First baby of the year born in Palo Alto County.

Palo Alto County Hospital reports the first baby born of the new year. A spokeswoman for the hospital`s public relations department says Ian Thomas Roethler was born on January the 2nd, his mom is Angie and father is Justin and they are from West Bend. Ian weighed in at 8 pounds 15 ounces and was 21 inches long. The Grandparents are Kevin and Patti Roethler of Algona and Jerome and Cynthia Laubenthal of West Bend. Ian has a sister Jayda who is seven and Caden who is two.