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After a year's absence due to COVID-19, the Annual Memorial Day Program was held on Monday, May 31, 2021, by the Veterans Memorial in the Remsen Cemeteries. This 10 a.m. program was sponsored by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. To start the program, the Invocation was presented by Father Bill McCarthy, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen...

REMSEN — Remsen St. Mary’s celebrated their 100th anniversary of baseball last weekend, May 29 and 30, bringing together generations of Hawks alumni, family and friends to honor former players and reminisce on the program’s century of storied success...

After being canceled last year due to COVID-19, Remsen’s Annual Kids Days, sponsored by the Remsen Chamber of Commerce, will be held on Fri., June 18, and Sat., June 19, 2021. Advance ticket sales for the carnival rides are now available at American Bank, Iowa State Bank, and Remsen City Hall. Advance tickets can be purchased for $5.00 per sheet until Friday, June 18 at noon...

Remsen St. Mary's held their 2021 Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in the Gib Schroeder Memorial Gym. The RSM Class of 2021 included: Front rows, from left: Kailey Arens, Levi Waldschmitt, Kim Sauer, Jeremy Koenck, Sydney Schroeder, Abbie Begnoche, Lexie Delperdang, Tori Galles, Jacob Gerrietts Blaine Harpenau, and Emily Russell. ...

MMCRU held their commencement exercises on Sunday, May 23, 2021, at the High School Gym in Marcus. Graduates pictured above include, Front row, from left: Elizabeth Pedersen, Tayler Florine, Blacey Stodden, Abby Van Maanen, Paige Krug, Victoria Ross, Jaylen Bork, Isabelle Bush, Audra Penning, Kristina Goth, Caitlyn Evans, and Molly Reuter. ...

REMSEN — A Remsen nurse was one of five recently honored at the third annual “Nurses, the Heart of Health Care” event, at the Marriott Riverfront in South Sioux City on May 5. Jennifer Kuiken, BSN, RN, is the director of nursing at Happy Siesta Health Care Center in Remsen. She has worked at Happy Siesta for 25 years, with the last five as director of nursing...

REMSEN — Wherever Jason Carroll of Remsen goes, his service dog Delta is at his side, observing everything that is going on around them. Carroll is an Army veteran, who served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and came back from those tours with a number of issues...

Carly Ortmann 3.93 GPA Carly Ortmann, daughter of Bill and Brenda Ortmann, is the Valedictorian for the class of 2021. During Carly’s high school career, she participated in several activities including softball, basketball, volleyball, speech, musical and Christian Leadership Team. ...

Kristina Nicole Goth Goth, Valedictorian, is the daughter of Jeff and Ann Goth. She has a cumulative GPA of a 4.0. Kaitlyn’s academic achievements include: War Eagle Conference Recognition, Siouxland News: Above & Beyond Recognition, KCAU Best of Class Award, MMCRU Silver Cord, MMCRU 3.5+ GPA Gold Honor Cord, MMCRU ACT 30+ Recognition, IGHSAU E. ...

After 30 years of picking up and dropping off students along several routes over the years, MMCRU School Bus Driver Clark Rainboth decided now was the time to retire. He did get some help with the decision from his wife, Vickie, as Rainboth stated, “My wife says I’m too old for this, and it’s time to retire.”...

Iowa State Bank celebrated Beef Month by serving beef hot dogs, chips, cookies, and a beverage to hungry guests on Monday, May 17, 2021, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Most orders were carry-outs but some sat at the tables in front of the bank to have their meal...

Some RSM baseball, good food, a scholarship award, raffle, memorabilia display, an alumni baseball game, and much more are in store for the 100 Years of RSM Baseball Celebration, which will take place on May 29 and May 30. According to a press release, which can also be found on the Remsen St. Mary’s School website, “The celebration will begin on Saturday, May 29 at 11 a.m., when the 2021 RSM Varsity Hawks bat their first tournament of the season.”...

MMCRU High School will hold their commencement exercises on Sun., May 23, 2021, at 2:00 p.m., in the MMCRU High School Gymnasium in Marcus. The 2021 graduating class includes: Rachael Joanne Beelner, Jaylen Alexis Bork, Isabelle Jean Bush, David Lee Etter, Caitlyn Frances Evans, Tayler Ray Florine, Tyler James Frederes, Paige Marie Gergen, Bayle Jo Glassmaker, Kristina Nicole Goth, Jonathan Willis Haaven, Adam James Harms, Michael James Harvey, Rebecca Christine Jochims, Brynn Jolie Jones, Braeden Michael Kamphoff, Paige Jolene Krug, Terrence Thomas Lundeen, Larissa Lynn Miller, William Joseph Montgomery, Orion J. ...

