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Remsen St. Mary’s Homecoming activities to take place on Friday, Sept. 15 include the following. Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. at the church with coronation to follow. The parade line up will begin on the east side of the high school in the Kennedy St. parking lot at 12:30 p.m. The parade will start at 1:00 p.m. and end at the high school for the pep rally in the Sue Treinen Memorial Gym please...

The Northwest Iowa Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, September 16, at 1:30 p.m. Following a short business meeting and refreshments, a program on the genealogical website FamilySearch.com will be given by guest speaker Jan Schuldt. The event, free and open to the public, will be held at the Old Central Gym lobby of the Plymouth County Historical Museum, 335 First Avenue SW in Le Mars...

Plymouth County Treasurer, Shelly Sitzmann, reminds property owners that the first-half real estate and mobile home taxes are now due and can be paid in the office, online, or through the mail. Taxes are due September 1 but may be paid the entire month of September...

REMSEN — After losing each of their first six matches of the season, MMCRU ended the tough start to the season with a sweep of Clay Central-Everly in War Eagle Conference play on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The Royals swept the match by similar scores of 25-18, 25-16 and 25-19...

FORT DODGE — MMCRU got their only win of last season against Fort Dodge St. Edmond, but couldn’t replicate that success this season as they fell 27-20, on Friday, Sept. 8. Despite taking the loss, the Royals had their best offensive night of the season. ...

On August 29, Sister Consolation of the Afflicted of the order of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara, talked to the RSM students. Sister is a 2006 graduate of RSM; the former Michelle Heeren. She talked with the students about vocations to the religious life. ...

The Iowa High School AP football rankings for this week are out and according to the list, Harris-Lake Park and Remsen St. Mary’s are in for a top-five matchup on Friday, Sept. 8. The Wolves drop one spot this week down to No. 2, but they still have more first-place votes than top-ranked Don Bosco. Remsen St. Mary’s moves up to No. 4 this week after being ranked seventh last week. The No. 2 vs. No. 4 matchup will take place in Lake Park on Friday, Sept. 8...

The Royals had an unfortunate result at the Ridge View tournament; they went 0-3. The Royals lost to the AR-WE-VA Rockets, Westwood Rebels, and the Ridge View Raptors. The set scores for the AR-WE-VA game were 21-12 and 22-20. The set scores for the Westwood game were 21-11 and 21-7. The set scores for the Ridge View game were 21-12 and 21-12...

There is a new counselor at MMCRU High School this year, her name is Mrs. Kayla Schroeder. She has previously taught at RU, so she knows some of the students but not all. I have asked her a few questions about herself so we can get to know her better...

LAKE PARK — As Remsen St. Mary’s looks to make it to the UNI-Dome this fall, they can now say they’ve beaten somebody who has played there as the Hawks took down the defending state runner-up 58-32 on Friday, Sept. 8. “It was a fun Friday night atmosphere at H-LP,” Head Coach Ryan Hajek said. “They beat us pretty bad last year and so we’d been hungry for this game for a long time. It was a fun way to start district play, that’s for sure.”...

Iowa Hawkeyes- It’s been two years since the Hawkeyes shocked the nation and went 12-0 before losing to Michigan State. This year the Hawkeyes will look to be in their 2015 form. This season the Hawkeyes will try to improve off of their 8-4 season which ended with a bowl loss to Florida 30-3. ...

On Tuesday, August 29, The MMCRU volleyball team traveled to Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn to face the HMS Hawks. The Royals entered the match 0-1 after a season opening loss to Storm Lake St. Mary’s. The Royals lost the first set 25-16. The second set also didn’t go very well as the Royals lost it 25-17, and went on to lose the final set 25-7. ...

SIBLEY — Cross country runners from Hinton, MMCRU and Remsen St. Mary’s competed at the Sibley-Ocheyedan Invite on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Shay Galles cracked the top 10 in the race as he ended right at the 10th spot with a time of 17:14.21. David Grady was five spots behind as he ended in 17:35.11 for the Hawks...

