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LE MARS — The 2019 homecoming activities at Le Mars Community Schools are under the theme, “Greatest Show on Turf.” Candidates for homecoming royalty chosen by students this year are: • Emily Carlson, daughter of Ann and Jason Carlson. She is involved in student council, speech and track. She works at Bling ‘n Fashion and Sfumatos Pizzeria. She plans on joining the Air Force after high school and then attending a college for business...

LE MARS — Home football games will return to Le Mars on Friday, Sept. 20, when the Le Mars Community Bulldogs take on the Sioux City North Stars at the new Le Mars Community Stadium. LCS Superintendent Dr. Steve Webner confirmed that fact with school board members Monday night during a tour of the stadium, but that doesn’t mean everything is complete...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community School District would like to invite the public to the grand opening of the newly-renovated Le Mars Community Stadium scheduled for Friday, Sept. 20. The dedication will begin at 5 p.m., with a chamber ribbon cutting. ...

LE MARS — In 1998, a group of volunteers came together and built a massive wooden structure in Cleveland Park, which was known as Cleveland Castle. After raising $100,000 and putting in a year of planning, the 12,000-square-foot play area was built over a period of five days by 1,000 volunteers. It opened on May 17, 1998...

LE MARS — Wells Enterprises, Inc. has signed a purchase agreement with Eden Creamery, LLC, to acquire the Halo Top® brand. This purchase expands Wells’ current portfolio to five distinct brands and provides consumers even more access to their favorite products...

MARCUS — The communities Marcus, Remsen, Meriden and Cleghorn are ready to take a road trip. “A Road Trip to Victory” that is, as they celebrate Homecoming 2019. Beginning, Monday, Sept. 16, the festivities will kick off with the first Spirit Day. At the high school they will have Scrabble Day, while the middle school with celebrate with Pajama Day, and elementary buildings will don unique socks for Crazy Sock Day...

(Sentinel Photo by Kim Ficktt) Remsen St. Mary’s was the first school in Plymouth County to hold their homecoming festivities for 2019. On Friday, the high school student body crowned Emma Galles their homecoming queen and Jesus Samuel Bazan Medina the 2019 homecoming king...

Sentinel Player of the Week Tate Westhoff, Le Mars Community Westhoff against MOC-Floyd Valley: 17-of-23 passing for 256 yards 5 passing touchdowns Le Mars Community’s Tate Westhoff is off to a solid start to the season as the quarterback for the Bulldogs. ...

LE MARS — The Le Mars City Council dealt with two items related to the recent suspended production at the Plymouth Energy, LLC ethanol plant at Merrill during its Sept. 3 meeting. Both issues concern the Plymouth Energy, LLC transload site in Le Mars...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Public Library is hosting a reception for Dr. Steven Collins, Iris Hemmingson, Dr. Wayne Marty, Linda Mayrose, Mary Reynolds and Richard Ziettlow, the authors of the sesquicentennial history book: Le Mars, Iowa: A Pictorial History, 1869-2019...

LE MARS — Home football games will return to Le Mars on Friday, Sept. 20, when the Le Mars Community Bulldogs take on the Sioux City North Stars at the new Le Mars Community Stadium. LCS Superintendent Dr. Steve Webner confirmed that fact with school board members Monday night during a tour of the stadium, but that doesn’t mean everything is complete...

LE MARS — In 1998, a group of volunteers came together and built a massive wooden structure in Cleveland Park, which was known as Cleveland Castle. After raising $100,000 and putting in a year of planning, the 12,000-square-foot play area was built over a period of five days by 1,000 volunteers. It opened on May 17, 1998...