Trevor Carlson is from Ida Grove but is now in his 35 years, a world traveler and writer. Trevor has been to 50 countries and as I interviewed him, he said in the upcoming weeks he was going to Peru and the Netherlands. Trevor currently has a podcast site called Theformulapodcast.com. Here he interviews different people who he has met along his travels.
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is September 10-16, 2023. The 2023 theme is Truckers: Through & Through We Can Always Depend on You! or back by popular demand Our TRUCKERS are The HEROES! Whatever it Takes is the Difference You Make!
Hoefling trucking is based out of Odebolt, Iowa and has been in business since 2005.They haul livestock; mostly hogs, some cattle and 1 belt trailer that hauls distillers. They have 14 trailers and seven semis, six company drivers, six owner operators
A group of ladies from Faith Lutheran Church in Odebolt call themselves the Knotty Ladies. This is simply because they tie many knots in their wonderful work they do in the church. These ladies sew and knot together many quilts. Their mission is to make as many quilts as they can to be sent to Lutheran World Relief for whom Faith Lutheran is a sponsor for.
Felipe Stone, a previous foreign exchange student from Chili, comes back to visit Frank and Diane Neville from Odebolt after 40 years. Stone was part of the exchange program called Youth for Understanding in 1982. Stone was just supposed to be with the Neville’s for a temporary stay but discovered that he wanted to stay longer. He did then end up staying for a year and the Neville’s just loved having him. The Neville family included three children, Troy, Terryi, and Tammy.
Jennifer Sykes wears two big hats for Golden Horizons. She has worked for Golden Horizons for 10 years, of the 13 years the building has stood there up behind the school. She started out as a nurse, and then shortly after that, she became the Director of Nursing. Then, three years ago, when the Administrator position became available, she took that on too. Sykes received her education through Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs.
When asked what she likes best about working there, she responded,
Situated two miles east of Ida Grove, just past the Case IH dealership, Chris Clark operates a land business that helps people with their farmland transactions. Clark described how his business works.
A town meeting in Ida Grove at the Rec Center welcomes Senator Chuck Grassley on Aug. 29. Grassley began his speech telling the audience that he, “speaks to the public like this to a few thousand people only. So, if you do not get to one of these town meetings that I speak at, then send us an email and we will try to get your questions answered and let you know that you are heard.”
Republicans held their 11th Annual Sweet Freedom Celebration in Denison at Stables at Copper Ridge on Aug. 29. A Prayer and a stirring national anthem was heard as the audience joined in. Representative Steven Holt’s campaign manager Joyce Kehl introduced the speakers.
Sami Neville from Odebolt works as an ER nurse for Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove and serves also as a flight nurse out of Sioux City at Mercy Hospital. She has been a flight nurse on a helicopter for three years now.
The flight nurse has their own quarters there at Mercy which consists of bedrooms and living space. Neville says,
