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**The Ice Cream Days Parade applications are now open.  Visit https://www.icecreamdays.com/parade-application to sign up your business or organization today to join in the fun of the Ice Cream Days Parade.**

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*Hometown Le Mars Heritage Foundation is looking for a few more helping hands with Ice Cream Days June 17 through June 20.   If you have friends, family, coworkers, or neighbors who would enjoy being part of the fun, we’d love to have them join our volunteer team. Volunteering is a great way to meet people, support the community, and experience Ice Cream Days from a unique perspective. Interested individuals can sign up here: www.icecreamdays.com and find the volunteer now button or Hometown Le Mars Heritage Foundation at 712-541-9645.

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**A Community Blood Drive will be hosted by Le Mars YMCA with Lifeserve on Friday, June 5 from 9am until 2:00pm in the Upper-Level Fitness Room at Le Mars YMCA, 241 12th St SE.   Walk ins are welcome. To make a reservation Call 1-800-287-4903 or Text 515-815-7242 or visit the website at  lifeservebloodcenter.org     LifeServe Blood Center has designated the entire month of June as Blood Donor Days. Every donor who registers to donate at the blood drive will receive a free T-shirt. As an added bonus, any first-time donor with LifeServe will receive an email invitation to choose from two additional T-shirt designs and order a second shirt of their choice

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O’Brien County’s Driver’s License and Motor Vehicle/Titling Services will be closed Tuesday, June 9, 2026, for state training.

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**Le Mars Community Coffee will be hosted by Second Chapter Gently Used Bookstore, 104 Central Ave, NE on Wednesday, June 10, from

 

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*Le Mars Municipal Band Concert will be on Wednesday, June 10 starting at 7:30pm at Foster Park.  Co sponsored by the City of Le Mars.  No admission charge, bring your chairs and blankets.

 

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*Luxembourg Heritage Society will meet Saturday, June 13 at 9:30 a.m. in the meeting room of the Remsen Public Library. Everyone is welcome at the meeting, whether or not of Luxembourg ancestry

 

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** The Le Mars Wastewater Treatment Facility has hired an outside contractor to do the annual City of Le Mars sewer cleaning starting Monday, June 15th. Section 3 area to be cleaned is as follows:
All areas south of 1st Street SW to 22nd Street SW & SE
And from 3rd Avenue SW to 7th Avenue SE
This cleaning could take up to 6 weeks to complete. You may experience some minor sewer problems and/or traffic congestion in these areas. If you have any questions regarding the sewer cleaning, please call the Wastewater Treatment Facility at
546-5003 during normal office hours.

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*The Plymouth County Democrats will be holding their regular monthly County Central Committee meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 15,  at Lally’s Eastside Restaurant, 125 Plymouth Street NE, Le Mars, Iowa.  All interested Democrats are invited to attend.  Come at 5:30 if you want to eat with the group.  Anyone wishing to participate via zoom can request a link by emailing to plymouthcountydems@gmail.com

 

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**Le Mars community coffee kick off to Ice Cream Days will be held at Wells Visitors Center & Ice Cream Parlor, 115 Central Ave NW on Wednesday, June 17 from 9:30–10:30 AM

 

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*New Horizons United Church of Christ annual Akron Area Program will be held on Wednesday, June 17 at 1pm at the  Wesley United Methodist Church, located at 350 Main Street in Akron. “Overflowing Thankful Boxes: Gratitude in Life’s Deepest Valleys and New Beginnings” based upon 1 Thessalonians 5:18 “ In everything give thanks:
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” Guest speaker: Kathy Yoder
Author, licensed pastor, weekly columnist for the Sioux City Journal section, “Faith”
Time for refreshments & socializing!

 

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**Le Mars Community Coffee and Ribbon Cutting to be held at Inner Spark Coaching, 22 Central Ave SE on Wednesday, June 24 from 9:30am until 10:30am.
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**Join Schuster Company on Friday, June 26 from 9:30am until 10:30am for Le Mars Community Coffee celebrating 70 years in business.  Located at 1465 Industrial Road Southwest Le Mars.
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*Akron Farmer’s Market is every Wednesday from July 8 through October 7 at the Akron City Park from 5pm until 7pm.
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*The City of Le, Mars Yard Waste Disposal Site is located at the Riverview Ball Complex off Highway 3 W. Site is open every Saturday from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM and Wednesday from 1:00 – 6:00 PM April 1st through November 30th (1:00-5:00 PM on Wednesday’s after daylight savings time ends). No containers, boxes or bags allowed. Trees, brush, and yard waste must be separated and piled in the proper area of the drop off site.
Items ALLOWED at the Yard Waste Disposal Site include: leaves, lawn clippings, garden waste, shrubs, stump grindings, bushes, and tree limbs not longer than 14 feet. If bags, boxes, or containers are used for transporting the yard waste, they must be emptied out and removed from the disposal site. Stump grinding materials MUST be kept separate from other tree debris and will be dumped in with the grass and leaves. Please follow the signs for directions.
Items that are NOT ALLOWED at the Yard Waste Disposal Site include stumps with root balls, tree limbs over 14 feet long, construction materials, concrete, bricks, dirt, garbage, furniture, appliances, and other household waste.
The Yard Waste Disposal Site is for LE MARS RESIDENTS ONLY. Non-resident use of the site is NOT ALLOWED.

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**The Plymouth County Driver’s License office will open on Tuesdays from 8:30 – 4:30.  This will be in addition to the office being open on Wednesday & Thursday 8:30 – 4:30.  The Driver’s License office, located in the Annex next to the Courthouse, will be open on Tuesdays for obtaining or renewing drivers licenses, identification cards, updating to REAL ID, permit tests and other knowledge tests.  These Drivers Licenses services are walk-in – no appointment is needed.  If you need to schedule a drive, that may also be done on Tuesdays. You may call 546-1663 to schedule a time if you need to do a drive.   If you have questions about Drivers Licenses, go to the Iowa DOT website at www.iowadot.gov, or contact the Plymouth County Driver’s License office during their business hours at 546-1663.  Again, Plymouth County’s Drivers License will now be open on Tuesdays 8:30 – 4:30 in addition to Wednesday & Thursday

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**Le Mars Senior Center, located at 40 ½ Central Avenue Southeast, behind City Hall is open Monday through Friday from 9am to 4pm plus Thursday and Friday from 6:30pm – 9:00pm.   Membership fee is $15 per year.  Le Mars Senior Center can be rented for events, call 546-6740 for more information.

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**The Table Food Pantry hours are 5pm until 6pm on the 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th Wednesdays and every Wednesday from noon until 2:00pm.  The Table is located at Rejoice! Community Church located at 1320 3rd Avenue Southeast, Le Mars.  Only once a month visit are allowed at the Table.

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**Siouxland Food Bank Distribution is the second Tuesday of each month from 4pm to 5:30pm at Rejoice! Community Church located at 1320 3rd Avenue Southeast, Le Mars.    Please bring your own bags and containers.