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A Remsen woman who had been reported as missing has notified authorities that she is safe in Vermont.
Twenty-seven-year-old Nicole Ann Trometer contacted Iowa law enforcement agencies at 12:30 p.m. today to tell them she was in Vermont. She later confirmed her identity at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Vermont, and the missing person investigation in Iowa was closed.
Trometer told authorities that she had willingly traveled to Vermont with Daniel Kittredge. She was reported missing to the Remsen Police Department yesterday. She had last been seen Sunday morning in Le Mars, with Kittredge.
Morningside College has its third-largest freshman class in 20 years. Its the largest class of first-year, full-time undergraduate students since 2015. The Morningside College Class of 2023 is comprised of 367 students from 23 states and 10 countries. The group represents a nearly six and a half percent increase in first-year students over the previous year.
Morningside College President John Reynders said today that higher education is facing many headwinds from which Morningside hasn’t been immune. He credits the Morningside College community for not being deterred by those challenges
Wells Enterprises has struck a deal with rival Unilever to purchase an ice cream plant in Henderson, Nevada.
The acquisition will expand Wells’ manufacturing capacity and give the Le Mars-based company a larger footprint in the western U.S. market.
It’s the second major acquisition in four months as Wells is striving to overtake Unilever as the largest U.S. ice cream maker. In April, Wells bought Fieldbrook Foods, an ice cream company with plants in New York and New Jersey.
