Stories from Wednesday, July 10, 2013

This Friday's Cherokee Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by the Cherokee County Fair Board. The coffee will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the new Bomgaars Conference Center attached to the Cherokee County 4-H Expo Arena at the north end of the Cherokee County Fair Grounds...

The Chamber of Commerce has been notified that Cherokee businesses are being contacted over the phone to purchase advertising on an emergency magnet. These sales are NOT authorized by the Chamber of Commerce or the City of Cherokee. Cherokee Chamber of Commerce Dirctor Julie Hering Kent reported that she was contacted by Chamber businesses Friday regarding advertising sales for an emergency magnet. ...

The Cherokee Area Farmers' Market (CAFM) is held every Thursday during the summer between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. from June to September, at the historic Cherokee Railroad Depot, 119 S. 4th St. in Cherokee. CAFM features only Iowa-grown produce - grown in either Cherokee County or the adjoining counties of Buena Vista, Clay, Ida, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux and Woodbury...

The Koser Spring Lake Park Yacht Club Committee and City of Cherokee hosted a Grand Opening on July 4th to celebrate the completion of the $400,000 grass roots project, which was largely funded by private donations. The dedicated organizers who saw the project through held a bike parade and many old-fashioned yard games, while spending the afternoon at the Park with their family and friends...

You're invited to the Cherokee County Relay For Life on Aug. 2 at Gillette Park/Bacon Aquatic Center in Cherokee. Come and help the American Cancer Society celebrate their 100th year of hope. A special part of the Relay For Life of Cherokee County, a team event to fight cancer, will be a luminary ceremony at dusk. Candles inside of luminary bags will illuminate the walking path. Each bag will carry a message of remembrance, a prayer of thanks or words of hope...

Marjorie Sullivan of Cherokee, 93, passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Careage Hills Nursing Home in Cherokee. Graveside memorial services were held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. The Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee is assisting the family with arrangments. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.greenwoodfuneral.com...

As the summer unfolds, family vacations can create long-lasting memories and fun learning experiences for parents and children alike. But traveling with children can sometimes be a test of preparedness-- and of patience. Here's a check list for you to be better prepared for that family vacation:...

The Cherokee Washington High softball team lost three recent Lakes Conference games, losing 9-2 at rated Le Mars, falling 9-7 to Spencer in Cherokee, and tumbling hard on the road at Hull Western Christian, 12-0 in four innings. Emily Haselhoff went the distance in the loss at undefeated Le Mars, allowing six earned runs on seven hits and four walks in seven innings worked. She struck out two...

CARROLL - The Cherokee Washington High softball team won one of three games at the recent Carroll Kuemper Tournament, nicking Sioux City West 3-2, and falling 3-1 to Atlantic, and 12-2 to host Kuemper. Emily Haselhoff got the pitching win over West, allowing just one earned run on two hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings. After West mounted a rally in the fifth, Haselhoff was relieved by Brookelyn Hoeppner, who gave up one earned run on two hits and three walks in 1 2/3 innings pitched...

The young Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn softball team dropped five recent games to tough War Eagle Conference foes, with three of the games on the road. South O'Brien defeated the Eagles 5-3 in a competitive game in Cleghorn, scoring two runs in the fifth inning to break open a 2-2 stalemate...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia girls finished their regular season here on Friday and gained their 20th victory of the season, edging Twin Lakes Conference foe East Sac County, 4-3. Tayler Rohwer got the win in the pitcher's circle, going the distance and giving up one earned run on seven hits, while walking two and striking out seven...

PAULLINA - South O'Brien took the lead in the third inning of its game against Remsen-Union here on Wednesday and never relinquished it, withstanding scores by the Rockets in the 6th and 7th innings to hang on and pull out a hard-fought 4-3 victory in War Eagle Conference baseball...

The South O'Brien softball team lost a hard -fought home game against West Sioux, 5-4, last week. SOS led 1-0 after one inning of play, as Kellie Einck led off the game with a single and singles by Rachel Struve and Sierra Matthews brought her home. ...

ROCKWELL CITY-The Cherokee Swim Team recently traveled here for its third meet of the season. The team had four swimmers win all three of their individual events, four swimmers who won two individual events, and 16 who each won one event There were also 13 relay teams which posted victories during the meet...

1. Sioux City Heelan; 2. Clear Lake; 3. LeMars; 4. Davenport Assumption; 5. Glenwood; 6. Harlan; 7. Chariton; 8. Central DeWitt; 9. Storm Lake; 10.Waverly-Shell Rock 1. Dyersville Beckman; 2. North Polk; 3. Cascade; 4. Carroll Kuemper; 5. Wilton; 6. Roland-Story; 7. Ogden; 8. Iowa City Regina; 9. Council Bluffs St. Albert;10.Treynor...