About Us

The Ida County Courier-Reminder inc. / The Holstein Advance are owned and operated by Mid-America Publishing & Printing Corporation, based in Hampton, Iowa.

We are affiliated with three print publications each week as well as our Online Editions of the Ida County Courier and The Holstein Advance. Advertising is available in any or all our publications.

- The Reminder is published every Tuesday and is distributed FREE to 5,171 homes in our area. It isn't inserted with any other paper. It covers Ida County and the surrounding area completely - going to EVERY home in Ida Grove, Battle Creek, Arthur, Odebolt, Galva, Holstein, Cushing, Danbury, Schleswig and Kiron. The Reminder has been in Ida Grove for over 70 years and is well read in the area.

- The Ida County Courier is our newspaper published on Wednesday with a circulation of 1,148. We cover news, sports, obits, and events from the communities of Arthur, Battle Creek, Galva, Holstein, Ida Grove, and Odebolt.  We have many subscribers in Ida County and other areas of the state, as well as out of state. The Courier started in 1975 and since then has won numerous state and national awards for both advertising and news.

- The Holstein Advance is a weekly publication published on Wednesday with a circulation of 270. We cover news, sports, obituaries and events from the communities of Holstein and Galva.

Our office can currently be reached by calling 712-364-3131, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. We are located at 214 Main St., Ida Grove, Iowa 51445.

Mid-America Publishing & Printing Corporation also provides commercial web printing services for several shoppers, newspapers, and other organizations. Commercial job printing services are also provided for individuals and businesses throughout the company's trade area.

The corporate headquarters is located at 9 2nd Street NW, Hampton, Iowa 50441. The company's mailing address is P.O. Box 29, Hampton, Iowa 50441.