The city of Le Mars has completed plans to build a large ethanol storage facility in its industrial area.  Mayor Dick Kirchoff says the facility may be in operation by late this year.

The city council first made a five-year agreement with Le Mars Public Storage in order to have an easement to a vacant lot in the industrial park area.  Kirchoff says the storage and loading facility will be operated by Plymouth Energy of Merrill.

Kirchoff says city leader have been meeting and planning for this new venture for the last town and a half years.

The Le Mars mayor says the new industry would not have been possible if not for the city making an earlier agreement last April with Burlington Junction Short Line Railroad.