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MMCRU - Remsen Kindergarten Graduation was held at MMCRU in Remsen on May 23, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. The kindergarten graduates all performed a poem or a riddle individually and sang a few songs as a group and received their kindergarten diplomas. Congratulations to the MMCRU - Remsen Kindergarten Class of 2019. ...

The Remsen Public Library held their first summer reading program for the year on Wed., June 5, 2019, at 10 a.m. Outer Space Buddies Galaxia and Pandora took center stage to inform children about a "Universe of Stories". They came to spread their anti-bulling message through dance and encouraged kids to "Be Buddies NOT Bullies". ...

Remsen’s Annual Kids Days, sponsored by the Remsen Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Mon., June 17 and Tues., June 18, 2019. Advance ticket sales for the carnival rides are now available at the following Remsen businesses: Iowa State Bank, American Bank, WesTel Systems, and Thompson, Phipps & Thompson. Advance tickets can be purchased until Monday, June 17 at Noon...

REMSEN — For teachers Steve and Melissa Utesch, retirement looks good. They have been teachers in the Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn, now MMCRU School District, since the early 1990s. “We knew this was our year. We’ve been planning this for a while, so it’s been fun anticipating all of our new adventures,” Steve said...

It was a wet and rainy morning on Monday, May 27, 2019, but that did not stop people from attending the Annual Memorial Day Program, which was held indoors at the Remsen St. Mary's High School Gymnasium. This 10 a.m. program was sponsored by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars...

Remsen St. Mary's held their 2019 Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 19, in the Lorne Nilles Memorial Gym. The high school band under the direction of Mrs. Steph Dickes played "Pomp and Circumstance" while the graduates processed in. Father William McCarthy welcomed everyone in attendance before the National Anthem was played. ...

MMCRU held their commencement exercises on May 19 at the High School Gym in Marcus. Graduates pictured above, Back row, from left: Joel Johnson, Wyatt Rassel, Jadyn Steffen, Conner Rassel, Madison Nicks, Evan Cluck, Carolynn DeYoung, Jordan Marks, Katie Bush, Trevor Schneider, Olivia Mohr, Drew Pierce, and Jazzmine Bruneau. ...

Valedictorian: Will Galles 4.00 GPA Will Galles, son of Mark and Tammy Galles, is the Valedictorian for the class of 2019. During Will’s high school career, he participated in several activities including: three years of football, four years of golf, and three years of baseball. ...

Daymion Edward George Daymion Edward George, Valedictorian, is the son of Penny Vanderweide and the late Stephen George. He has a cumulative GPA of a 3.898. Daymion’s academic achievements include: War Eagle Conference Recognition, KCAU Best of Class Award, Governor's Award/Des Moines All Academic Award, MMCRU 3.5+ GPA Gold Honor Cord, MMCRU ACT 25+ Recognition, LifeServe Red Cord Recognition, MMCRU Faculty & Staff Scholarship, Brummer-Stiles-Duncan Scholarship, John H. ...

After 21 years at Remsen-Union Schools, Mr. Clint Leonard will be retiring from being the Board Secretary/Business Manager. Clint graduated from Willow Community High School in Quimby and earned his Associate of Specialized Business Degree in Accounting from the American Institute of Business in Des Moines...

Last week, members of the MMCRU Skills USA Chapter competed in the Iowa Skills USA leadership and skilled trades competitions with three other schools. As the smallest district competing, MMCRU had four teams medal and qualified one for nationals. The following are the groups and their placements:...

SIOUX CENTER — The War Eagle Conference boys golf meet had double importance for Hinton at The Ridge on Monday, May 6. Along with the tournament championship being up for grabs, the meet also served as the location for the regular season dual meet against Harris-Lake Park as the two teams entered with undefeated records in league play. ...

ORANGE CITY — Hinton earned just one event win but still managed to place high enough in several other events to finish as runner-up in the team standings at the War Eagle Conference meet held Monday, April 29 at De Valois Stadium. The Blackhawks scored 103 points which trailed conference champion Unity Christian’s 141 points but was better than third place Gehlen Catholic’s 89 points...

CARROLL — The Remsen St. Mary’s and Gehlen Catholic girls golf teams made up the middle two teams out of the six team field at the CYO Golf Tournament held at Carroll Country Club on Wednesday, May 1. RSM finished with a 415 team score for third on the 18 holes as host Kuemper Catholic won with a 397. Gehlen was fourth with a 434 team total...

MARCUS — Unity Christian had the top team score in girls and boys dual golf action against Remsen St. Mary’s and MMCRU on Friday, May 3. RSM came up three strokes short of the Knights in the boys dual with a 170. That score was good enough for a 16 stroke win over the host Royals...

The MMCRU boys’ golf team went head to head with the South O’Brien Wolverines. The Royals put up a good fight as they were able to take home a win. The final score was 188-204. The lowest scorer was Cade Pepper with a score of 43, securing him a spot in first place. Ethan Riedemann was able to score a 45, placing him in third. Dean Jenness had a score of 47 and was placed in fourth. Scoring a 53 was Brennan Rolfes in sixth place...

ORANGE CITY — Local girls came away with a handful of event wins at the War Eagle Conference track meet held at De Valois Stadium on Monday, April 29. Overall though it was Unity Christian and South O’Brien taking wins in most of the events, a year after Plymouth County’s schools combined to win 16 of the 19 events. ...

The MMCRU golf team went to Hinton on April 16 to play their second meet of the season. The Royals went head to head against the Blackhawks. The girls played hard but were unable to take home a win. The final score was 258-226. The lowest scorer for the Royals was Taylor Schlenger with a score of 58. ...

HAWARDEN — Hurdles and a few relay wins were enough to push Gehlen Catholic to the top of the team standings at Thursday’s, May 2 West Sioux Coed Relays. The Lady Jays scored 110 points to finish in front of eight other teams at the meet. The Jay’s other relay win came in the 4x400 to conclude the night as they were nine seconds faster than MMCRU with a time of 4:29.23...

HAWARDEN — Three and a half points were all that separated Hinton from Lawton-Bronson and a team title at the West Sioux Coed Relays held Thursday, May 2. Gehlen was third in the team standings and finished with 101 points. The Westerners earned points earlier in the meet in the throwing events as Levi Hemmelrich finished in second place in the discus with a toss of 126-01 and ended third in the shot put with a distance of 41-05, just a quarter inch behind second place Jordan Marks of MMCRU. ...

The MMCRU golf team faced off against Harris-Lake Park on April 18. The meet was originally set for April 15 but was moved back due to weather conditions. The meet resulted in a loss for both the girls and boys. The final score for the girls was 239-222 and the boys’ was 196-163...

RSM eighth graders attended the annual Eighth Grade Career Day at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon on Friday, April 12th. Scott Bruxvoort gave a great story of his life, along with the following lessons for students: 1) Social media causes distractions and allows people to compare themselves to others too much...

Mrs. Wimmer’s second grade class at St. Mary’s Elementary started learning about individual states across the United States of America about a month ago. The “States Project” is meant to allow students to learn about culture and history of different states and this project provides students the opportunity to show their knowledge to their classmates by giving presentations over a States Book that they create...