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Hy-Vee Drug Store honored (Local News ~ 11/30/06)
WEST DES MOINES - The Cherokee Hy-Vee Drug Store has been named Pharmacy of the Year and its store director Jeff Osborn named Drug Store Director of the Year by parent company, Hy-Vee, Inc. of West Des Moines. The award goes to the Hy-Vee pharmacy that accumulates the highest points in several categories, including the percentage increase in the number of prescriptions, gross profit, and inventory and labor costs... -
MMC board nixes program advertising
(Local News ~ 11/30/06)
MARCUS - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn School board met for its November meeting recently, and heard a complete audit report for the last year. The board didn't take long in deciding not to have advertising by Northwest Iowa Community College on the sport programs and by so doing, will not follow the path of advertising creeping in to cover costs. Many schools have allowed companies in to cover costs of scoreboards and other equipment when budgets have grown tight...
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Pay Attention - or Procreate
(Editorial ~ 11/30/06)
People have been trying to get this message out for quite awhile now, and we're hoping the title of this editorial might attract attention, so someone can say it again. We'll put this as simply as we can - Our population in Northwest Iowa has been steadily decreasing for many years, people. ...
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Winding roads: Will the real guy stand up? (Column ~ 11/30/06)
Lately, it seems the news media is picking up stories that reveal an individual's inner self. You know, the favorites of many, such as Mel Gibson and Michael Richards of the "Seinfeld" TV show. These two men had a big following as they had portrayed themselves as kind, thoughtful and generous individuals who also had a sense of humor. So will the real guy please stand up?... -
Area gridders earn INA All-State (High School Sports ~ 11/30/06)
DES MOINES -The Iowa Newspaper Association named its All-State football teams on Tuesday, and several area players received this honor. Cherokee wide receiver Chris Campbell, a junior, was named to the first team Class 2A offensive team, and placekicker Andrew Dawson, a senior, was selected for the first team defense... -
Aurelia girls open season with win (High School Sports ~ 11/30/06)
Munden' s 22 points pace Bulldogs over MMC AURELIA- The Aurelia High School varsity girls basketball team got the season off on a good note here Tuesday night, as they led all the way in beating Cherokee County rival Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn, 47- 31... -
Remember our troops!
(Local News ~ 11/30/06)
SSGT Matthew J. Rick PSC 41 Box 2676 APO AE, 09464 Sgt. Dylan Short OIS 425th TC DET2 APO-AE 09334 PFC Uit De Flesch, Traci D Company 2-10 Inf. Unit 48 3BLT 495 Iowa Ave. Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. 65473-8958 SSG Leonard A. Johnson 423rd Trans. Co. FOB Q West...
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