KLEM News for Saturday, October 5

Gehlen Catholic School celebrated Homecoming this week with the theme “Blast from the Past.” The coronation and parade took place yesterday afternoon.

Congratulations to Gehlen Catholic Homecoming Queen: Rysaiah Sitmann daughter of Zach and Jodi Sitzmann; and King: Cole McCarty son of Mark and Judi Mc Carty.

This year’s Gehlen Homecoming parade was led by a very special Parade Marshal—Loretta Schnepf, who is celebrating 100 years of life and Gehlen spirit! Loretta is an alumnus graduating from St. Joseph’s in 1942. She is involved in the Catholic Ladies Club and the prayer chain at church.

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Le Mars Fire and Rescue will host their annual Pancake & Sausage Breakfast Sunday from 8 a.m. till noon.  Le Mars Fire Chief Dave Schipper says it will be held at Fire Station #1 across from the Eagles Club.

 

October is Fire Prevention Month and the Le Mars Fire Chief says his department will be talking to about 26 school classes from pre-school and elementary grades.

This year’s theme for Fire Prevention Month is “Smoke Alarms: make them work for you.”

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There’s a fire weather watch in effect starting this morning through Saturday evening for Northwest Iowa with windy and low humidity conditions in our forecast. In Iowa the affected counties include Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux, O’Brien, Clay, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Woodbury, and Ida.

Today will bring wind gusts up to 35 mph and relative humidity as low as 19 percent.

Any fires that develop would likely spread rapidly.

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With Iowa’s Corn and Soybean harvest in full swing, that means deer are on the move already.

That’s Iowa Department of Natural Resources Deer Biologist Jace Elliot, who says deer are looking for better cover s the field become bare following harvest.

 

Elliot says there’s also another reason the deer are on the move.

 

He says drivers will need to watch out for deer, especially in rural and wooded areas.