Stories from Thursday, September 5, 2013

Some people may have had time to read over Labor Day weekend but I spent four days at a crazy, very busy 85th family birthday party for my mom. A good time was had by all! However, reading except to small children was never an activity option. It appears that my almost one year old granddaughter really likes Doggies by Sandra Boynton and that was my main book for the weekend. Fortunately, I can go back to my Goodreads account and share a few adult books that I read during the month of August...

Statistics show that one of every six traffic fatalities is related to distracted driving. Another half million injuries result from distraction-related crashes. A common source of distraction is trying to multitask while driving. Also, the repetition of commuting can be distracting. Here are other possible distractions:...

Doris Heistand of Cherokee, age 78, passed away at St. Luke's Hospital in Sioux City on Monday, September 2. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 7, 2013, at Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. Visitation at the funeral home will begin at noon on Friday, with the family present from 5 until 7 p.m. ...

Mike and Natalie Boshart of Holstein are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy on August 28, 2013. Keegan Michael Boshart was born at 10:25 a.m., weighed 8 lb. 9 oz. and measured 21 inches long. Grandparents are Tom and Vicki Buell of Galva and Phil and Barb Boshart of Wayland...

Steve and Stephanie Zarr of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy on August 30, 2013. Jackson Ole Zarr was born at 3:05 a.m., weighed 8 lb. 0 oz. and measured 21 inches long. His grandparents are Rick and Keisha Todd of Holstein and Dennis and Janice Wieland of Aurelia. Great grandparents include Peter Cosgrove, Berneice Henke and Dorothy Ohlson, all of Cherokee; Betty Wieland of Aurelia; Frank and Carolyn Todd of Holstein; and Harold and Marge Zarr of Sioux City...

Absentee Ballots for the upcoming School Election are available in the Cherokee County Auditor's office located in the Cherokee County Courthouse at 520 W. Main St., Cherokee. If you will be unable to vote on the scheduled Election Day, Tuesday, Sept. 10, you may stop in or call the Auditor's office at 225-6704 to receive the absentee request form...

The Cherokee County Auditor's Office reminds voters that the polls will be open for Cherokee School District voters from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10 for the School Election. For voters in the Aurelia and MMC School Districts, polls will be open from noon until 8 p.m. All residents in the State of Iowa must vote in the precinct in which they reside on Election Day. Polling locations for Cherokee County residents are:...

Part I The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) presided over an informational meeting with Rock Island Clean Line, perhaps 200 O'Brien County landowners and other interested people at the Hartley Community Center on August 20, 2013. The meeting provided information to landowners along a proposed long-distance transmission line...

Karlee Bruder and Simon Fuller of Yankton, South Dakota are happy to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Karlee, the daughter of Steven and Lori Bruder of Cherokee, is a 2007 graduate of Brandon Valley High School in Brandon, South Dakota, and earned her Bachelor's degree in Business and Marketing from the University of South Dakota in 2012. She is currently employed at 5 Star Communications in Yankton...

The 37th Grand Meadow Heritage Center will present its annual festival this Saturday and Sunday. There's much to enjoy at this year's festival so be sure not to miss out on the Grand Meadow Heritage Center Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Saturday...

Friday's Chamber Coffee will be hosted by Fireice Firearms, 1509 N. 2nd Street, at 9:30 a.m. There will be a red ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the first anniversary of their move to their current location.

Cajun Abdel Wahhab of Cleghorn has received the WITCC TRiO-Student Support Services Achiever of the Month Award for September. This award recognizes WITCC TRIO students for demonstrating qualities of leadership and citizenship while achieving collegiate academic success. ...

GRAETTINGER - Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn, the defending State Champions in Iowa's 8-player football, showed they can continue to walk that walk in 2013 after opening their season with a convincing 32-0 shutout win over traditionally tough Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire here Friday night...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia girls won their second match of the young volleyball season here Tuesday night, defeating Kingsley-Pierson, three sets to none. Scores for the match were 25-16, 25-22, 25-20. Jenna Snyder had nine kills to lead the Warrior attack, while sophomore Izzy Hinkeldey had five and Tayler Rohwer four. ...

The Cherokee Athletic Boosters are teaming up with Central Bank and Central Insurance to sponsor a tailgate meal before the Braves football game against Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove in Cherokee Friday night. Serving time will be from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Bacon Aquatic Center parking lot adjacent to George Hicks Field. The tailgate meal menu is beef ribeye steak sandwiches, pumpkin bar, chips and drink for $6. An extra sandwich is $4...