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Loess Hills Prairie Seminar (Local News ~ 04/25/13)
Lynn M. Alex, education and outreach program director with the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, will travel to Onawa on Friday, May 31, to speak at the Loess Hills Prairie Seminar. Her presentation, "The Recent Magic of Loess Hills Archaeology," begins at 7:30 p.m. at West Monona High School in Onawa as part of a weekend event... -
Tulip Festival Quilt Show at NWC
(Local News ~ 04/25/13)
ORANGE CITY - The Sioux Prairie Quilters Guild will hold their annual Quilt Show at the Northwestern College Bultman Center in connection with the Orange City Tulip Festival. The show hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on May 16 and May 17, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 18...
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Chamber Coffee (Local News ~ 04/25/13)
This week's Chamber Coffee, at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, will be hosted by Main Street Pharmacy,206 West Main Street. -
Have a bite to eat, stop a bite that kills
(Local News ~ 04/25/13)
On Sunday the St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee will be sponsoring a pancake luncheon on the upper level of the Cherokee Community Center. The event takes place from 11 a.m to 2 p.m., and all the proceeds from the free will offering will support a program called Imagine No Malaria...
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Wernimont sentenced to 50 years for sex abuse
(Local News ~ 04/25/13)
A Rembrandt man was sentenced April 15th in Buena Vista County District Court to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing a female teenager. Last month, a jury found Cory Wernimont, 36, guilty of five of six counts of third-degree sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl. Alleged assault occurred Aug. 7, 2012, at Wernimont's 510th Street home...
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MMC Odyssey of the Mind team advances (Local News ~ 04/25/13)
AMES - The seventh grade Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Odyssey of the Mind team won first place at the state of Iowa's competition held at Iowa State University recently. This gives them the right to compete at the World Competition to be held at Michigan State University May, 22-26... -
At The Library
(Column ~ 04/25/13)
I am pleased to say that my ankle surgery was a success. I feel like I have a new leg. I gladly gave up being the bionic woman. Did someone say there was a dance contest somewhere? I'd like to thank Sara Sutter for writing an article about the Young Adult Book Club a couple of weeks ago. ...
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Iowans weigh in on litter
(Editorial ~ 04/25/13)
A recent survey of over 800 Iowans completed for Keep Iowa Beautiful (KIB) found that Iowan's have a high level of awareness of Keep Iowa Beautiful. The survey indicated that 55% of Iowans know about KIB. The following are some additional points regarding litter issues:...
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Feldhacker 50th Wedding Anniversary (Anniversary ~ 04/25/13)
Ed and Elaine Feldhacker of Oakland, Iowa will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner in Sioux City. Ed and Elaine are the parents of three children, Kim Dalke and her husband Bill of Sergeant Bluff and a son-in-law, Matt Alexander of Atlantic. ... -
Messerole/Daniel engagement (Engagement ~ 04/25/13)
Kayla Messerole and Richard Daniel are happy to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Kayla, the daughter of Todd & Lynn Rochelle Williams and Jayme & Barb Messerole of Cherokee, is a 2007 graduate of Washington High School and graduated from Wayne State College with a degree in Human Service Counseling. She is currently in her third year of teaching at Wayne Tower School in Wayne, Nebraska... -
Boekhout qualifies for Drake in javelin (High School Sports ~ 04/25/13)
ORANGE CITY - Jordan Boekhout, a senior trackster at Northwestern College in Orange City, has qualified for the Drake Relays in the javelin competition and will compete on Friday morning in Des Moines. Boekhout, a 2009 graduate of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn High School, is currently ranked third in the Great Plains Athletic Conference in the javelin with a season best throw of 55.74 meters. ... -
MMC girls play three golf matches
(High School Sports ~ 04/25/13)
The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn girls golf team has competed in just three matches to date due to the inclement spring weather that has decimated the prep aports calendar. At Hawarden, host West Sioux carded 215 and MMC shot 218. Low medal for the Eagles were medalist Kayla Theisen 47, Sarah McDermott 52, Alissa McDermott 54, Alison Meehan 64...
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Ridge View girls golf at K-P
(High School Sports ~ 04/25/13)
KINGSLEY - Host Kingsley-Pierson won the recent Western Valley Conference Girls Golf Meet, carding a 213 in the three-team competition, followed by Ridge View 217, Woodbury Central 237, and River Valley 265. Maddi Schubert was runner-up medalist for the Raptors with a 51, followed by Karlen Lamp 52, Emily Forristal 60, Lexi Johnson 59, McKinley Schubert 63, and Ashley Albers 55...
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Girls Regional Golf sites, schedule
(High School Sports ~ 04/25/13)
FIRST ROUND Monday May 13 Region 1B at Marcus Country Club Clay Central-Everly, Kingsley-Pierson, Laurens-Marathon, Lawton-Bronson, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn, Newell-Fonda, River Valley, Storm Lake St. Mary's, Westwood REGION 1 FINAL Monday May 20 at Kingsley, Brookside Golf Course...
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