Cherokee, Iowa · Thursday, September 2, 2010
[Masthead] Light Rain ~ 61°F  
High: 72°F ~ Low: 50°F
READ-It
September 2 at 10:00 a.m., Cherokee Public Library

Wood Carving
September 2 at 1:00 p.m., Good Times Place

N.A.
September 2 at 7 p.m. - 8 p.m., St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Cherokee

Senior Coffee
September 2 at 9:30 a.m., The Gardens , Cherokee

Good Times Place Dance
September 2 at 6 p.m. - 9 p.m., Cherokee Community Center ($5 per person)

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The annual Sutherland Labor Day Celebration will kick off on Saturday with a street dance on Main Street in downtown Sutherland from 9 p.m. 1 a.m. The dance will feature the band 8 Seconds. On Sunday's Labor Day Celebration...
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. recently awarded the Cherokee County 4-H Expo building project a $4,000 Community Investment Program Grant. Accepting the grant for the building project was the Country Pioneers 4-H Club...
A benefit for Kelsie Peterson, a 2009 Cherokee Washington High graduate who was recently diagnosed with cancer, will be held Sunday, Sept. 5 in Cherokee. A Co-ed Slowpitch Softball Tournament at Wescott Park in Cherokee has...
Cherokee native and Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Michael Riordan, a truck driver and mechanic with the 445th Transportation Company out of Waterloo, acted as a first responder when he witnessed a motorcycle accident Aug. 27 in...
DES MOINES, Iowa ņA Cherokee County man went into a convenience store for a candy bar and came out with much, much more. Andrew Glassmaker, 28, said the "Double Blackjack, Double Play" ticket caught his eye as he was walking...
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Forecast
National Weather Service forecast for Cherokee, Iowa:

Today
Chance Rain Showers
High: 72
Tonight
Mostly Clear
Low: 50
Tomorrow
Breezy
High: 69
Low: 44
Saturday
Partly Sunny
High: 73
Low: 52
Sunday
Partly Sunny
High: 79
Low: 60
Labor
Chance T-storms
High: 86
Tuesday
Slight Chance T-storms
High: 79
Low: 55
Wednesday
Partly Sunny
High: 78

Warnings
No watches or warnings currently in effect for the Cherokee, Iowa, area

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Quakes
Most recently recorded earthquakes in the Central U.S. from the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (Times in Central):

Mag.WhenWhere
1.109/01 02:271 mi W of Guy, AR
1.009/01 02:260 mi NW of Guy, AR
3.108/31 19:467 mi ESE of Arcadia, OK
2.708/31 13:000 mi S of La Grange Park, IL
1.708/31 08:385 mi N of Enola, AR
1.508/30 22:497 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
2.708/30 11:315 mi ENE of Mountain City, TN
1.808/30 02:115 mi NW of Mount Vernon, AR
1.608/30 01:335 mi NW of Mount Vernon, AR
1.908/29 15:305 mi NW of Mount Vernon, AR
1.308/29 05:404 mi SSE of Ridgely, TN
0.608/28 13:301 mi WNW of Guy, AR