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Jordan Nothdurft, Sioux City, took Grand Champion honors with this 136-pound black face lamb during the Plymouth County Fair sheep show.

That's the reason about 10,000 more pounds have been recycled this year compared to last year, city and county officials said.

Josie Popken celebrated her 100th birthday June 13, 2008, with a morning coffee at Plymouth Manor Care Center in Le Mars where she makes her home.

No matter the size of the town people really come together on this day to remember the casualties of war.

Bill and Janice Renken of Brunsville will display their collection of Allis-Chalmers tractors and machinery during the Memorial Day weekend.

Workers from Luken Memorial in Yankton, S.D., guide the final engraved stone into place for the Brunsville Area Veteran's Memorial on Wednesday afternoon.

“When I first got him, he would go to the window and look out and I thought 'he's unhappy,'”

Sharon Dorr, of Le Mars, rescued Parker, a golden labrador, from the streets of Brunsville in January. via Le Mars Daily Sentinel

“It will help my business a lot”

A new urban renewal area has been formed to encompass all of Brunsville. With that distinction businesses like Premium Feed & Grain in the town's industrial area will be part of a Tax Increment Financing ... via Le Mars Daily Sentinel

“We're always happy with whatever we can get”

Local Option Sales Tax grants were awarded for 19 projects Tuesday by the Plymouth County Supervisors. via Le Mars Daily Sentinel

“We have the support of the town for this project.”

Members of American Legion Heeren-McHale-Wilken Post #724 at Brunsville served approximately 620 people at their pancake breakfast Sunday at the Legion Hall. via Le Mars Daily Sentinel

“The horrific nature of what happened brought to mind what happened in 1912”

By By TOM PERRY REGISTER STAFF WRITER Posted at 04:05 on 03/28/2008 Reservations It might be Iowa's creepiest overnight accommodation. via Indianola Record-Herald

“I loved the music and it gave me the chance to participate with the students as well as involve the community members and not have to play alone.”

By DES MOINES REGISTER STAFF Posted at 11:32 on 03/25/2008 When Sami Bedell takes a seat at the Elton John Red Piano on the stage of the Sami Center on April 12, a dream will come true. via Indianola Record-Herald

Poll worker Joyce Langel assists a voter at the Le Mars Convention Center polling site this morning. via Le Mars Daily Sentinel

Vandals continued to hit residents and businesses in the town of Shenandoah over the weekend. via KCCI

“It comes from our heart, it doesn't come from our pocketbook or anything like that.”

Ed Williams, and his wife Beth, founded 'Iowa's Missing & Exploited Children' in 1989 Since your child can be kidnapped in a blink of an eye one local couple who helps find missing kids says don't do it, don't ... via KTIV-TV Sioux City

“Authorities are urging folks to use caution when opening up their mailboxes, they say if you find your mailbox has any damage to it call them immediately.”

Some scary moments for folks living in and around Spencer, Iowa Saturday. Bomb-like explosives were found in eight mailboxes, while nearly a dozen others were vandalized. via KTIV-TV Sioux City

“I want to make Iowa a place that a young person can receive a top-notch education and then get a job that keeps them here in Iowa to begin to raise their family.”

The same day Dave Mulder announced he would not run again for the District 2 Senate seat, Sioux County Treasurer Randy Feenstra announced his intentions to seek the Republican nomination for that spot. via Le Mars Daily Sentinel

“Lost in America') and co-writer/ director/actor James Serpento ('White Boyz”

The first Iowa screening of the much-anticipated, recently completed feature film, 'Haunting Villisca,' which was shot on location at the Villisca Axe Murder House and in the Montgomery County Courthouse where ... via Des Moines Register

Authorities in western Iowa are looking for a woman who escaped from a work release facility. via KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids

“My grandfather, Henry Kruger, was clerk of municipal court in Sioux City.”

When you're nabbed for speeding in Plymouth or Sioux County, your check goes to Charlene Peterson, the clerk of court serving both counties. via Sioux City Journal