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LE MARS — A call about a domestic assault at 5:33 p.m., Wednesday, turned into a search for the suspect that ended at about 10 p.m. According to a Le Mars Police Department press release, officers were requested to come to the Casey’s General Store for a female who was recently assaulted...

LE MARS — A dream that started when Charlie Mohning was a kindergartener was realized when he became a firefighter 12 years ago. Now today, another dream became reality when Mohning was named the new battalion chief for Le Mars Fire and Rescue. It was on Wednesday, Feb. 19, when Le Mars Fire and Rescue Chief David Schipper made the announcement...

LE MARS — Le Mars Community High School will send five Large Group Speech entries to the Iowa All-State Large Group Speech Festival, with two of the groups performing on Saturday, Feb. 22. The five entries are: Group Mime - Dorothy’s Oz Adventure - Emily Carlson, Hailey Plueger, Madison Olmstead, Caleb Slattery, Chloe Calhoun and Adriane Stamer-Fuentes...

LE MARS — Monday was filled with meeting after meeting discussing preliminary plans for the arrival of RAGBRAI 2020 in Le Mars on July 17-18. It was announced at the end of January, that Le Mars was selected to be the host city for the start of the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) which will be held July 19-25...

LE MARS — During the Feb. 18 Le Mars City Council meeting, several items were approved under the listing of consent items. One had to do with staffing at the Le Mars Police Department. Minimum staffing at the department has been at the level of 14 officers since September 2017...

LE MARS — The start of Lent is right around the corner and that means the return of the Knights of Columbus - Le Mars fish fry. Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26, will kick off this year’s community dinners from 5-8 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 120 First Ave. N.E...

LE MARS — 1 in 3 teens are in an abusive relationship. That statistic, was shared recently with Le Mars Community Middle School students by Cathy Van Maanen, Plymouth County domestic abuse advocate with CSADV, during a monthly assembly. Each month, students at the middle school have an assembly under the theme, “Be Different, Be Nice, Be an Upstander.”...

Sentinel Player of the Week Lauren Heying, Gehlen Catholic 24 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks vs. G-LR 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals vs. SLSM Gehlen’s Lauren Heying has found her groove once again and it’s come at the right time for the Jays as she’s led the team in scoring in each of their first two regional games. ...

LE MARS — It’s been a dream many years in the making for the Gehlen Catholic girls basketball team. For seniors Addison Weber, Chloe Bunkers, Josie Kolbeck, Kate Hill, Sydney Livermore and Annissa Kleich, they helped manufacture a turnaround from a 4-18 season their freshman year to a state tournament berth in their final go-round as the dream came true at the LCHS Competition Gym on Wednesday with a 73-63 win over No. 9 Kingsley-Pierson in the 1A regional final...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community School District’s Board of Education reviewed a request from Gehlen Catholic to seek a Title I third party service provider. LCS Curriculum Director Rachel Leavitt explained, “Every year our district receives Title I funds. ...