“After spring work got completed, we were able to get back in here and make a big push to have it ready for Heritage Days so people can come take a look at it,” said Brian Lundell of the work taking place at the old Conoco gas station at the corner of 2nd and Quimby streets in Ida Grove.
He and his dad, Jim Lundell, are working to restore the building to its condition when it was a functioning service station in the middle part of the 20th century.
The Horn Memorial Hospital Foundation hosted its annual Golf Outing fundraiser on Friday, at the Ida Grove Golf and Country Club. Proceeds from the event will go toward the purchase of medical equipment and investments in patient care and diagnostic efficiency.
With roughly 300 ash trees to get rid of in the near future, the City of Ida Grove has asked Ida County about the possibility of hauling and burning ash trees out at the landfill.
Input from the DNR is critical, the board heard.
“So my question is, if we did this, would this solve our…place for county citizens?”, said Supervisor Devlun Whiteing.
Whiteing also asked were the ground to be muddy and wet, whether the city had a staging area to store tree debris.
Land owned by the OABCIG Community School District will be transferred to the City of Odebolt.
The land is currently being used for Little League games.
According to Superintendent Matt Alexander, once legal documents are complete, a public hearing will take place.
An Ida Grove Elementary kitchen addition saw board approval for the bid with Slechta Masonry totaling $34,795.
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Our United States Flag Day was June 14, 2025. Our Stars and Stripes was adopted by the Continental Congress as the official American Flag on June 14, 1777 during the Revolutionary War.
Please take time to fly Old Glory, and show your thanks for what our flag means to all of us.
The 2025 Odebolt Creek Days celebration arrives this Friday.
“Everything’s really coming together,” said Samantha Fertig, treasurer of the Odebolt Development Committee (ODC).
“We’ve got a bunch of new activities coming this year and some of the same old ones. One of our exciting things is an ax-throwing trailer that will be free for the community to use.”
Axe throwing will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. on Saturday in the beer garden.
Amanda and Grace Steadman are the new mother-daughter management team at Brownie’s Drive-In in Ida Grove.
“This was my first job at 14, and I worked here for three weeks,” said Grace, who is now 18. “I came back when I was 17 and I’ve been here ever since.”
“My son, Clayton, is also a cook here, and this summer I had the opportunity to manage with Grace, and I jumped at it,” Amanda said.
They are managing the drive-in for Randy Brown, who opened the business in 2018.
The 2025 OABCIG Summer Theatre Camp production will be “Dream Street: The Musical.”
Josie Wulf, who teaches seventh grade and high school English at East Sac County Community Schools, will direct the camp and the production.
“It’s for students in sixth through eighth grade,” she said. “They get an opportunity to be introduced to acting and singing and dancing – and theater and musical theater in general.”
