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08/05/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-AM
(AMES)--A LE MARS BUSINESS IS GETTING MORE NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION.
THE AUGUST-SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF "OUR IOWA" MAGAZINE PROFILES ARCHIE'S WAESIDE IN LE MARS AS OFFERING A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE WITH SUPER STEAKS. EDITOR JERRY WIEBEL SAYS SMALL TOWN BUSINESSES ARE IN THE 'MY FAVORITE MA AND PA RESTAURANT' SECTION OF THE MAGAZINE. .
"WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT, SMALL RESTAURANTS, JUST A SMORGASBORD OF MA AND PA RESTAURANTS AROUND THE STATE OF IOWA," WIEBEL SAYS. "SO WE STARTED THAT SECTION OF THE MAGAZINE TO CALL OUR READERS' ATTENTION TO THEM AND HELP THEM FIND AND ALSO TO DRAW ATTENTION AND DRAW CROWDS TO THE SMALL COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED SO THAT WE COULD KIND OF HELP THESE SMALL COMMUNITIES AROUND AS WELL."
WIEBEL EXPLAINS "OUR IOWA" EDITORS RELY ON AN ESTIMATED 50-THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS IN ALL 50 STATES FOR IDEAS.
"AS AN EDITORIAL STAFF HERE WE RUN VERY, VERY LEAN," WIEBEL EXPLAINS. "IN FACT, WE CALL OURSELVES 'TWO MEN AND A MAGAZINE' BECAUSE THAT'S ABOUT ALL WE HAVE HERE IN THE WAY OF A STAFF. WE RELY ON OUR READERS TO GIVE US LEADS AND TIPS ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STORIES AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE STATE OF IOWA . REALLY THE MAGAZINE IS KIND OF LIKE A BUNCH OF IOWANS SITTING AROUND A KITCHEN TABLE AND SAYING 'YOU OUGHT TO TRY THIS AND YOU OUGHT TO CHECK THIS OUT' AND WE GET A LOT OF LEADS LIKE THAT FROM OUR READERS AND THAT WAS THE CASE WITH ARCHIE'S AS WELL."
WIEBEL SAYS "OUR IOWA" IS WRITTEN BY IOWANS FOR ALL WHO LOVE IOWA AND WILL MARK THE START OF A THIRD YEAR OF PUBLICATION IN THE FALL.
"WELL, IT'S A MAGAZINE THAT WE STARTED TWO YEARS AGO AND IT'S A MAGAZINE THAT CELEBRATES EVERYTHING THAT'S GREAT AND FUN ABOUT LIVING IN THE STATE OF IOWA," WIEBEL EXPLAINS. "YOU WON'T FIND ANY BAD NEWS IN IT. EVERY PAGE IS PRETTY MUCH BRIMMING WITH IOWA PRIDE."
MORE ABOUT THE PUBLICATION IS ON THE WEBSITE
www.ouriowamagazine.com
ARCHIES WAS FEATURED IN A SPRING PUBLICATION OF "EVERYDAY WITH RACHAEL RAY."
(LE MARS)--A PROSPECT FOR A NEW BUSINESS IS PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS FOR PLYMOUTH COUNTY. .
COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOMENT DIRECTOR ANDREA WESTERGARD REPORTS A PROJECT INVOLVING TWO BUSINESSES IS IN PROGRESS.
"MOVING FORWARD, GETTING CLOSER TO FINDING A LOCATION FOR THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER THAT I HAD DISCUSSED IN JUNE WHEN I WAS HERE," WESTERGARD TOLD THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TUESDAY. GETTING CLOSER TO FINDING NEW GROUND TO RELOCATE THE CURRENT BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO EXPAND IN THE LE MARS AREA ALSO. KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED; WE'LL GET THAT DONE HERE SHORTLY."
WESTERGARD WILL SERVE AS TREASURER OF A NEWLY FORMING GROUP, LE MARS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. SHE'S ALSO FINISHED A COMMUNITY ATTRACTIONS AND TOURISM (OR CAT) GRANT FOR AN ECO CENTER FOR THE CONSERVATION BOARD. WESTERGARD REPORTED MAKING A PRESENTATION ON PLYMOUTH COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE LE MARS ROTARY CLUB.
(CHEROKEE)--CHEROKEE VOTERS TUESDAY TURNED DOWN A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.
ACCORDING TO UNOFFICIAL RESULTS FROM THE CHEROKEE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 58 PERCENT OF THE VOTERS OPPOSED THE PROJECT. THE YES VOTES WERE ABOUT 42 PERCENT.
VOTERS CONSIDERED A THREE-AND-THREE-QUARTERS MILLION DOLLAR LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, JAIL AND COMMUNICATION CENTER PROJECT.
THE PROPOSAL ON THE BALLOT ALSO ASKED FOR APPROVAL OF GENERAL OBLIGATION FINANCING OF THREE-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
VOTER TURNOUT WAS LIGHT WITH 17 PERCENT OF THE 87-HUNDRED ELIGIBLE VOTERS CASTING BALLOTS.
(LE MARS)--A RURAL REMSEN WOMAN WAS INJURED IN A REAR-END COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 75 IN SOUTHWEST LE MARS LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
POLICE REPORT 39-YEAR-OLD MARITZA ANDRADE OF LE MARS WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON BUSINESS HIGHWAY 75.
50-YEAR-OLD JOLENE SCHORG OF RURAL REMSEN STOPPED HER CAR AT THE INTERSECTION OF 75 AND 24TH STREET SOUTHWEST TO TURN LEFT. ANDRADE'S SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE STRUCK THE REAR OF SCHORG'S CAR.
LE MARS AMBULANCE TOOK SCHORG TO FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL TO BE TREATED FOR INJURIES THAT WERE NON-INCAPACITATING.
(SPIRIT LAKE)-TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A COLLISION NEAR SPIRIT LAKE ON HIGHWAY 71 MONDAY AFTERNOON.
ACCORDING TO THE DICKINSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 20-YEAR-OLD JEREMY CLARK OF DUNNELL, MINNESOTA WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 71 IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE.
AUTHORITIES REPORT 43-YEAR-OLD DARYL SCHUBERT OF ESTHERVILLE TOOK EVASIVE ACTION WITH THE SEMI HE WAS DRIVING TO AVOID A HEAD-ON COLLISION.
CLARK AND HIS PASSENGER, ALISHA BROWER OF DUNNELL, MINNESOTA WERE TAKEN TO LAKES REGIONAL HEALTH CARE IN SPIRIT LAKE TO BE TREATED FOR INJURIES.
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