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REMSEN — Jim Wesselmann has a different perspective for this year’s baseball season. While most of his life has been spent either playing or coaching the game, Wesselmann is spending this season as a spectator. “To tell the truth, it’s a lot more relaxing, you can sit back and enjoy the game and see things from a different perspective,” he said. ...

LE MARS — Positive cases of COVID-19 continue to climb in Plymouth County. The previous peak of active positive cases came on May 15 when 70 individuals were confirmed positive. While that number dropped to a low of 42 active cases by May 29, the numbers have been trending upward since the Memorial Day weekend as July 1 saw a high reaching 90 active cases within the county...

LE MARS — A historic Le Mars property is getting a major facelift as Kyle and Charlotte Kunkel are renovating the White House Bathing Palace into upscale apartments. Charlotte said she’d always admired the unique building. “We loved the building and when it became available, I just happened to be driving by and was driving in the middle of the road and just stopped and was like ‘Kyle, this building’s for sale,’” Charlotte said. ...

DES MOINES — Iowa Workforce Development announced an increase to the amount of maximum weekly benefits paid to unemployed Iowans and to workers injured on the job. The new benefit payment schedules apply to individuals who file new unemployment insurance claims for the week beginning July 5, 2020, and to workers injured on or after July 1, 2020. Individuals currently receiving benefits from state or federal programs will continue to receive the same weekly benefit amount...

PLYMOUTH CO. — The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office will add a familiar face to its deputy roster. Brandon Cabney, current Le Mars Police officer, will join the sheriff’s office July 1. “My decision, although it was a tough one, to join the sheriff’s office, was for a better career move for myself and my family,” Cabney said...

HINTON — After 25 years in the education system, Hinton Community Schools High School Principal Betty Wendt has moved on to join her husband, Todd, in retirement. “After having my husband retired for three years, I decided it was time to join him,” Wendt said...

LE MARS — Those taking a drive on Park Lane at the Le Mars Municipal Park will see a filled campground these days. The south campground is completly done, according City Administrator Jason Vacura. “We are making an entrance to the south grounds to match the north entrance to those campgrounds,” he said...

PLYMOUTH CO. — A Le Mars man has been arrested on multiple charges after eluding police custody in the early morning hours of June 26. According to a news release issued by the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office, at around 3:15 a.m., on June 26, a Plymouth County deputy attempted a traffic stop on a 1995 Pontiac Firebird. The vehicle failed to stop and fled the deputy and the Le Mars Police Department in and around the Le Mars area...

REMSEN — A night after losing their first game of the season to a winless team, the Remsen St. Mary’s softball team bounced back in a big way Thursday, knocking off previously unbeaten Class 1A No. 5 Akron-Westfield 5-4 in War Eagle Conference action...

LE MARS — It’s been a year since Le Mars celebrated its sesquicentennial, but those who purchased the book, “Le Mars, Iowa: A Pictorial History, 1869-2019,” can say they are reading an award-winning one. The book was awarded the “Best Special Project” award during the Preserve Iowa Summit earlier in June, under the category “Preservation at Its Best” Awards presented by Preservation Iowa. The State Historical Society of Iowa and nonprofit Preservation Iowa co-sponsor the Preserve Iowa Summit...