Mike Ream News Today

The Tool Library is a publicly subsidized program that lends tools for a minimal annual fee, everything from chainsaws, to lawn mowers to buckets.

Jim G. Helms, 86, of Le Mars, died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society in Le Mars. James Gerhardt Helms was born on the family farm on Jan. 25, 1936, to George and Margaret...

Martha “Marty” McLaren, a past West Seattle/South Park representative on the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors, has died. Ms. McLaren, a Puget Ridge resident, was 76 years old. She was a longtime educator and community advocate, but her highest-profile role was that of board member. She won election in 2011 by unseating incumbent Steve Sundquist and then four years later was unseated herself by current board member Leslie Harris. We talked with Ms. McLaren after her election in 2...