Last Week's Most Read Stories

2008 WHS Homecomimg (10/02/08)

MMC Homecoming on September 26 (10/02/08)
Enjoying the Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Homecoming Coronation ceremony, left to right, are Jesse Addison and Myles Wurth, King Alex Roseen and Queen Katie Bauer, and attendant Alex Hoefling. The crown bearers are Kaelee Letsche and Coltan Pitts. A happy moment for all. Photo by Nancy Hohbach...

The man in Mongolia -- life in a ger (10/02/08)
(Editor's note: Cherokee Washington High and Iowa State University graduate Brett Campbell is serving a two-year stint with the Peace Corps teaching English in Mongolia. From time to time, he will be sharing his unique experiences in this "third world" country with our readers. We hope you enjoy Brett's writings and perspective as much as we do!)...

Times Gone By (10/01/08)
The Times reporter Saturday went down to the Joe Groves farm in Pilot where Elsworth Carr was having a job of threshing done with the Caswell traction thresher. When we arrived the thresher had just pulled into a fourth setting, three good sized straw stacks revealing that the machine had been hard at work and with good results. ...

Buffalo Ridge Royalty (10/03/08)
The Homecoming Court for the first-ever Buffalo Ridge Homecoming included, left to right, Mark Cronin and Lindsey Joslin, King Bentley Bihrer, and Queen Chelsie Stephens. Buffalo Ridge is the football merger of Galva-Holstein and Schaller-Crestland now in its first year. Cronin and Joslin attend G-H, and Bihrer and Stephens attend S-C. Photo by Reta Todd...

New youth director shares her two passions (09/30/08)
If you're seeing more of a friendly face flitting around town and other areas of Cherokee County, let it be known that it belongs to Sarah Gengler, new Youth Christian Education Director for the Cherokee Memorial Presbyterian Church. Also the owner of a double BA degree in Journalism and Political Science from South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D., Sarah will be putting her education to good use freelancing as a reporter/photographer for the Chronicle Times in her spare time...

Sign of the times (10/02/08)
The Cherokee Historical Preservation Commission (CHPC) recently presented Jackie and Richard Wittkop, owners of The Gasthaus Bar & Gille, with an historical plaque that lists their property at 214 W. Main St. on the National Registry of Historic Places...

WHS Class Officers (09/26/08)

Show the students how it's done (09/30/08)
The faculty at Washington High School participated in the traditional Bus Pull as part of the Homeroom Olympics held during homecoming week at WHS. Photo by Mike Leckband