Ida County Conservation is turning a wary eye toward soaring fuel costs. During its regular meeting, the Ida County Conservation Board took a look at bills including the cost of diesel fuel.
As fuel prices skirt around record territory amid soaring inflation and a drop in domestic energy production, the results are impacting agencies that use vehicles. With county conservation and its outdoor work, vehicle use is a necessity.
So, conservation continues to feel the pinch, a factor board members are continuing to monitor.
Commencement at Ridge View High School is set for Sunday, May 22 at 2 p.m. in the high school gym in Holstein with a long-time educator set to be the keynote speaker.
Retiring after a full half of a century in education, Dave Hickman will be the commencement speaker at Ridge View this year.
The choir will perform My Wish by Robson and Steele.
Class officers for 2022 include President Morgan Todd, Vice President Katherine Pickhinke, Secretary Kael Wiese, Treasurer Emma Vohs.
Ridge View girls will indeed have a shot at glory on the mat as Ridge View formally has an offering for the newly-sanctioned sport of girls wrestling.
Announcement that the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union had approved girls wrestling as the first new sport in years to be sanctioned has districts across the state scrambling to come up with the official infrastructure for the sport.
The sport will see a single class at least for its initial appearance, so big and small schools will all face off for this first year.
The Ida County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, May 10 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 an IDOT application for use of Highway Right of Way for Sac County Mutual Telephone Company located in Corwin Township Section 19; Maple Township Section 24; and Garfield Township Section 7 along Highway 175. The board approved the application.
Commencement at OABCIG will the districts’ senior take the stage one last time before heading off into the wider world.
The ceremony is set for Sunday, May 15 with the ceremony beginning at 2 p.m. in the high school gym.
Music will include The Parting Glass arranged by Sarah Quartel.
Prelude music will be performed by the OABCIG High School Band with the seniors performing the Processional as well as “Pomp and Circumstance” by the OABCIG High School Band under the direction of Jacob Welper.
The Ida Grove City Council met on Monday, May 2 at 6 p.m. in the temporary City Hall at the Rec Center. In attendance were Mayor Devlun Whiteing, council members Jason Schable, Ange Johnson, and Jeff Miesner, as well as Assistant Attorney Ryan Gaskins. Heidi Kuhl of Northland Securities spoke about the updated City Debt book. Kuhl reviewed the financial standings of the city with the council, noting that two loans, Ridgeview and Farm/Dectron, will be paid in full by Fiscal Year 2026.
The 28th Annual Whitey Thompson Hike-Bike-A-Thon is back again with the event returning May 11.
This year’s event will bring a bit of the familiar as well as some change.
“Yes, the route is different this year due to bridge construction,” said Marcia Cates, vice president of marketing with United Bank of Iowa. “The event is starting at United Bank of Iowa’s main office parking lot in downtown Ida Grove instead of at the Skate Palace.”
The start time for the event is 1:45 p.m.
Eager participants will number in the hundreds for the day.
Designer Jenny Seuntjens has earned first place as Best Ad Designer in the Better Newspapers Contest sponsored by the Iowa Newspaper Foundation with staff of the Holstein Advance and Ida County Courier taking home half of a dozen wins including three first-place wins.
Awards were presented Thursday during a convention honoring achievements.
A special session of the Battle Creek City Council turned attention to efforts to right the ship of ambulance service in the city with a new director and reorganization.
Ambulance services have been struggling nationwide amidst a decline of volunteers, but Battle Creek is working to save service there.
During the April 26 special meeting, new management for the ambulance service was approved with Patrick Stevens to helm the effort.
A wage of $200 per month was offered by council to Stevens in the role of Service Director.
