Stories from Monday, May 20, 2013

At their Tuesday meeting, the Cherokee County Supervisors approved a bid of $238,433 from Iowa Erosion Control, Inc. of Victor, Iowa to do the diamond grinding on a 5 1/2 mile section of C-63 from M-21 to the Maple River Bridge. The company planned to start on the project the next day, and County Engineer Dave Shanahan said that section of the road will be one lane traffic during the project...

It's that time of year again when the Cherokee American Legion and Auxiliary hand out poppies to honor veterans for their service and sacrifice by promoting and educating all people of the Poppy History and the financial benefit realized by our nations veterans as a result of its distribution...

Choir of ten children perform traditional Ugandan songs and dances MERIDEN -- The Ugandan Orphans Choir, a group of ten talented children ranging from 6-15, has announced that they will be performing at the Meriden Evangelical Free Church Sunday, May 26 at 6:30 p.m...

The Cherokee Knights of Columbus recently concluded their annual Calendar Sales for 2013. The calendars went on sale on March 4 and concluded with a drawing for two $500 checks on Mother's Day, May 12th. The two winners of the $500 were Melissa Meyers of Quimby and Julie Ashbaugh of Holstein...

DES MOINES - Cherokee senior Marc Husman turned on the brightest light of his track and field career Thursday, winning the Class 2A 400 meters in a personal best time of 49.04 at last week's Iowa State Co-ed Track & Field Championships. Husman was the top qualifier in 2A after winning the District tirle in 49.64 to establish a new Washington High school record before breaking it again here last week in the 400 meter finals...

SIOUX CITY - Morningside College's men's golf team broke three school records during the 2012-13 season, and all three record-breaking performances occurred at the same tournament, when the Mustangs' closed out the season with a first place finish at the Morningside Invitational on April 29 at Sioux City's Green Valley Golf Course...

Jason Woods' kindergarten class at Cherokee Roosevelt Elementary School recently took a field trip to Pingel Farms near Aurelia.