One man is dead and another is in jail facing a first-degree murder charge after a fight in the 200 block of Main Street Sunday that allegedly saw the accused killing a man and then going on to punch and kick the dead body and fight with a witness as well as responding EMS personnel.
A fight in progress was reported to the Ida County Sheriff’s Office at 7:33 p.m., according to Sheriff Wade Harriman. Minutes later, deputies found Eduardo Diaz II, 26, of Holstein, dead on a sidewalk right on Main Street.
With Ida County’s application to the Power Up Iowa’s County Seal Program, a County Seal Award Designation has been received for Ida County’s engagement with the wind energy industry, its educational programs, and/or its manufacturing producers.
Local acknowledgment was received Nov. 7.
As a recipient of the Silver County Seal Award Designation Ida County receives praise as a success story of Iowa’s homegrown renewable energy industry.
The Women's Auxiliary put on a Veterans Brunch at the Battle Creek Community Center from 8-10 a.m. On Friday Nov. 11. Quite a spread was served for the veterans such as egg bake, biscuits and gravy and cinnamon rolls.
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Deb Reinhardt did a presentation at the Odebolt library of the Freedom Rocks in all 99 counties. Deb and Her husband have visited all the freedom rocks in these counties. Deb put on a slide presentation and told of the artist and the Freedom Rock tour and foundation.
I found Jared Lund helping out at the Harvest Supper fundraiser at the Presbyterian Church in Battle Creek, Ia. Jared said he grew up here so he thought he would help out. His wife Sarah was working right along with him. Jared has been out of work since Aug. 9. Jared has lung cancer and the prognosis is that if he does not have any more treatments, he has only 6-9 months to live. The spot on his lung is growing and he can’t do radiation treatment right now. He is already missing half a lung on one side. “But I am not going to quit. I will take the treatments,” says Jared.
The Ida Grove City Council met on Monday, Nov. 7 at the temporary City Hall in the Rec Center. Council members in attendance were Gregor Ernst, Jason Schable, Jeff Miesner, and Jared Bogue, as well as Attorney Ryan Gaskins and Mayor Devlun Whiteing.
The Council agreed to Moorehead Avenue Bridge Pay Application #9 in the amount of $16,644 to Godbersen Smith Construction. The council then approved pay application #3 to Ferguson Waterworks in the amount of $162,830, for the Water Improvement Project.
Brian Nook, a former chiropractor of Schaller and Holstein uses the work ethic he grew up here to be successful in the world with his career. His parents are Dale and Eula Nook of Holstein who instilled the great work ethic into their children.
The aquatic center project in Holstein has city council looking an issue with the State Electrical Board and bonding, and library programming is going well with the Christmas season fast approaching.
Holstein City Council met Nov. 7 with council members hearing an ongoing issue with electrical board had yet to be resolved.
Council is also looking at bonding still being pending.
Meanwhile, Stubbs Memorial Library is seeing a busy fall.
Tony Bennett was nominated for Famous in our community. “He has done so much for the community, he is famous in our eyes!” says a community friend.
Famous in the community he is, as he has had quite the life from all the community events and jobs he is involved in now to all he has done in the past in his life. Tony is quite the person to be noted. Tony humbly told me of his life telling more about himself when the recorder was off. Tony speaks with a relaxing tone as he is a man comfortable with himself as he should be for what he has done with his life.
From the words of Howard Hustedt, a prominent member of the community, we hear how the community Center in Odebolt became the beautiful center that it is today.
