Details for 2026 Ice Cream Days announced
The “Ice Cream Capital of the World” is gearing up for its signature summer celebration as Ice Cream Days will return to Le Mars from Wednesday, June 17th through Saturday, June 20th, with details on the four days of fun revealed.
The celebration kicks off on Wednesday, June 17th with a Community Coffee event, followed by the Tri-State Cruisers Classic Car Show, live music from the CRS Band, and a Municipal Band concert and Ice Cream Social in Foster Park. Thursday, June 18th will feature a kid’s theater production of “That’s Not How I Remember It” at the Postal Playhouse, followed by Primebank’s Ice Cream Social and an outdoor screening of the movie “Hoppers” at the Le Mars Chevrolet GMC.
Friday, June 19th is headlined by a new free Ice Cream Bash Concert featuring musician Tyler Anthony and the Kid’s Fun Fest hosted by the Le Mars Arts Center. The four days of fun will wrap up on Saturday, June 20th with the Ice Cream Days Parade, the YMCA Frozen Fun Run 5k and Kids Dash, and the free Ice Cream Bash Concert featuring The Schmidt Brothers. Events and activities taking place on both Friday and Saturday include the Carnival, the Ice Cream Train, and new activities such as Rock Art and the Waffle Cone Warrior Course.
For a full list of events and activities, visit icecreamdays.com. Ice Cream Days will return to Le Mars from Wednesday, June 17th through Saturday, June 20th.
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George Foreman laid to rest in Iowa, fulfilling his wish
More than 40 years after a visit to Iowa that left a lasting impression on him, former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman has been laid to rest in Sioux City’s Logan Park Cemetery.
Foreman, who lived in Houston, TX, had expressed a desire to be buried in Iowa following a trip through the Loess Hills in 1988. His daughter Natalie says her father often spoke of the sense of peace he felt during that visit and after his death in March of 2025, they traveled from Texas and laid him to rest a month later on April 17th at the cemetery overlooking the Loess Hills and Stone State Park.
Now, a headstone has been finished showing Foreman in his Olympic uniform waving an American flag. The family gathered in Sioux City Thursday to mark the occasion.
One of his sons, George Foreman IV, says his father brought happiness to everyone he met.
Mayor Bob Scott says planning the ceremony has been quietly underway for the last year.
The family visited the gravesite to see the completed headstone in Sioux City on Thursday. Foreman is survived by his wife, ten children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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