Local bakers to retire following Farmers Market season
Two longtime Le Mars-area bakers have announced they will retire from the baking business this fall. Rob and Joyce Scheitler, the couple behind The Scheitler Bakers and one of the organizers of the Le Mars Farmers Market, made the announcement in a Facebook post on Sunday. Speaking to KLEM, Rob Scheitler says the time was right to hang up the apron.
Scheitler says their retirement will not affect the future of the Farmers Market.
The Scheitler Bakers began in 2017, when Joyce joined a small farmers market group in Merrill, and has expanded from there into what Rob says is the largest in-home baking market in the Siouxland area.
The couple says they will continue to fulfill orders through September 30th and will continue working the Farmers Market until October, before hanging up the apron for good.
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LifeNet medical helicopter begins serving Siouxland region
LifeNet of the Heartland is providing helicopter emergency medical service in Sioux City, and celebrated its opening with a Siouxland Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting luncheon in Sioux City’s Riverside Park on Wednesday. Since opening last November, LifeNet 1-4 has already transported over 90 patients across the Siouxland region to receive medical care. Ethan Neff is the clinical base lead and head flight nurse.
LifeNet 1-4 crew members serve the tri-state area and fly an EC-130 air ambulance across western Iowa, eastern Nebraska and southeast South Dakota.
Craig Marshall is the area manager of Air Methods, the parent company overseeing LifeNet who previously partnered with Mercy Medical Center before it stopped operations in Sioux City.
Air Methods also partners with Unity Point LifeFlight, MercyOne Air Med and the University of Iowa AirCare, adding another 10 aircraft across the Hawkeye State. They also have bases in Omaha, Norfolk, and other Nebraska cities and can move those units around the region as needed.
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