KLEM’s “Decision 2025” candidate forum airs today
Le Mars residents will go to the polls on Tuesday, December 2nd for a special run-off election to decide the mayor’s race and an at-large seat on the Le Mars City Council, and KLEM invites you to join us at 10:30am today for our “Decision 2025” candidate forum. The forum will air live over the air on KLEM and on our YouTube page.
Moderated by Le Mars Community High School teacher Michael Bahr, the forum will be in a question and answer cross-talk format, according to KLEM Station Manager Nick Gengler.
All four candidates in December’s run-off election will participate in the forum. The first half-hour will feature candidates in the city council at-large race, and the second half-hour will feature candidates in the mayoral race. Listeners are able to interact with the forum by submitting questions for the candidates to answer.
Questions asked will have responses from the candidates, with rebuttal responses allowed. Each candidate will also give an opening and closing statement.
The “Decision 2025” forum will take place today at 10:30am, airing live over the air on KLEM and streaming on our YouTube page.
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Gehlen graduate receives Distinguished Alumni Award from Iowa State University
A former graduate of Gehlen Catholic High School has received an alumni award from Iowa State University during Homecoming celebrations in October. Emily Puhl, a native of Le Mars, was presented with a Distinguished Alumni Award from Iowa State University’s Department of World Languages and Culture.
Puhl, the daughter of Nick and the late Debra Puhl, was the valedictorian of the Gehlen Catholic High School Class of 2002. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University, as well as a master’s degree from the University of San Diego, California and a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Puhl currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is a senior attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services, advising defense attorneys on immigration-related family and criminal court proceedings. Prior to joining BDS, Puhl worked with the Immigrant Defense Project in New York and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in California’s San Joaquin Valley, providing training, assistance, and legal guidance to immigrant communities and advocates. Their areas of focus included ICE enforcement, family-based immigration, and public charge policy. She has also provided direct representation to immigrants as an Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow at Legal Services NYC and as an attorney advisor at the San Francisco Immigration Court.
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Helping Hands gift card drive postponement
Helping Hands’ gift card drive scheduled for tomorrow at the Le Mars Fareway has been postponed to a later date.
For questions or for more information, contact Helping Hands at 712-541-6432.
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