Le Mars City Council took action on the Destination Iowa Grant Agreement at its Sept. 6 meeting. The City of Sioux City, along with the City of Sergeant Bluff and the City of Le Mars, applied for a Destination Iowa Outdoor Recreation Grant for the development of the Siouxland Regional Trail System...

PLYMOUTH CO. — A county-wide effort by Knights of Columbus councils during the 42nd annual KC Phonothon for Persons With Disabilities, surpassed its $55,000 goal. Life Skills Training Center’s Marketing and Development Coordinator Shelly Thomson said as of closing the phonothon on Wednesday evening, $56,955 had been tallied in donations...

LE MARS — Jovany Kabongo drilled a 41-yard field goal with 5.4 seconds remaining as Le Mars Community beat Class 3A No. 7 ranked MOC-Floyd Valley by a 24-22 score in a non-district contest Friday. “Boy, when he hit it, it boomed,” Le Mars Head Coach Ken Vigdal said...

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