Stories from Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Cherokee men harvest honey for hobby During this time of year, everybody's sweet tooth is aching, and one of the sweetest things of all, is rich golden honey. Darrell Veencamp of Cherokee has a little hobby of making honey. Three years ago Veencamp and one of his friends, Paul Huffey, decided to throw their hats over the wall and try their luck at bee farming...

Members of the 2006 Cherokee Braves baseball team, who won the Lakes Conference, the Class 2A Districts and Substate, and qualified for the Iowa State Baseball Tournament in Des Moines, were awarded their state tourney plaques during the Braves basketball game with Emmetsburg here Tuesday night. ...

Dustin Kohn and Sara Steward cooperated on a building project this week at the Early Childhood Learning Center in Cherokee, as Jack Nolder and Nathanael Reusch worked on their own projects. Sara Steward is a Washington High School student,serving as a peer helper at the ECLC. Photo by Ken Ross...