Le Mars Police Honor Susemihl With “Blue Line” Award
(Le Mars) — The Le Mars Police Department has awarded its “Blue Line” Award to former mechanic Tom Susemihl. Susemihl, prior to his retirement, had for years serviced the Le Mars Police squad vehicles, and always helped get the cars back on the road as quick as possible. Police Chief Kevin Vande Vegte presented the award to Susemihl on Wednesday.
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Le Mars Police Searching For Two Missing Teenage Girls
(Le Mars) — Le Mars Police Department posted on their Facebook page that two teenage girls from Le Mars are reporting as missing. Police Chief Kevin Vande Vegte tells us more about the disappearance of the girls.
Vande Vegte believes the two girls may still be somewhere within the general area.
Both girls have dark hair and are of medium height. Vande Vegte says anyone that may have seen the girls, or perhaps know of their location are asked to contact the Le Mars Police Department.
Winnebago Moving Corporate Headquarters To Minnesota
(Forest City, IA) — The board of directors of Winnebago Industries has voted to move the company’s corporate headquarters from Forest City to Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The executive offices where C-E-O Michael Happe has been working have been in Minnesota since 2016, but this move will be shifting the corporate headquarters address to Minnesota on December 1st. The company says there is no plan to cut of jobs as a result of the transition and no physical implication on any manufacturing assets. Happe says the company is extremely proud of its historical roots in Forest City and it will remain strongly rooted in north-central Iowa with its manufacturing locations.
Bicyclist Hit And Killed Near Clear Lake
(Clear Lake, IA) — A bicyclist from Clear Lake was killed by a pickup truck at midday on Wednesday. The Iowa State Patrol says 58-year-old Robin Faught was traveling on the southern edge of the Clear Lake city limits when he was struck by a vehicle driven by 94-year-old Carroll Etchen of Clear Lake. Faught was taken to MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City, but he did not survive.
President’s Order On School Masks Mandates Could Impact Iowa
(Washington, DC) — An order by President Biden for the U-S Education Secretary to explore whether a civil rights law gives the federal government authority to overturn state bans on mask mandates in schools could impact Iowa. Iowa is one of six states that forbids local school officials from requiring students and staff to wear face coverings at school. The U.S. Education Secretary sent Reynolds a letter yesterday. It says blocking Iowa schools from taking science-based steps to stop the spread of Covid may infringe on the authority of school boards to adopt plans for the health and safety of students and school staff.
Reynolds Responds To Biden’s Letter
DES MOINES – Gov. Reynolds released the following statement today in response to the letter our office received from United States Department of Education:
“We have a crisis at the border, a disaster in Afghanistan, and inflation is soaring. President Biden is failing on each of these issues, yet he is now launching an attack against governors like myself for trusting our people to decide what’s best for them. The President’s priorities are misplaced. I have had enough, and I know Iowans have too. I’ll continue to do whatever is necessary to defend and preserve the fundamental rights and liberties afforded to any American citizen.”
Fair Attendance Behind Record After Six Days
(Des Moines, IA) — Attendance at the 2021 Iowa State Fair is lagging behind the record year in 2019 by about 32-thousand through the first six days. The Iowa State Fair reports through Tuesday there were 587-thousand-199 visitors to the fair. Attendance hit the record one-million-170-thousand-375 in 2019, and the fair was canceled in 2020 by the pandemic.