Remsen St. Mary’s will hold their commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 23, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. in the Gib Schroeder Memorial Gym. St. Mary’s class of 2021 includes: Kailey Lorine Arens, Abigail Rose Begnoche, Stephen Lawrence Brazil, Jacob Arlan Britt, Damen Michael Brownmiller, Ana Marie Conover, Alexis Jo Delperdang, Tori Marie Galles, Xavier Ronald Galles, Jacob Allen Gerrietts, Blaine Robert Harpenau, Dawson Lee Harpenau, Brittany Ann Johnson, Jeremy James Koenck, Carly Elizabeth Ortmann, Emily Rose Russell, Kimberly Marie Sauer, Sydney Marie Schroeder, and Levi Gerald Waldschmitt.. ...

MMCRU High School Secretary Caryn Barry made the decision to retire at the end of the 2020-2021 school year, “I had been planning to retire after this school year for a few years. It was a hard decision to make but now that the time is near, it feels like the right decision.”...

REMSEN — Two MMCRU FFA members received their FFA Iowa Degree at the State FFA Convention in Des Moines April 20. Regan Peters and Makenzie Meyer are juniors at MMCRU. Peters received her Iowa degree focusing on Beef Production. Meyer focused on Breeding/Meat Goat Production. Both their Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE) are entrepreneurial enterprises...

RSM junior and seniors held their “Into the Woods” themed Prom on Saturday, April 24. The Grand March was held at 5:15 p.m. at the Avalon Ballroom in Remsen. The meal was catered by Home Plate Catering.

After serving Remsen St. Mary’s Schools for 45 years, Cathy Rupp has decided now is the time to retire. Rupp stated, “Forty-five years seemed like a nice round number to end my teaching career.” She doesn’t have any set plans for retirement yet, “No specific plans. I may do some substitute teaching and do some traveling. I may be looking for some volunteer opportunities.”...

American Bank celebrated May Beef Month and showed their appreciation to their customers by hosting a drive through Beef Grill Out on Monday, May 3 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Delicious to-go meals included hamburgers, chips, cookies and drinks.

PLYMOUTH CO. — Graduation ceremonies at Plymouth County high schools will take place on two weekends this year. Plymouth County has a total of 382 graduates in the class of 2021. Three schools (Akron-Westfield High School, Hinton Community High School, and Kingsley-Pierson High School) will hold commencement exercises Sunday, May 16...

On Wednesday, April 19, middle school students at MMCRU were in for a surprise during an assembly where KTIV news anchor, Al Jones, made the announcement through a Zoom meeting that MMCRU Middle School was one of three winners of KTIV Channel 4’s “Making a Difference” Contest...

The Little League Parade for all the youth teams in the Remsen Youth & Recreation Summer Leagues was held on Sunday, May 2, starting at 5:00 p.m. After the parade, Remsen Lions Club members served hot dogs, chips, and drinks for all the players. The food was donated by Remsen Youth & Recreation, Remsen Lions Club, and Remsen Chamber of Commerce. Have a great season!...

MMCRU Royals held their Prom on Saturday, April 24, with the theme “A Night Under the Stars”. There was a Main Street Cruise at 5:30 p.m. in Marcus before the Grand March at the MMCRU High School Gymnasium in Marcus, starting at 7 p.m. Prom King and Queen were Terry Lundeen and Molly Reuter...

The 30th Annual Friends of Remsen St. Mary’s Ball took place on Saturday, April 10, 2021 with the theme “Family of Faith”. Again this year, the event was a virtual ball. The live-streamed event began at 7:00 p.m. on the Remsen St. Mary’s Schools YouTube channel, link: bit.do/rsmball...

On Thursday, April 22, 2021, Iowa State Bank employees Ashley Schuttpelz, Scott Jones, and Kyle DeVary met with first graders from Remsen St. Mary's and MMCRU - Remsen Elementary to have a short Earth Day lesson to explain what Earth Day is, why it is important, and how planting trees is one of the many ways to help make the Earth a better place to live...