Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies Held At The New Police Department Headquarters

(Le Mars) — An estimated crowd of more than one thousand people visited the new Le Mars Police Department headquarters during the open house held yesterday. Police Chief Kevin Vande Vegte thanked the many people responsible for the new police station, including the mayor and city council, the late Scott Langel, and the current city administrator Jason Vacura. Vande Vegte says it was a long time coming before the police department was able to move to a new facility.

The police chief reminded the gathered crowd there was some shuffling of possible buildings for the new police headquarters, before city officials settled on the former Motor Inn auto dealership building.

City Administrator Jason Vacura informed the crowd there were a total of nearly 24 contractors that helped convert the auto dealership building into the state-of-the art police headquarters. Former police chief Stuart Dekkenga welcomed the visiting crowd as they entered the doors of the new facility, and thanked them for coming when they left. According to Dekkenga,
he never heard a negative word from anyone about the new facility, and everyone stated they were impressed with the building, and expressing a sense of community pride.
Surrounded by members of the Le Mars Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, Mayor Dick Kirchoff, members of the city council, contractors, and a few of the senior police officers, Police Chief Vande Vegte cut the ribbon to formally acknowledge the opening of the new police station headquarters located on north Business
Highway 75.