HARTLEY — MMCRU fell on the road against Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Tuesday, August 29, dropping their match to the Hawks in straight sets. After dropping sets by scores of 25-16 and 25-17, MMCRU lost the final set 25-7. The Royals were only able to get down three kills in 67 attacking opportunities on the night...

The MMCRU High School agriculture classes will be getting a new greenhouse. The school’s greenhouse, which will be located west of the high school, is expected to arrive sometime next week and construction will begin as soon as it gets here. Members of the Ag Mechanics class will be the ones constructing the greenhouse...

The MMCRU High School is in the process of being added on to with a new shop addition being constructed on the north side of the high school where the faculty parking lot previously stood. This new industrial tech room will allow students to have more room to work. ...

There is a new foreign exchange student at MMCRU and her name is Jana Quiles Lopez. She is from Spain and will be here in the U.S. for the rest of school year; she will be staying with the Mike and Darcie Olson family. Jana commented, “The reason I became a foreign exchange student is because I wanted to learn better English.” She continued, “I didn’t get to choose what country I went to. ...

The Royals’ volleyball team won their first game of the season on September 5. The Royals won 3-0 against the Clay Central-Everly Mavericks with set scores of 25-18, set two 25-16, and set three 25-19. The Royals had a total of 19 kills, 12 kill errors, 57 attack attempts, 18 assists, 21 digs, seven blocks, 66 successful serves, 11 aces and a serve efficiency of .943...

On August 25, 2017 the MMCRU Royals traveled to Le Mars to face Le Mars Gehlen Catholic in the season football opener. The Royals lost by a score of 69-20. The game got of to a quick start with Eli Ellensohn scoring a touchdown for Gehlen Catholic off a 12 yard carry. ...

The 2017 MMCRU Royals’ volleyball team started their season with an unfortunate loss to the Storm Lake St. Mary’s Panthers on August 22. The final score was 3-0 in favor of the Panthers, with set scores of 25-17, 25-9, 25-22. The team is coming off of an 8-17 record from last season. The hope is that the volleyball team will turn this into a winning season...

HOLSTEIN — The Tim Thomas Cross Country Classic is one of the largest cross country meets of the year and local runners stacked up well against the competition on Saturday, Sept. 9. Kaitlyn Goth of MMCRU took 23rd in the ‘B’ Division race. She clocked a 22:34.91. Gehlen Catholic’s Addison Weber took 32nd with a finish in 23:27.43. Kelsey Behrens of Remsen St. Mary’s was the top finisher for the Hawks with a time of 28:04.20 to take 81st...

The Pink Pumpkin Foundation supports breast cancer research and the MMCRU FFA grew hybrid pumpkins out at the test plot as a service fundraiser for the organization. The hybrid pumpkin called “Porcelain Doll” is ready for purchase at any home Volleyball and Football Game. ...

LAKE PARK — MMCRU fell just short in set number one by just two points to Harris-Lake Park, but couldn’t get closer as the Wolves won a War Eagle match by scores of 25-23, 25-17 and 25-18 on Thursday, August 31. Aliyah Jackson had five kills for the Royals as she led the team in blocks as well with three...

MMCRU High School will have a new speech coach, Senorita Hansen. When she was asked why she took the job she said, “I want to do it for the students who want to do speech.” She added that, “I think it’ll be fun, I’ve never done it before and I am excited to see how many students come to the meeting.” Senorita Hansen will now teach Spanish classes and coach the speech team...

On September 1, 2017 the MMCRU Royals hosted the Westwood Rebels in the Royals’ second game of the season. The Royals lost 26-0. The game started with Braulio Munoz scoring a touchdown off a 16 yard carry for the Rebels. The Royals couldn’t find a rhythm on offense and struggled to move the ball. The Rebels took advantage of that and scored again before halftime. At halftime the score was 12-0, but the game was still in reach for the Royals...