GOODWILL 100TH
Goodwill of the Great Plains celebrated their 100 year anniversary with an event at their Holton Drive location in Le Mars. The celebration included an official proclamation from the mayor of Le Mars, Rob Bixenman. Goodwill has been in Le Mars since 1985, and is one of 21 retail locations operated in four states by Goodwill of the Great Plains. Goodwill began in Sioux City as the Wall Street Mission in 1890.
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DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST
Tuesday was the first day merchants could set up temporary stands to start selling legal fireworks in Iowa. The opening of sales comes as the Drought Monitor shows large swath of Iowa remains abnormally dry, with some areas seeing severe drought. Le Mars Fire Rescue Chief Dave Schipper told the city council recently that fireworks sales began will extend through the rest of June, and will end on July 4. There will be only three days in which fireworks can be lit within the city limits – on July 3, 4 or 5, ending each night at 11 pm. Fireworks may not be used on public property, such as streets or parks. They must only be used on private property.
SIOUX CENTER ASSAULT
Sioux County authorities arrested a Sioux Center teen in a case of alleged assault. There was a disturbance at a residence one mile north of Sioux Center. The Sioux County Sheriffs Office responded to the incident. Deputies discovered a disturbance which led to an assault involving the juvenile and two adults. One adult male from Sioux Center was assaulted, causing bodily injury. The juvenile was cited into Juvenile Court for first degree harassment and released to a parent.
SCOTT WILL “CLEAN OUT” DOJ
Republican candidate Tim Scott is promising to fire the head of the F-B-I if he’s elected president and clean out Department of Justice staff appointed by President Biden. Scott held a town hall style forum in Pella Wednesday night. The final question from the crowd came from a man who said the Department of Justice is weaponized against Americans and it’s not going to stop with Donald Trump. Scott did not mention the recent indictment of the former president or even refer to Trump by name in his answer, but Scott used the word corrosive to describe the culture inside the Department of Justice. And Scott said the country doesn’t survive when the majority of Americans don’t have confidence in the justice system.
ICE CREAM DAYS
Ice Cream Days in Le Mars unfolds this afternoon. There are several events planned today. The Browns host a music show,
“It’s Summertime”, at 1-30, at the Century Theater. This is a ticketed event. Tonight at 6, there are two events: a family bike ride, starting at Olson Event’s Center; and an ice cream social at Primebank. There’s an outdoor movie, SING2, at Total Motors, the site of the old Le Mars Drive-In Theater. Ice Cream Days Wednesday featured a car show, an ice cream social and a concert at Foster Park featuring the Le Mars Municipal Band.
LOTTERY PRIZE
A Hinton woman won a 300-thousand dollars lottery prize. Renae Beeck Monday claimed the prize at Lottery headquarters in Clive. Beeck stopped for gas at Casey’s in Glenwood, and decided to buy a 30 dollar “Colossal Crossword” scratch game ticket. Beeck is a traveling nurse, and had scratched the ticket during her lunch break. Unsure how much she won, Renae scanned the ticket with her Lottery mobile app, and confirmed the 300-thousand dollar prize. She intends to use some of the winnings on a vacation. The rest goes into her retirement fund. The Colossal Crossword game features 18 top winners of 300-thousand dollars, and 56 prizes of 10-thousand dollars.
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HISTORIC THUNDERSTORM Today marks the date of a deadly thunderstorm which ripped through northwest Iowa in 1885. The National Weather Service says the storm hit late on the night of June 14, into early morning on June 15. The storm produced a tornado, which weaved a path of destruction through Le Mars and surrounding areas, resulting in at least a dozen fatalities. In Le Mars, local reports indicated ‘the two elevators, depots, mill and about fifth homes were destroyed and the lumber yards cover the entire town.’ In Sioux City, the storm produced very strong winds, causing damage throughout the city. Dozens of Homes and businesses had their roofs torn off or walls blown in. A railroad barge on the Missouri River sank, and the engineer barely managed to escape. Outlying communities, such as Hospers and Cherokee County, had lesser wind damage, but heavier rains, causing widespread flooding and washed out bridges.
GRASSLEY QUESTIONS FBI PHONE CALLS Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says he has seen a document that alleges a paid F-B-I informant was told a Ukrainian had recorded 15 phone calls with Hunter Biden and two with Joe Biden when Biden was vice president. The filled out form Grassley is referring to was shown to members of the House Oversight Committee last week in a secure room, with sections redacted. Grassley says he and the chairman of the House Oversight Committee saw the document earlier, when references to recordings about an alleged bribery scheme were visible. Grassley says Republicans in congress are trying figure out if the F-B-I listened to the recordings. The allegations were made in 2020. The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has said officials in the Trump Administration found no evidence to support the allegations. Last week, President Biden called the allegations malarkey.
ERNST URGES MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says the U.S. should stop humanitarian aid to Ukraine and focus on providing more military equipment. Ernst says our European allies are better positioned to provide food and other humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, served 23 years in the Iowa National Guard and Army Reserve. Ernst says it’s important to our own national security to provide Ukraine with the military platforms it needs to defeat the Russians — and she says the Ukrainians are doing an incredible job of pushing Russia back and diminishing Russia’s military capacity for the next 10 to 15 years. Ernst made her comments during a debate series sponsored by the Edward Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate that will be broadcast Sunday night on Fox News. |
