Police Investigate Motorcycle-Vehicle Accident
(Le Mars) — The Le Mars Police Department is investigating a vehicle and motorcycle accident that happened Wednesday evening at about 5:55 p.m. The accident occurred at the 100 block of Plymouth Street in front of the American
Legion Hall. The driver of the motorcycle was injured and was transported by the Le Mars Ambulance to the Floyd Valley Healthcare. At this time, we don’t have the names of the motorcycle driver, or the driver of the vehicle.
Responding to the accident scene were the Le Mars Fire and Rescue Department, Le Mars Ambulance, Le Mars Police Department, and the Plymouth County Sheriff’s
Office.
City Closes Park Lane For Overlay Paving Project
(Le Mars) — Le Mars city officials have closed Park Lane beginning at 4th Avenue Northeast and going east through the Municipal Park for a distance of about 300 feet. Access to the Municipal Park is limited to the east entrance
off Highway 3. The city has posted signs and barricades indicating how campers can get to the campgrounds. City officials believe the road will be closed for about a week.
Gehlen Catholic To Install New Playground Equipment
(Le Mars) — It has been a long time coming, eight years in fact, but Gehlen Catholic is ready to install a new playground for its elementary students.
Lorie Nussbaum serves as the principal for Gehlen Catholic Elementary grades, she says the old playground equipment has been around for more than 50 years, and no longer meets the requirements with today’s Americans with Disabilities Act or updated state and legal requirements.
Nussbaum says Gehlen will keep some of the existing playground equipment while adding other features.
The new playground was purchased from GameTime in Iowa. The new playground will feature seven slides, eight swings, seven climbers, one cross beam, two deck spans, one tilted sky runner, one space wheel, and new landscaping. Nussbaum
says through private donations, and bake sales Gehlen Catholic was able to raise the needed funds to secure the purchase of the playground equipment.
Volunteers will assemble the new playground equipment during Ice Cream Days, Friday, June 16th and Saturday, June 17th.
Gehlen is accepting bids for the old playground equipment. The Gehlen Catholic elementary principal says research studies show a need for children to have recreational activity to help enhance their educational experience.
Nussbaum says a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new playground will be held in conjunction with the start of the new school year in August.
Jury Selection Process Started For BPI vs. ABC News Lawsuit
(Elk Point) — Jury selection is underway in Elk Point, South Dakota for the $1.9 billion dollar defamation lawsuit trial filed by Beef Products Incorporated against ABC Broadcasting.
The lawsuit claims ABC News and reporter Jim Avila (AH-Vih-Lah) damaged B- P-I by referring in news reports back in 2012 to the company’s lean finely textured beef as “pink slime”.
Circuit Court Administrator Kim Allison says two panels of potential jurors came in Wednesday morning to be questioned by attorneys:
Allison says a total of 409 potential jurors has been summoned for the case.
Several people were dismissed from consideration the first day for a variety of reasons:
Twelve jurors and four alternates will be chosen from that pool with selection expected to last at least through Friday in Union County District Court.
Opening statements and presentation of evidence would start at 8:30am on Monday, June 5th.
The trial is expected to last nearly two months.
Car Enthusiasts Showoff Classic Cars
(Le Mars) — Classic cars of all makes and models were being showcased last evening at Arnold’s Motor Parts in Le Mars. An estimated 200 cars were on display. It is all part of the Tri-State Cruisers. A group of classic car enthusiasts who gather each Wednesday during the spring and summer months. Mick
Even of Le Mars talks about the organization, and why they gather each week.
Even says the qualifications are simple to belong to the Classic Cars Tri-State Cruisers organization.
Even says a ’59 Kizer is perhaps the most unusual classic car he has ever seen.
Even says the attraction to classic cars often serves as a memory of simpler times.
If you missed the chance of seeing the classic cars last evening, Even says they will be back in Le Mars in two weeks for the Ice Cream Days Cruisin Night at Bob’s Drive-Inn.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach To Offer Crop Scouting Basics For Women
(Le Mars) — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will be holding a three-part seminar focusing on agronomy issues for area women interested in crop scouting basics. Dawn Henderson is an Extension and Outreach Agronomy intern.
She says Crops Specialist Joel DeJong will lead the program. Henderson says the crop scouting workshop will take place at the Iowa State University Research Farm near Sutherland.
Henderson says part of the program will study weeds and insect pests, and how they affect the crop. The Extension agronomy intern says program will look at the development of area crops.
Henderson explains the program is designed with women in mind, but men are welcomed. She says participants don’t need to have any background education in agronomy, only an interest.
The agronomy student says its important for farmers to scout their fields on a regular basis, in order to know how best to react to crop conditions.
Registration is $10 per evening, or a total of $30. The dates are June 8th, June 22nd, and July 6th. For additional information, or to register, you can contact the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach — Plymouth County office.
