Stories from Friday, February 10, 2012

Getting Cherokee County youth outdoors and unplugged Pheasants Forever focuses on youth programs While habitat, safety, and conservation education has been very important to the Cherokee County Pheasants Forever Youth Programs, so has the goal to get more youth outdoors and unplugged...

The Cherokee County Ag Show was held on Tuesday at the Western Iowa Tech Community College Conference Center in Cherokee. More than 400 visitors to the Ag Show had a chance to converse with each other and with more than 50 vendors about what is new in the agricultural industry. Photo by Mike Leckband...

Area residents receiving mailed notices concerning water line insurance are being warned by Cherokee City Hall to consult with their local insurance agent before committing to any type of insurance solicitations from unknown sources. An undetermined number of residents have recently received unsolicited offers from "Homeserve" in Des Moines to insure their water lines at a cost of approximately $5 per month, $15 per quarter, or $60 per year...

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors met with Mark Buschkamp, Director of the Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation, on Tuesday at the Cherokee County Courthouse. Buschkamp updated the Board on how the Cherokee Industrial Corporation Railroad Spur project is coming along. He stated that the tracks on the east side are laid and the westside tracks are about half completed...

ORANGE CITY - The 19-3, 9th-ranked Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn girls overcame a sluggish start wit a big second half to deck Orange City Unity Christian 60-43 here Tuesday night. Kayla Foresman paced the high-flying Eagles with 22 points and was joined in double figures by Erica Dreckman and Anna Wilcox with 12 points apiece, and Jalyn Doeden with 10...

ORANGE CITY - Once again, the battling Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn boys fought tooth and nail with a tough opponent, only to falter down the stretch, losing 61-56 to Orange City Unity Christian here Tuesday night. The Eagles led 21-14 after the first period, and 38-26 at halftime after a superb first-half outing, before the host Knights toughened up on defense in the final two quarters to outscore MMC 35-18 and claim the victory...

STORM LAKE - The undefeated, second-ranked Storm Lake St. Mary's Panthers, the defending Class 1A State champion, had all they could handle in defeating Alta-Aurelia, 57-44, in Twin Lakes Conference boys basketball action here on Tuesday. The Warriors' Neil Marshall had a fantastic game, netting 24 points - the only Warrior to score in double figures for the usually well-balanced A-A team...

STORM LAKE - The Alta-Aurelia girls traveled to Storm Lake Tuesday to wrap up their regular season with a Twin Lakes Conference game against Storm Lake St . Mary's. St. Mary's led all the way as the Panthers cruised to a 64-43 win over the Warriors. The Warriors struggled from the field and got themselves into foul trouble early and the Panthers were able to knock down their free throws...

On Wednesday morning about 9 o'clock occurred a very exciting runaway when a delivery team came running down First street near the depot. Mrs. A. B. Knox was sitting in a cutter near the depot and when the delivery team passed her her horse started to go at a very rapid pace and all the bystanders thought that she would be thrown from the cutter and hurt, but she did not become excited and drop the lines as most women would have done but held on to them. ...

Go ahead, do something sweet on Valentine's Day. Tuesday is Valentine's Day and we desperately need a distraction from the boring winter and same-old, same-old routine we too often fall into - and the emotional doldrums that have accompanied them. This year - as much as any other in recent memory - we all need a little love...

Iowa Representative Dan Huseman (R- Aurelia) and Iowa Senator Bill Anderson (R-Pierson) welcomed Mid-Sioux Opportunity to the State Capitol this week. Dick Sievers of Remsen, Tom Letsche of Remsen, Katie Korthals of Rock Rapids, and Laura Benson of Cherokee, from Mid-Sioux Opportunity met with the local legislators. Pictured from left to right are Bill Anderson, Dick Sievers, Tom Letsche, Katie Korthals, Laura Benson, and Dan Huseman. Photo contributed...

DES MOINES -- Iowa businesses, organizations and citizens are invited to apply for the Governor's Iowa Environmental Excellence Awards. To download an application, go to http://www.iowadnr.gov/Environment/IowaE...; applications are due April 6, 2012...

Hosea J. Carnes Jr., 83, of rural Cherokee, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 at Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Fla. Funeral services will be held on Monday, Feb. 13, at 10:30 a.m. at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Quimby. Pastor Don Meyer and Vicar Scot Kerns will officiate. ...