Geri Dreckman News Today

The two Le Mars women spend hours at their sewing machines, creating one patriotically themed quilt after another for Plymouth County veterans.

From Sioux City Journals "Overheard in the News" for Tuesday, July 25, 2023: "I’m not Catholic, but I was certainly happy to work with them," Dale Lamphere, South Dakota artist

It might be months before its needed, but Dreckmans quilt usually causes bidding to heat up, selling for an average of $4,000-$6,000 over the years. Last years quilt sold for

PLYMOUTH CO. -- As Plymouth County Fair Board President Loren Schnepf looks back at the 2022 Plymouth County Fair, said "We must be doing something right, because the people are coming." He reported...

LE MARS -- Patriotic music will fill the Study Hall on fourth floor of the Plymouth County Historical Museum in Le Mars, Sunday, Sept. 11, when the museum hosts the "Quilts of Valor" program and...

LE MARS -- The Mission of the Quilts of Valor(R) Foundation is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comfort and healing Quilts of Valor. That mission has been carried out in...

PLYMOUTH CO. -- For the second year, a Quilts of Valor ceremony took place at the Plymouth County Fair in Pioneer Village before the annual fair auction. The ceremony on Sunday, July 31, saw six...

PLYMOUTH CO. -- A total of six Quilts of Valor were presented Sunday, July 31, in the Pioneer Village during the Plymouth County Fair. Two of the recipients were Gene Beitelspacher and Randall Toel....