The Holstein Chamber’s January meeting was called to order by President Karla Meier. Eight members were in attendance, while two members attended via text. Stamps and envelopes were purchased for the membership committee. A check was given to the IRS for the 501c6 application.
The Ida County Cattlemen and Ida County Pork Producers held their joint banquet on January 8 at Veterans Memorial Hall in Holstein. Backdraft Bar and Grill of Holstein catered the meal and Tiefenthaler Quality Meats of Holstein provided hors d’ oeuvres. FFA members from Ridge View and OABCIG helped serve the meal. A full house enjoyed the banquet, entertainment, and socializing.
Roger Bauman, president of the pork producers, gave the welcome and he also presented information and support for the Ag in the Classroom program sponsored by both county commodity groups.
Cherokee Regional Medical Center has announced that family practice physician Dr. Shelby Wigginton has joined the medical staff and will begin seeing patients at Cherokee Medical Clinic starting Thursday.
The Ida County Board of Supervisors met on January 3 at 9 a.m. in the courthouse. In attendance were Chair Raymond Drey, Creston Schubert, and Rhett Leonard. The board approved Drey as 2022 Board Chair and Schubert as Vice Chair. The board approved the mileage rate at 47.5 cents per mile for 2022. The board authorized the Chair to sign Resolution 22-01 Construction Evaluation with regards to the construction of a confinement feeding operation structure. The board approved Resolution 22-02 Utilities mileage and assessed valuation.
Ida Grove and Mapleton Bomgaars held a night of festive fun and shopping just for ladies. Bomgaars joined with Horn Memorial Hospital to raise awareness of women’s health issues and passed along a 20-percent discount to the ladies in attendance. A donation of the total sales for the evening was pledged back to Horn Memorial Hospital in the amount of $748.34 from the Ida Grove location and $469.23 from the Mapleton Bomgaars. Overall, Bomgaars donated $104,581.88 to 106 participating Bomaars stores to support women’s health.
Ida County received its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vac-cine Dec. 22. Horn Memo-rial Hospital began vac-cinating its healthcare workers on Dec. 29.
Ida and Sac Counties COVID-19 case counts were up slightly. Ida County went from 682 to 701, while Sac County went from 1,022 to 1,046.
Andrea Niemeier and Sherry Gebers retired from Farm Bureau Finan-cial Services Dec. 31. Gebers had been with the firm 12 years. Niemeier worked in the insurance industry since 1986.
An Iowa Department of Transportation truck treating the roadways was totaled and a flatbed semi was likewise put out of commission after a crash on U.S. 20.
Timothy Jay Hoy, 53, of Anthon, was taken to Horn Memorial Hospital following the crash that took place as he was applying brine solution to the highway.
The other driver, Blake Edward Greenfield, 47, of Webster City, was eastbound as was Hoy when Greenfield failed to see the orange DOT vehicle.
The Ida County Board of Supervisors met on December 28 at 9 a.m. in the courthouse. In attendance were board members Raymond Drey and Creston Schubert. Rhett Leonard was absent. County Engineer Jeff Williams presented Payment #6 from Croell, Inc. for the M31 project in the amount of $215,492.34 from the Capital Projects Fund. The board authorized the Chair to sign the claim.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host “Women Managing Farmland: Today and Tomorrow” on Wednesday, January 19 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Cobblestone Inn in Holstein.
The program is designed to better serve and meet the needs of women farmland owners and managers.
