There was once again free skating at the Skate Palace on Saturday, Dec. 17 put on by the Ida Grove Kiwanis. Kiwanis is all about giving to the kids in the community. They even invited Santa who was oh so welcomed with adoring eyes and arms held out for hugs. The Skate Palace was filled up on the skate floor with games for a prize or two. Many families enjoyed the skating with their various skills, some younger ones needing the three–wheeled apparatus to young and older displaying their speed or style-skating.
Horn Memorial Hospital is beginning the works of an expansion project to meet patients’ needs. The project will meet much needing expansion for the Emergency department, the lab, and other needs. In the emergency department, the project would provide two private larger trauma rooms in lieu of the existing two-bed small and narrow trauma room. It would provide three private infusion rooms in lieu of the current three-chair infusion room. It would improve the registration area in terms of security and patient privacy.
Ida Grove will go forward with city hall plans after awarding the contract to the second-lowest bidder.
The City Council of Ida Grove has struggled with the decision for which bid it would accept for the construction of city hall. Ladwig Construction is the lowest bid coming in at $1,639,798. The next-lowest bid is L&L Builders at $1,744,000.
The Ida County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 9 a.m. in the courthouse. Board members in attendance were Chair Raymond Drey, Creston Schubert and Rhett Leonard.
County Engineer Jeff Williams presented 3 2023 pickup truck bids as follows: 2 - 3/4 ton Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD Double Cabs at $56,236.10 and a 1-ton Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD Double Cab at $53,254.30 from Vollmar Motors and a 2-ton Ford 2022 F550 4X4 pickup from Beckman Motors for $59,350.
The Ida Grove Public Library was bustling with fun on Saturday, Dec. 10. There were scrumptious baked goods fleeing out the door with patrons of the library. Also, Books for sale and a raffle table with many wonderful prizes. The raffle drawings were set for Monday, Dec. 12. Library trustees welcoming patrons in as they await the big man, Santa! Eyes as bright as the tinsel on the tree, the children lined up to sit on Santa’s lap and tell him their wishes. Santa’s voice calmed their hearts as he told them whether they had been good little girls or boys, and, of course, they were good.
Ida Grove Kiwanis had their 8th annual Christmas Ball on Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Ida Grove Skate Palace. Kiwanis raises money for the kids in the community. It has been used for scholarships, the soccer program in the Spring, dictionaries for kids, and the food for the track and field events.
The Odebolt Christmas party draws a huge crowd on Dec. 3. Over 100 prizes were given out to the community such as turkeys, hams, pizzas, toys, gift cards, Santa bucks and more! To get Santa Bucks, families could bring in a non-perishable item to be given to the Sac City Food bank. Quite a pile of food was given this day for the food bank.
Holstein home for the holidays events sparkled the town on Saturday, Dec. 3. Beginning the day was the Cookie walk and vendor show at the Lohff-Schumann Community Center. A wide array of scrumptious cookies and several vendors including Bee Healthy Raw Honey, Creative Artist Ryssa Todd with her beautifully crocheted items, Dakota Puppy Yummies with doggie treats, and Tammy Sonksen with Colorstreet. This event is an annual fundraiser to raise money for various things such as youth sports.
Ida Grove City Council held a special meeting on Nov. 30 to discuss awarding of bid on City Hall construction. Heavy discussion was whether to award the lowest bid entered even though Ladwig Construction did not have the bond security legals as of yet. In the last meeting Ladwig said it was in the works to get this bond security for the bid, but as of this day, he still did not have it. The council weighed out the consequences of awarding the bid without the bond security because he was local and they wanted to support local or to award to the next lowest bidder.
The Ida Grove Tour of Homes was presented by Ida Grove Community Partners and the Historical Society on Dec 4. You could tour the homes on the list starting with the Moorehead House Museum for twenty dollars. From there, you could visit the homes of Luke and Ashley Collins, Kurt and Rita Freese, Ed and Janice Nelson, and Don and Kelsie Nettles. From historical decor to more modern decor, these homes were a site to see.
