The Ida Grove City Council met on Monday, February 7 at 6:00 p.m in the Temporary City Hall at the Rec Center. In attendance was Mayor Devlun Whiteing, Council members Gregor Ernst, Jeff Miesner, Jason Schable, Ange Johnson, Jared Bogue, and Attorney Ryan Gaskins. The council opened a public hearing on Maximum Property Tax Dollars for Affected Tax Levies for Fiscal Year 2023. Duane Swenson was present to express frustration in rising property taxes.
The Orphan Grain Train is a Christian volunteer network that ships donated food, clothing, medical supplies, and other needed items to people in almost 70 different countries, including the United States. The Orphan Grain Train movement is a loving response to Jesus Christ’s example as a servant and His love for us.
The Orphan Grain Train warehouse in Ida Grove is located at 417 First Street, just south of the railroad tracks. It is operated under the auspices of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
Results of the 2022 Iowa Newspaper Foundation Better Newspaper Contest have the Ida County Courier earning a total of six awards with Designer Jenny Seuntjens earning four awards on her own and taking part in design for two additional awards.
Seuntjens earned recognition for Best Ad Featuring Automotive-Boats-Aircraft-Tires-Gasoline-Etc. (Beckman Motors); Best Special Section Advertising (Christmas Edition, consisting of over 100 ads), Best Ad Designer (Portfolio of 10 ads), and Best Feature Pages (Battle Creek Fourth of July, Holstein Kinderfest and Ridge View Plays).
A Battle Creek business is on the front lines of some key issues facing both Iowa and the rest of the country.
Bitterly Cold temperatures helped to make a point more eloquently than words as Johnson Propane Heating and Cooling hosted a Congressional visitor with Rep. Randy Feenstra stopping in on one of the coldest days of the year.
With the mercury (and wind chill) hovering around 20 below, the cold (and keeping warm) were one everyone’s minds.
Fortunately, the Battle Creek business was the right place to go.
For just the fourth time overall, Ida Grove is smack dab in the midst of RAGBRAI’s planned 2022 route with the only question being just which other area communities will be announced coming up as Pass Through towns.
Day One’s overnight stop is Ida Grove, according to Friday’s route announcement.
District Large Group Speech went well for Ridge View and OABCIG students with a total of eight varsity teams earning a Division I rating to advance to State.
Denison hosted this year’s District Large Group Speech.
Ridge View had five teams and OABCIG had four tearms earning a Division I rating.
That earned students a chance to head to State, which is set for Saturday, Feb. 5 in Spencer.
Despite winter’s chill, things are going to start heating up soon in terms of election season as eyes turn toward what could be some important choices for voters.
Ida County voters will have to bid farewell to Supervisor Rhett Leonard (District 3) as he has announced he will not seek reelection.
According to information provided by the Ida County Auditor’s Office, redistricting has shifted District 3 to include the entire City of Ida Grove as well as all of Corwin Township plus part of Grant Township with sections 1 to 6 including electors living north of 290th Street.
An effort begun during lockdown to aid small meat-processing facilities has earned a Holstein business a state award of $50,000.
The award is under the aegis of the Butchery Innovation and Revitalization Fund, an effort to provide financial support for small-scale meat industry businesses.
Meat processing facilities and locker services as well as mobile slaughter units are the intended recipients for the program, which came about after Iowa’s meat industry suffered severe strain during 2020 as the supply chain came close to breaking for Iowa’s farming sector.
