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01/05/2026 - 12:14pm
Retirement party for Niemeier
 The City of Holstein hosted a retirement party for Public Works Director Scott Niemeier, at the Lohff-Schumann Community Center last week. Niemeier stepped down at the end of the year, after more than 34 years of dedicated service. Photo by Brent...
Cattlemen/Pork Producers banquet is this Saturday
Rehse is new Ida County VA director
Ida County EMS completing move to Highway 175 location
Whiteing named supervisors’ chairman, Schubert vice chairman
Market readjustment shows slight increase in statewide farmland values: Ida County farmland sees 2.4 percent increase

Sports


Drew drops one in: Ridge View's Drew Burk puts a shot up over a Woodbine defender during the Raptors' 57-40 win over the Tigers. Photo by Brent Harm
01/05/2026 - 12:07pm
Ridge View whips #9-rated Woodbine, 57-40
The Ridge View boys basketball team started 2026 with a BANG, defeating state-ranked Woodbine by a score of 57-40 on Friday night. The visiting Tigers arrived in Holstein ranked #9 in Class 1A, sporting a record of 6-1. Their resume included a 16-...
Ridge View girls roll past Logan-Magnolia 46-26
Ridge View rolls past Newell-Fonda 77-42
Ridge View girls fall to state-ranked Newell-Fonda 69-29
Ridge View wrestlers host Raptor Duals
Ridge View girls host dual wrestling: Robertson hits 100 career wins milestone

Obituaries

12/04/2025 - 11:34am
Betty Rozella Meyer
Betty Rozella Meyer 1948 – 2025 Betty Rozella Meyer was born on May 21, 1948, in Cherokee, Iowa, to John and Rozella (Endrulat) Bauman. She grew up in Holstein, where she attended school and graduated with the Class of 1966. Betty was first married...
Norman Roy Buenger
Henry Glen Brueck
Heidi L. Howard
Kathy Goettsch-Krueger
Terry D. Gebers

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