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LE MARS — Dallas-based milk processor Dean Foods announced it and substantially all of its subsidiaries have initiated voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings in the Southern District of Texas. The company intends to use this process to protect and support its ongoing business operations and address debt and unfunded pension obligations while it works toward an orderly and efficient sale of the company...

PLYMOUTH CO. — Thirty-two members of the Plymouth County Vietnam Era Veterans Last Man’s Club, along with spouses and guests, gathered at the American Legion Hall in Le Mars Saturday, Nov. 9, for a time of honor and remembrance. This year marked the 20th banquet for the club, which was organized in November 2000. At Saturday’s banquet, 13 charter members were present...

HAWARDEN — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey on Friday announced USDA has invested $7.2 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for rural households and farms in the Akron and Hawarden areas of Iowa and South Dakota...

LE MARS — Le Mars Fire and Rescue Chief David Schipper was recently named president of the Iowa Fire Chiefs Association. It was during the association’s annual conference on Saturday, Nov. 9, in Sigourney, that Schipper received the appointment. “It was a proud moment,” he said of the honor. ...

CEDAR FALLS — Audubon let a win slip right through their fingers in the final seconds of their first meeting with Remsen St. Mary’s back in August, but they didn’t let the same thing happen in the rematch which came in Thursday’s 8-player state semifinal at the UNI-Dome. ...

LE MARS — After winning local, regional and state American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Poster Contest on Monday, Nov. 11, Cathy Popp, education chair for the Le Mars American Legion Auxiliary #241, announced Gehlen Catholic 7th grader Emerson Schmidt’s regional, state and national honors in the annual American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Poster Contest...

MARCUS — Administrators at Marcus-Meridan-Cleghorn will head back to the drawing board following the Nov. 5 election that left the district’s needs unsupported by voters. The MMC School District had three measures on the ballot — educational needs, community needs, and a change to the tax rate levy — which each required a 60 percent supermajority to proceed...

REMSEN — Remsen St. Mary’s secured their second trip to the UNI-Dome in the last three years with a 34-20 victory over Fremont-Mills in 8-player state quarterfinal action Friday. The two teams previously met in the climate-controlled confines of the UNI-Dome in the state semifinals two years ago, but this time the teams had to weather a cold, breezy night in November for the chance to get back there...

LE MARS — Keeping a Main Street alive and thriving, while maintaining its historical identity, can be challenging, but once it is achieved the benefits are endless. Thanks to the Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant, offered by the Iowa Economic Development Authority, Le Mars is one of those communities who have been able to capitalize on revitalizing their downtown...