Quilters, fourth-grade students help honor veterans for Veterans Day
Quilts sewn by local quilters will be presented to veterans tonight, and alongside the quilts, letters from local fourth grade students will be given out. Susan Irwin, a fourth grade teacher at Clark Elementary School, says that this is the second year her students have written letters to veterans.
The event is part of Quilts of Valor, a national organization that honors veterans and service members with quilts, in order to recognize and thank them for their service. The quilts being presented tonight are produced by Ginny Freyermuth and Geri Dreckman, who have sewn dozens of quilts for area veterans over the past several years. Irwin says Freyermuth educated students on the importance of the quilts.
Each veteran at tonight’s event will receive a quilt and roughly 15-20 letters from area students, Irwin says. The presentation will start tonight at the Headline Event Space in Le Mars at 7 p.m..
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New Westfield mayor to be determined by drawing lots
The new mayor of Westfield will be determined by the drawing of lots by the Plymouth County Board of Supervisors, after candidates Michael Bohlke and Willard McFarland tied during last week’s elections.
Current mayor McFarland and challenger Bohlke both received 22 votes, with 1 write-in vote recorded. Per procedure, the Board of Supervisors will draw lots during their meeting tomorrow morning in order to determine a winner. This is the only race in Plymouth County to have tied; two races in Le Mars will go to a run-off election next month.
The Board of Supervisors will also canvass election results across Plymouth County during the meeting. Other agenda items the Board will cover include discussing sending funds for an amicus brief to the Iowa State Association of Counties, and approving a new minor subdivision in Westfield Township. The meeting will take place tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. inside the Plymouth County Courthouse.
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Annual Plymouth County Fair meeting this week
The annual meeting of the Plymouth County 4-H and Agricultural Society, the organization that runs the Plymouth County Fair, will take place this Thursday, November 13th.
The election of fair board members is the main item on the agenda, with the terms of eleven board members expiring. Only members of the Society are allowed to vote, but any county resident is eligible for membership. In order to vote, a $5 fee and a membership request must be made to 712-540-2778 by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday; new members are encouraged to join. During the meeting, a recap of the 2025 fair will take place, as well as an opportunity to comment on and to make suggestions for the 2026 fair.
A regular Board of Directors meeting will take place afterwards, with agenda items for that meeting including discussing entertainment for next year’s fair. The annual meeting starts at 7 p.m. on Thursday, at Century Hall on the Plymouth County Fairgrounds.
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After the snowy weekend, forecasters say Iowa’s in for a big warmup
Iowans who were bundled up in their winter coats, hats and gloves yesterday may be back in shorts and t-shirts to wrap up their yard work by the weekend. Meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff, at the National Weather Service, says we’re in for a big warmup soon, but it follows a weekend during which most Iowans saw at least some snowfall, with accumulation in several areas.
After a weekend of below-freezing temperatures, much of the state only had highs in the 30s yesterday, but Hagenhoff says that’ll quickly change.
She says it’ll be a good bet you can turn off the furnace, at least temporarily. We’re still more than a month from the start of winter, which officially arrives December 21st.
(Story via Radio Iowa)
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