Biohazard Cleanup Near North Holstein Holstein, IA

Holstein is a city in Ida County, Iowa, whose motto is the German greeting "Willkommen Freunde" — "welcome, friends."

Holstein was founded in 1882 and took its name from the Holstein region of Germany, because a large share of its early settlers were natives of that region.

Holstein was incorporated as a city on April 25, 1883, barely a year after its founding.

Holstein celebrated its quasquicentennial — 125 years — in June 2007 with a week-long series of events.

Holstein had 1,501 residents in the 2020 census, living in 627 households, a 7.5% increase over 2010 that reversed a decade of decline.

Holstein students belong to the Galva-Holstein Community School District, which since about 2010 has shared grades with the Schaller-Crestland district under the shared name Ridge View.

Holstein was the home of Lauren K. Soth, a Des Moines Register journalist and editor who won the Pulitzer Prize, and of Biggs Wehde, a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.

According to NOAA climate normals, Holstein receives about 33 inches of precipitation a year, including roughly 35 inches of snow, at an elevation of about 1,460 feet.