Piano virtuoso Jared Freiburg will bring his unique blend of 1950s-era music to the Rosemary Clausen Center in Holstein this Saturday, Nov. 15.
Freiburg is a West Des Moines native and a 2015 graduate of West Des Moines Valley High School.
He began playing piano when he was five years old.
“It started with my grandmother giving me tips and tricks and teaching me a little song here or there,” Freiburg said.
Holstein Dessel Schmidt American Legion Post No. 225 conducted their annual steak fry on Saturday, Nov. 8.
The event was a fundraiser featuring a raffle, and a silent auction.
Cold weather and snow earlier in the day didn’t keep the crowds away.
The Ida County Cattlemen’s Association set up behind the building to grill the steaks for the meal.
The Logan Hotshots 4-H club students served the meal.
Holstein City Council heard from a resident about ordinance enforcement and heard an update on new pickleball courts.
During the Nov. 3 meeting, Austin Thevenot was at council to speak about property on S. Kiel as he presented a concern to council about ordinance enforcement.
“So, give us time to explain what we’re doing,” said Thevenot.
Thevenot said he recently had had construction equipment in his yard.
A drone program is being looked at to supplement the Ida County Sheriff’s Office.
Such drones can aid in a variety of efforts, from helping to locate a missing child who wandered away from home to helping to track down an injured person who has called 911 but who does not know his or her location.
Drones can also be used for other purposes, including finding a suspect who is seeking to avoid law enforcement.
The area’s biggest Republican candidate forum of the year will be hosted in one of the state’s smallest counties, by the Ida County GOP, in Holstein on Monday, Nov. 24, at the Cobblestone Event Center on U.S. Hwy. 20. All Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Congress–District 4, vying for their respective Republican Primary nominations on June 2, 2026, are invited to speak at the forum.
