Next to the coffee shop in downtown Holstein, is a unique little store called rehabd. Amy Conover, owner of the store, shared the main items she has to offer.
“We sell clothing, a little bit of decor, accessories and gifts,” she stated. “We are just adding permanent jewelry, so that’s a fun new thing.”
Conover, who opened the business in April of 2016, discussed why she decided to give it a go.
Ahead of a big election cycle, Ida County is getting a bit of exposure with what is believed to be the first visit to Holstein ever by a United States Vice President.
Former Vice President Mike Pence is slated to stop in Holstein July 6 along with his wife Karen for a tour and a luncheon at Cobblestone Inn.
Ryssa Todd of Holstein has run her own cake decorating business since 2008. Todd enjoys seeing happy customers, especially children. She listed some of the main cakes that she makes.
“The majority of what I bake is birthday cakes, graduation cakes, wedding cakes, and cupcakes,” said Todd. I had a few graduation orders this year that were for over 300 cupcakes.”
Representative Randy Feenstra visited Lewis Family Drug in Ida Grove on Tuesday, June 27. Pharmacist Heather Storey and Samantha Peterson welcomed him and gave him a tour of the facility. Feenstra is interested in helping in the pharmacy area because he himself has a Doctorate in Healthcare Administration. Feenstra noted,
“A lot of veterans in this area have to go to Omaha because they cannot process Tri-Care here. We are trying to change that.”
Petersen told of a scenario where a veteran came to them needing his insulin.
Lorna Vollmar got to relive a dream last Tuesday, June 20 at Holstein Senior Living. Kathy Hinojosa, the Life Enrichment Coordinator there, says that as part of their Dare to Dream project, they ask the residents, “what is something that they would like to do or do again?” Lorna Vollmar said she would like to ride a horse. With her health, she is not able to ride a horse, but they could give her the next best thing. Lori McGuire (the hair stylist at Holstein Senior Living), brought in her two ponies for Lorna and the other residents to pet and feed.
Jacob Bossman, a Chuck Grassley representative, came Wednesday, June 21 in the Heritage Room of the Ida Grove Public Library from 1:30-2:30 p.m. He represents Senator Grassley in 19 counties in NW Iowa, including Ida. Part of his job is to hold an annual open meeting, a traveling office hour, in each county to take opinions about the issues of the day and to help Iowans who are experiencing problems with a federal agency (IRS, VA, Social Security, immigration, etc.). Senator Grassley’s goal is to make sure the government is working the way it is supposed to.
A “Dogs and Brats for Democrats'' fundraiser was held June 20 at Yellow Smoke park shelter house In Denison. It was their kick off of the 2024 campaign to retake the Iowa Legislature. Democrats from five counties were represented- Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Ida, and Shelby.
Ida County is second in the entire state for jobs in the latest figures released by Iowa Workforce Development. Iowa’s unemployment remained at 2.7 percent with the addition of 6,400 workers in the state.
That beat the national rate, which rose to 3.7 percent.
The Galva-Holstein Board of Education met on Wednesday, June 14, in the G-H Board Room. Board members in attendance were Grant Aschinger, Beth Schossow, Jamie Whitmer, Matthew Wittrock and Jeff Witzke, as well as Superintendent Adam Bisenius. Whitmer reviewed bills prior to the meeting, and the board approved the bills as presented.
The board members approved the resignations of Lisa Cronin, John Modrell, Steve Henkel, and Justin Kinney (from his track coaching position, pending a suitable replacement).
Trivista, an International dealership in Cherokee, sells and provides parts and service to a wide range of trucks and other vehicles, along with warranty repairs for International and Isuzu line of trucks. Willie Good, General Manager of O’Halloran International, and Abbi Agnitsch, Isuzu service manager and all makes Service Writer at the business, discussed the services offered at the location.
