The Ridge View music and theater departments put on a production of “A-Wop Bop A-Loo Bop” at the Rosemary Clausen Center for Performing Arts on Friday and Saturday nights last weekend.
The Ridge View Fall Musical was co-directed by Kris Kistenmacher and Mary Oakley-McAreavy.
The production is a musical by Mark Beymer and John Jacobson.
With the City of Battle Creek’s emergency berm and alley work, efforts to keep the post office in Battle Creek are moving on to the next phase.
Now, work will move inside the building itself, as the post office building for the community has been closed for two months following water issues.
The Main Street bridge project is continuing to be on the minds of city officials as council has given approval to work needed to move an electrical line.
During council’s Nov. 3 meeting, members heard that an electrical line that was thought to belong to MidAmerican is not in fact the utility’s property.
Holstein City Council heard from a resident about ordinance enforcement and heard an update on new pickleball courts.
During the Nov. 3 meeting, Austin Thevenot was at council to speak about property on S. Kiel as he presented a concern to council about ordinance enforcement.
“So, give us time to explain what we’re doing,” said Thevenot.
Thevenot said he recently had had construction equipment in his yard.
A drone program is being looked at to supplement the Ida County Sheriff’s Office.
Such drones can aid in a variety of efforts, from helping to locate a missing child who wandered away from home to helping to track down an injured person who has called 911 but who does not know his or her location.
Drones can also be used for other purposes, including finding a suspect who is seeking to avoid law enforcement.
Local 4-H’ers received recognition on Sunday, Nov. 2 at the annual Ida County 4-H awards program at Lohff-Schumann Community Center in Holstein.
4-H rookies were recognized for completing their first year of membership include: Henley Collins, Jacob Dannull, Caleb Friedrichsen, Greta Friedrichsen, Lane Friedrichsen, Tucker Greenwald, Bentley Groves, Aleece Hoffman, Addyson Melby, Jaxson Melby, Ellie Spaulding, and Parker Walsh.
The area’s biggest Republican candidate forum of the year will be hosted in one of the state’s smallest counties, by the Ida County GOP, in Holstein on Monday, Nov. 24, at the Cobblestone Event Center on U.S. Hwy. 20. All Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Congress–District 4, vying for their respective Republican Primary nominations on June 2, 2026, are invited to speak at the forum.
“Quilts of Valor” were presented to four veterans during the Holstein American Legion annual steak fry on Saturday, Nov. 8.
Family members of the veterans made the actual presentations.
Jonathan Friedrichsen, grandson of recipient Don Friedrichsen, conducted the presentation.
Jonathan noted the first Quilt of Valor was made in 2003 by a quilter named Catherine Roberts to honor her son who was deployed in Iraq.
The Odebolt Public Library played host for a program about veterans on Friday, Nov. 7.
Odebolt American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 313 members Barb Bloom, Ruth Ann Mohr, and LaDonna Miller presented the program.
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Bloom said Veterans Day is a time to pause to reflect on the courage, dedication, and loyalty to the nation’s military veterans.
