In the culmination of Holstein’s 2025 Kinderfest, festivities kicked off on Thursday with a free showing of the film “Time Bandits” at the Holstein State Theatre.
“Through the Decades” was the theme of this year’s event.
Activities ramped up on Friday night with food trucks, a car/tractor show, inflatables, cornhole tournaments, a beer garden and live music drew a good crowd to 2nd St. on both sides of Main St.
Volunteers with the Holstein Fire Department got together last Thursday to give the department’s rigs a thorough washing to get them ready for the 2025 Holstein Kinderfest Parade on Saturday.
Holstein Fire Chief Billy Fraser said the task was taken on as part of the department’s monthly practice session in which the volunteers are shown how to run each vehicle and how to use them to fight fires.
The training sessions take about two and a half hours; the vehicle wash added some time to that.
The Rev. Paul Egger was elected President of Iowa District West during its 42nd Convention held at Camp Okoboji June 9. Rev. Egger has served St. John Lutheran Church in Galva for 24 1/2 years, in addition to 10 years in Southern Illinois. Before his election, Rev. Egger served as both Second and First Vice President of Iowa District West, as Circuit Visitor, and on various boards and committees.
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.
A Schaller resident was on hand at City Council to complain about chicken keeping in town.
Patty Miller was at the June 9 meeting of the Schaller City Council to register her disapproval.
The presence of chickens in city limits had Miller concerned about the birds seeming to be a nuisance.
Separately, a request for chickens at 414 S. Dundas was denied by council, which cited a lack of required information.
