Mayor and City Council Members
City Council meetings are held the first and third Tuesday of each month, excluding holidays, at 12:00 Noon in the Le Mars City Council Chambers located in the back of City Hall. All meetings are open to the public and visitors are encouraged to attend. Agendas are available the Friday prior to regularly scheduled meetings and are posted.
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| Jan. 1, 2008 | Dec. 31, 2011 | |
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I have been in the Formula Feed Industry for over forty years; working with livestock poultry and involved with the turkey industry. Over the forty years, the business required a heavy schedule of traveling, of which I had an opportunity to see all walks of life. It was not only a great college education, but a tremendous business experience. On January 2006 I elected to retire. I have lived in LeMars since 1975 and watched it grow into a very nice community to be a part of. I decided to run for Mayor in 2007, hoping to bring my business experience that I had accomplished over all these years to be an asset for LeMars in the future. We have a very nice city of just over 9,200 citizens and I am very proud of them. |
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Jan. 1, 2005 | Dec.31, 2013 |
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My wife Mary and I have 3 daughters, 1 son, and 1 grandchild. I have been in the insurance business here in LeMars since 1986. I have served on the city council since January of 2005. Prior to serving on the Council, I served on the Planning and Zoning Commission. |
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John Leonard 135 6th Avenue NE Le Mars IA 51031 Phone (712) 546-6597 jleonard@fbfs.com |
Farm Bureau Financial Services 28 2nd Ave. SW Le Mars, IA 51031 Office (712) 548-7843 FAX (712) 548-7850 |
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Jan. 1, 2008 | Dec. 31, 2011 |
| Delana Ihrke has served Ward 2 since 2008. She hails from South Dakota and attended Morningside College for two years before graduating from Drake University in Des Moines. After spending four years in Chicago, she and her husband, Scott, returned to his hometown of Le Mars in 1995 where he started his career as an optometrist. They have one daughter, Elizabeth, who attends Franklin Elementary. Between her duties as "Mom," council member, and bookkeeper for Drs. Schroeder and Ihrke, Delana volunteers for church, school and community activities. Any free time is usually spent with her family, in her kitchen, or curled up with a book. | ||
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Delana Ihrke 613 3rd Avenue SE Le Mars, IA 51031 Phone (712) 548-4778 ihrkeshome@frontiernet.net |
Drs.
Schroeder and Ihrke, 120 1st St. NW, Le Mars, Iowa |
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Jan. 1, 1998 | Dec. 31, 2013 |
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I am a native of Northwest Iowa, born in Cherokee. I moved to Le Mars in 1970 after purchasing The Le Mars Flower House, which I still operate. I was the former president of the Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce, served on the Le Mars Park Board and Le Mars City Council for twelve (12) years serving ward 3. On City Council I serve on the Solid Waste Committee and Water/Wastewater Committee. I am an avid biker who is passionate about bike trails. |
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Ken Nelson 139 1/2 5th Avenue SW Le Mars IA 51031 Phone (712) 548-3781 |
Le Mars Flowerhouse 135 5th Avenue SW Le Mars, IA 51031 Business (712) 546-4109 FAX (712) 546-7296 |
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Jan. 1, 1994 | Dec. 31, 2013 |
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Rex Knapp has served on the Le Mars City Council for 16 years. Rex is a native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and a graduate of Iowa State University. Directly following graduation, Rex began his accounting career in Des Moines, Iowa, with Coopers and Lybrand. Following a ten-year career with Coopers and Lybrand, he and his family moved to Le Mars, Iowa, where he became a partner in a local CPA firm, Kroese & Kroese, CPA, PC. Rex is a member of the Convention and Visitor Advisory Board, the Finance Committee, and Mayor Pro Tem. He is also a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church. Rex and his wife, Chris, have five children, Nicholas and his wife Justina, Amanda and her fiancé Brad, and Ashley. |
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Rex E. Knapp 474 16th Street SE Le Mars IA 51031 Phone (712) 546-6541 |
Kroese & Kroese PC CPA 31 2nd Avenue NW Le Mars, IA 51031 Office (712) 546-5131 FAX (712) 546-7239 |
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| John Rexwinkel (At Large) | Appointed/Elected |
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Jan. 1, 2000 | Dec. 31, 2011 |
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John and his wife Lorene have lived in Le Mars for nearly 40 years. They have three married children. John is a commercial/industrial account manager for MidAmerican Energy. He is serving his third term as a City Councilman. Lorene is a teacher in the Le Mars Community Middle School. |
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John Rexwinkel 1244 Ryder Cup Court Le Mars IA 51031 Phone (712) 546-7243 jarexwinkel@midamerican.com |
MidAmerican Energy Co. PO Box 126 924 Lincoln Street SW Le Mars, IA 51031 Office (712) 548-6157 FAX (712) 548-6130 |
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Meeting
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