Floyd Valley Celebrates Expansion; Le Mars School Board Considers Land Opportunity; Tulip Festival Underway in Orange City
Floyd Valley Celebrates National Hospital Week
This is National Hospital Week and during a Chamber Community Coffee Wednesday morning, Floyd Valley Healthcare CEO Dustin Wright thanked the community, the 400 team members of Floyd Valley, and its Board of Directors for their support and talked about the hospital expansion.
Wright says Floyd Valley takes pride in being a vital part of the communities it serves.
While some rural hospitals are struggling, Wright says Floyd Valley Healthcare continues to grow. (Wright Cut 3
The Floyd Valley Healthcare Auxiliary is celebrating 70 years of service to the hospital and community in 2025.
IEDA Loan to Help Build Sioux Center Generation Project
A state low-interest loan will help build Sioux Center’s planned electric generation project.
The Iowa Economic Development Authority approved offering a $2.5 million, 2% interest loan for the Sioux Center project. The project will install over 11 megawatts of diesel generation in northern Sioux Center. Work on the project will begin next year.
The purpose of adding local generation will help sustain affordability in Sioux Center’s power portfolio is two-fold. Local generation will provide emergency power in an extreme situations in which the power supply might be shut off.
NEW SITE CONSIDERED FOR LE MARS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The Le Mars School Board is considering a land exchange to build a new elementary school, according a proposal the board approved at its regular meeting this week.
The plan originally called for the school to be built on district-owned land near the middle/high school complex. However, the land exchange with Dogwood Properties would mean the district would swap 17 acres next to 11th Street SW and 6th Avenue SW at 12th Street . . . for 30 acres, plus additional funds. Those funds would be used for the exchange of property located at the south end of Central Ave along 18th street.
Le Mars School Superintendent Dr. Steve Webner said at Tuesday’s school board meeting stakeholders have voiced concerns about the size of 17 acre parcel of land.
Webner also said the new plot of land would solve some traffic issues. Webner added that the exchange would have no effect on tax payers and it would provide the district with options to build in the future.
The Le Mars School Board has set a public forum to discuss the land exchange for June 2 at 5:30 p.m. at the Le Mars High School Little Theater.
The Annual Orange City Tulip Festival is Underway
The annual Orange City Tulip Festival is underway in Sioux County.
The festival takes full bloom today with a children’s art exhibit opening at 9 am along with an antique tractor show, horse-drawn trolley tours, and a tulip talk in Windmill Park. The festival’s musical, The Wizard of Oz, will continue to play through Saturday evening, the end of festival.
There will be wooden shoe carving demonstrations, performances by the Dutch Dozen, and carnival rides.
The traditional street scrubbing takes place at 1pm today, with the Volksparade to follow.
