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Ida County’s Official Newspaper
Courier Ida County
Vol. 43, No. 1 Ida Grove, Iowa
News GLIMPSE OABCIC Facilities Committee discusses projects Pg. 3
IG council busy with budget workshops Pg. 3
Coco movie showing at Holstein State Theatre Pg. 4
From our Backyard by Doug Clough Pg. 5
Cenex toy drive Pg. 8
O-A/BC-IG wrestling cheerleaders Pg. 8
Battle Creek Women’s Christmas program Pg. 9
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Wednesday,, January 3, 2018 Wednesday
2017 Year in Review
PART I
Looking back at 2017 Ida County supervisors were ribbon cutting for the recently Diocese of Sioux City an- ter with Danbury and MapleCourier headlines sworn into of ice, along with completed Battle Creek-Ida nounces updated plan; Hol- ton. St. Martin in Odebolt will Following is a review of 2017 Ida County Auditor Lorna Grove Elementary School stein parish to remain open be part of a parish cluster with Ida County Courier headlines Steenbock. The new supervi- building project, including and be part of a parish cluster Wall Lake and Sac City. from January through June. Arthur councilman Billy sors are Raymond Drey and new classrooms and a gym. with Cherokee and SutherJanuary Creston Schubert. land. Ida Grove, which is Carnine tenders his resignaIda County Board of SuperIda Grove Chamremaining an open tion, effective Jan. 10. visors reduced the compensa- ber of Comparish, will be The Galva-Holstein School tion board’s recommendation m e r c e in a parish Board approved an early reby 1 percent to 5 percent. holds c l u s - tirement incentive package Stacey Schnuckel of Odebolt Jan. 11. and Tyler and Amanda SchIda Grove City Council senuckel of Holstein participate lects Devlun Whiteing to ill in 300-plus choir for a Mass remaining term of mayor. celebrated by Pope FranThe term ends Dec. 31. cis for the close of the Einspahr Furniture in Jubilee Year of Mercy Odebolt is closing its in Rome. doors after 57 years The Battle Creekin business. Ida Grove ElemenA coating of ice tary addition was covered everyready for use thing Jan. 16, when students making travel returned to treacherous. classes Jan. 3. Lisa Naslund Ida Grove of Galva, coMayor Morris founder of Hurd resigns Operation Enthe day after gage America, the Ida Grove participated City council 1. Members of the Galva Economic Development Corporation (GEDC) hosted their ninth annual spaghetti supper in January to raise funds for in the inaugurejected the community betterment projects in Galva. Peyton Wuebker of Galva is shown here eating spaghetti with her family. 2. The Ida Grove Chamber of ration parade Commerce held a ribbon cutting for the Battle Creek-Ida Grove Elementary School on Jan. 5, completing a building project which included new reappointfor Presiclassrooms and a new gym. 3. Hayden Gebers, daughter of Allyson and Tyler Gebers, is all smiles as she and her mom have their picture taken with ment of City the Easter Bunny during the Good Samaritan Society’s annual Easter egg hunt in Holstein. 4. Marc Dennison of Waunakee, Wis., accepted the position dent Donald Clerk Edie of Ida Grove city administrator in April. 5. Unseasonably warm temperatures Monday, March 6, led to the first severe thunderstorm warning of the season Trump as part Ball. (continued for Ida County. That storm brought pea-sized hail and high winds to the Holstein area. The picture of this cloudbank was taken about 5 p.m. west of Galva Two new on Highway 20. on page 2)
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Supervisors discuss road projects The Ida County Board of Supervisors discussed the scope of work to be designed by JEO Consulting of Carroll for reconstruction improvements on Harold Godbersen Drive and M-15/240th Street in Ida Grove at its Dec. 18 meeting. JEO is also designing work on M-15 north and two sections of D-15, west and east. Secondary road engineer Jeff Williams said, “We signed contracts for them for work on Harold Godbersen Drive and M-15. I asked them to look at recommendations for M-15, D-15 west and D-15 from Holstein to Galva and M-31 from Arthur south to the Crawford County line and the one-mile stretch from D-54 going east to Sac County. “For D-15 west, JEO recommends going with a rehabilitation overlay, for 30 years, which would cost $170,000 less than a rebuild. There is a possibility, whenever you are looking at possible maintenance cost, it could be more or less from what you are thinking. For a ive-mile (continued on page 3)
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O-A/BC-IG dance: The O-A/BC-IG High School dance team has performed during halftime at several Falcon basketball games this season. The second half of the season will likely include additional performances leading up to the annual dance night Saturday, Jan. 27.
Iowa School Report Card releases data The Iowa Department of Education released the latest results of the Iowa School Report Card, a web-based school ratings system, on Dec. 13. The Iowa School Report Card, which was launched in 2015 as part of a state legislative requirement, rates public schools on some measures of achievement. They include student pro iciency rates in math and reading, student academic growth, narrowing achievement
gaps among students, college and career readiness, student attendance, graduation rates and staff retention. Based on each school’s performance over a twoyear period, the report card assigns one of six ratings: exceptional, highperforming, commendable, acceptable, needs improvement and priority. O-A/BC-IG O-A/BC-IG High School (275 students) dropped from a commendable rating in
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2016 of 66.6 points to an acceptable rating of 62.9 points in 2017. The high school’s 2017 statistics were: 86.4 percent pro iciency; 36.6 percent closing gap; 36 percent college and career ready growth, 44.1 percent annual expected growth, 47.9 percent college and career readiness; 98.7 percent attendance and 95.1 percent staff retention. O-A/BC-IG Middle School (215 (continued on page 3)
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