KLEM News for Monday, March 18

ERNST SEEKS NEW SENATE GOP LEADERSHIP ROLE Iowa Republican Joni Ernst is seeking the number three leadership position among her G-O-P peers in the U-S...

KLEM News for Saturday, March 16

AEA REFORMS TIED TO OTHER EDUCATION ISSUES A northwest Iowa lawmaker says state aid to schools, and a teacher pay increase, are tied up because...

KLEM News for Friday, March 15

IOWA PRIMARY FILING DEADLINE State and federal candidates who want to be included on the June Primary ballots for Republicans and for Democrats face a...

KLEM News for Thursday, March 14

PAVING PROJECT COMPLETED The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors approved a final payment voucher for a paving project that was completed last fall. The 80-thousand...

KLEM News for Wednesday, March 13

SCHOOL LEVY HEARING The Le Mars Community School Board has set a public hearing to consider the proposed property tax levy for the 2024-25 fiscal...

KLEM News for Tuesday, March 12

SUPERVISORS MEET The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors meet this morning.  Their agenda includes a canvass of the Hinton special election returns.  The county engineer...

KLEM News for Monday, March 11

LE MARS SCHOOL BOARD The Le Mars Community School Board meets this evening.  First on the agenda tonight is information on school district financing of...

KLEM News for Saturday, March 9

FIRE IN LE MARS INDUSTRIAL PARK - UPDATE 11:30 AM A fire was reported this morning in the Le Mars industrial park. Le Mars Fire...

KLEM News for Friday, March 8

BUSY WEEK FOR LEMARS FIRE RESCUE It's been a busy week for Le Mars Fire-Rescue.  Chief Dave Schipper says they have had dozens of calls...

KLEM News for Thursday, March 7

HIGH SPEED CHASE IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY A Spirit Lake man led seven law enforcement agencies on a motor vehicle pursuit through Plymouth County last night. The...

KLEM News for Wednesday, March 6

COUNTY BUDGET AMENDMENT APPROVED After a public hearing Tuesday, the Plymouth County Board of Supervisors approved a budget amendment for the current fiscal year. The...

KLEM News for Tuesday, March 5

HINTON SPECIAL ELECTION Two measures before voters in the Hinton School District failed in a special election Tuesday. Proposition RS, which would increase the district’s bond...

KLEM News for Monday, February 4

HINTON SCHOOLS SPECIAL ELECTION Voters in the Hinton Community School district will be casting ballots in a special election tomorrow (Tuesday).  There are two questions...

KLEM News for Saturday, March 2

NAIG - AG CENSUS There were two surprises in the latest Census of Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says Iowa had more farms and younger farmers...

KLEM News for Friday, March 1

NAIG VISITS HINTON CLASSROOM Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig visited the 4th grade class of Hinton Elementary School today. March is Read Across Iowa Month, and...

KLEM News for Thursday, February 29

POSITIVE PATIENT EXPERIENCE CONTRIBUTES TO FV HEALTHCARE AWARD Patient experience is one criteria among several that ranked Floyd Valley Healthcare among the 2024 Chartis Top...

KLEM News for Wednesday, February 28

FEENSTRA ON FEDERAL BUDGET TALKS, FARMBILL Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull says the U-S House will start voting tonight (Wednesday) on a series of...

KLEM News for Tuesday, February 27

JENEARY - SCHOOL FUNDS The Iowa House has approved a 3% increase in Supplemental State Aid in the next fiscal year. 3rd District Representative Tom...

KLEM News for Monday, February 26

JENEARY - LEGISLATURE UPDATE 3rd District State Representative Tom Jeneary successfully managed a bill that supports a listing of accesssible trails for persons with disabilities....

KLEM News for Saturday, February 24

AKRON NATIVE AT GAZA An Akron, Iowa native currently working for the United Nations in Gaza will appear this Sunday on the CBS news program...

KLEM News for Friday, February 23

LE MARS EMPLOYEE RAISES The Le Mars city council gave approval to put 83-thousand dollars toward employee wage increases.  Usually, this expenditure is approved in...

KLEM News for Thursday, February 22

HARMS ARRAIGNED Reese Harms, charged in the death of a Merrill man last month, has entered a plea of not guilty, and has demanded a...

KLEM News for Wednesday, February 21

LE MARS SCHOOL BOARD SPECIAL MEETING The Le Mars Community School Board will hold a special meeting this afternoon.  The Board of Education will present...

KLEM News for Tuesday, February 20

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE The Le Mars City council approved a request from a firm intending to build a professional and retail center in the Highway 75...

KLEM News for Monday, February 19

TAYLOR, JENEARY ON AEAS State Senator Jeff Taylor says he’s not in a jury to make any Area Education Agency reforms until the next legislative...

KLEM News for Saturday, February 17

FV HEALTHCARE PROJECTS The Board of Trustees of Floyd Valley Healthcare Thursday night approve contracts for two projects. CEO Dustin Wright says two bids were received...

KLEM News for Friday, February 16

FV HEALTHCARE PROJECTS The Board of Trustees of Floyd Valley Healthcare last night approve contracts for two projects.  CEO Dustin Wright says two bids were...

KLEM News for Thursday, February 15

COMMUNITY BETTERMENT FOUNDATION The second of two sessions to consider improvements in Le Mars parks takes place last night. Dustin Wright, president of the Le...

KLEM News for Wednesday, February 14

COMMUNITY BETTERMENT FOUNDATION The second of two sessions to consider improvements in Le Mars parks takes place later today.  Dustin Wright, president of the Le...

KLEM News for Tuesday, February 13

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors and the Secondary Road Employee's Association reached agreement on one year employment contract. Jeff Gengler, representing...
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