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LE MARS — In their first crosstown matchup since 1981, the Gehlen Catholic Jays got the better of the Le Mars Community Bulldogs in a 7-6 shootout on Monday night at the Riverview Complex. The Bulldogs’ first run of the game came in the top of the first inning as a triple to deep center field from senior Carter Arens drove senior Mason Parrott home after he was hit by a pitch...

LE MARS — The Le Mars City Council went into closed session at the end of its Tuesday June 1 meeting to discuss and evaluate City Administrator Jason Vacura’s performance. Vacura had requested the closed session. Following the evaluation, the council returned to open session, and approved a motion that a $4,725 salary increase for the city administrator be approved effective July 1. On roll call, all council members voted aye...

REMSEN — Remsen St. Mary’s celebrated their 100th anniversary of baseball last weekend, bringing together generations of Hawks alumni, family and friends to honor former players and reminisce on the program’s century of storied success. The celebration culminated in an alumni exhibition game at Marv Thelen field on Sunday...

LE MARS — One of the traditional pillars of Ice Cream Days, formerly known as Art in the Park, is being reinvented this year. The popular event will be moved from its former locale in Foster Park, where it had been held for decades, to a more central location downtown as part of an overall reimagination by the Ice Cream Days Committee...

PLYMOUTH CO. — June is observed as Dairy Month and the Feuerhelm family welcomes the public to an open house at Perry Creek Dairy on Wednesday, June 9. Open house is from 4-8 p.m., at the dairy located at 20243 County Road K-22, Merrill, or west on Highway 3 to K-22, and 2 1/2 miles south on K-22...

LE MARS — Ryan Augustine slid across home on a pitch to the backstop as Gehlen Catholic rallied from two runs down in the bottom of the seventh to beat Hinton 10-9 on Wednesday. After being handed a pair of defeats on extra inning walk-offs the week before, Gehlen thought they finally had reason to celebrate one of their own. Unfortunately, a wild back-and-forth game which the Jays thought they had won has been erased by a forfeit...

LE MARS — The 2021 Avenue of Flags Memorial Day program featured the addition of 47 flags to the avenue. Family members and friends carried the flags of deceased veterans as the veteran’s name was called during the program. With no program held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the list of veterans flags was longer this year...

LE MARS — The PlyWood Trail Phase 1A Project took a step forward following action taken by the Le Mars City Council Tuesday. On the agenda was action to set a public hearing for June 15 in the council chambers to hear public comment on the trail portion that will connect Le Mars to the north edge of Merrill...

CARROLL — The Remsen St. Mary’s softball team won a pair of close games at the CYO tournament in Carroll on Saturday. Mya Bunkers hit a ball which was misplayed by the Kuemper Catholic outfield to score Halle Galles for the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as the Lady Hawks held on for a 4-3 win after claiming the advantage. RSM never trailed, but Kuemper did answer each of the first two RSM leads of 2-0 and 3-2...

SIOUX CITY — Local artist Jane Schultz will bring her watercolors to life starting June 8, at the Betty Strong Encounter Center. “Watercolors with Jane” is an exhibit brought to the Center by this Le Mars native and will run through Aug. 8. Schultz has been an artist most of her life, and at 94, she continues to paint. Schultz is best known for her watercolor paintings of local scenes and well-known landmarks...

LE MARS -- Colleen and Rodney Scholten know what it's like to lose a child. Their 54-year-old son, Steven, died Jan. 8, 2015, after battling ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, for eight years. The Scholtens will participate in the Siouxland Walk to Defeat ALS Sept. 13 without their son by their side...