LE MARS A large explosion sending a plume of fire almost 90 feet into the air shook the entire Le Mars community and sent three to the hospital in the early morning hours on Wednesday, July 13.
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Chief Steve Leighton
The North Tahoe Fire Protection District has announced the appointment of Steve Leighton as its new fire chief.
Chief Leighton was appointed by the Board at its April 27 meeting. He replaces the retiring Chief Mike Schwartz, who served as North Tahoe’s Fire Chief since 2012.
Leighton is a 29-year veteran of the fire service and has served as North Tahoe Fire’s Division Chief of Operations until his promotion to Assistant Chief in 2020. Leighton was promoted to Acting Chief this January, and his appointment to Fire Chief became effective May 1, 2021. He holds degrees in Public Relations, Fire Science Technology, and holds a nationally accredited Chief Fire Officer certification. As Fire Chief, Leighton brings a strong fire service background, having spent more than 20 years as the Division Chief of Operations for the Reno Fire Department, where he managed all areas of the Department, including the hazardous materials, technical rescue, and water entry te
Chief Steve Leighton
The North Tahoe Fire Protection District has announced the appointment of Steve Leighton as its new fire chief.
Chief Leighton was appointed by the Board at its April 27 meeting. He replaces the retiring Chief Mike Schwartz, who served as North Tahoe’s Fire Chief since 2012.
Leighton is a 29-year veteran of the fire service and has served as North Tahoe Fire’s Division Chief of Operations until his promotion to Assistant Chief in 2020. Leighton was promoted to Acting Chief this January, and his appointment to Fire Chief became effective May 1, 2021. He holds degrees in Public Relations, Fire Science Technology, and holds a nationally accredited Chief Fire Officer certification. As Fire Chief, Leighton brings a strong fire service background, having spent more than 20 years as the Division Chief of Operations for the Reno Fire Department, where he managed all areas of the Department, including the hazardous materials, technical rescue, and water entry te
do you agree with that? absolutely not. as a matter of fact, the chief schwartz, september 11th, put out a memorandum that we re not trying to infringe on a person s religion, nor trying to violate the constitution that allows free speech and religion. so, it s a good memorandum. i think they re trying to tread the line, dave, so they get the right balance. general, on friday, president obama came out with a new campaign ad, it s a lightning rod right now, uses the killing of osama bin laden as a weapon, as some say, for his reelection. and steve schmidt, a spokesperson for the bush campaign in 2004, the bush campaign back then, if you recall, a video at the republican national convention and says something about the heart of a president, referring to the 9/11 attacks, the the president bush got he got hammered for that and steve schmidt his spokesperson