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'A Bag of Penny Candy'
(Local News ~ 10/02/13)
^^ Special book signing at Book Vine Tuesday There will be a special gathering at the Book Vine in downtown Cherokee Tuesday evening to celebrate the publication of an acclaimed new book by two former Cherokee women - Ann Loughlin and Shari Schissel Lemke - who will be present to autograph their book...
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Marcus Historical Society Cemetery Walk Oct. 6
(Local News ~ 10/02/13)
MARCUS - The Marcus Historical Society will once again present its annual Cemetery Walk. A change has been made from the usual Saturday evening time to Sunday afternoon, October 6, at 2 p.m. Participants will meet first at the Marcus/Amherst and Holy Name Cemeteries to begin the presentation of family histories. Following the presentations at the cemeteries, they will move to the Methodist Church for more detailed histories...
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Landfill to accept appliances
(Local News ~ 10/02/13)
Cherokee County Landfill has announced that they will now be taking home appliances at no charge. Examples of home appliances that will be accepted are: refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, hot water heaters, blenders, and toasters. No televisions will be accepted...
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City driveway and parking standards
(Local News ~ 10/02/13)
The Cherokee City Council has unanimously approved front-yard driveway and parking standards for all residential properties in the City of Cherokee. All new or expanded driveways located in the front yard or street side yard must be hard surfaced (asphalt or concrete)...
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Marc Sarchet (Obituary ~ 10/02/13)
Marc Sarchet of Cherokee, 52, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2013, in Omaha, Nebraska from injuries sustained in a vehicular accident. Memorial services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at the Memorial Presbyterian Church in Cherokee. Pastor Ethan Sayler officiated. Burial will be held at a later date. Visitation began at 4 p.m.. on Monday, with the family present during that time Monday night at Memorial Presbyterian Church... -
Richard D. "Dick" Hammond (Obituary ~ 10/02/13)
Richard D. "Dick" Hammond of Cherokee,77, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at his home. Visitation and a time of sharing stories and memories will be on Saturday, October 5, from 10:30 a.m. until noon at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. The family would invite everyone to the V.F.W. for lunch following the visitation. Burial will be at the Sunset View Cemetery at a later date. Online condolences may be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com... -
Red Ribbon Cutting at Victory Gym (Local News ~ 10/02/13)
Chamber of Commerce President Jan Morton (far left) and Chamber Director Julie Hering-Kent (far right) held the red ribbon, as Victory Gym's co-owner/ manager Alyssa Hughes cut it on Friday, September 27th, signifying she and husband Cory Hughes (next to Alyssa, holding the couple's daughter Olivia) assuming ownership of the business, which had been previously owned and operated for 22 years by Ralph Kroger. Photo by Dan Whitney... -
River Valley boys roll on (High School Sports ~ 10/02/13)
CORRECTIONVILLE - The explosive 8th- ranked River Valley football team kept the hammer down at Homecoming Friday night, demolishing a solid Remsen-Union squad, 46-16, in District 8-player action. Once again, the Wolverines rode the legs and arm of four-year varsity starter Brennan Riedemann, who passed for four touchdowns and ran for three more as the senior quarterback continued his assault on the RV record book and District opponents... -
MMC sails past H-LP, 75-43 (High School Sports ~ 10/02/13)
MARCUS - Quarterback Dylan Spieler passed for seven touchdowns to pace the Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Eagles past Harris-Lake Park 75-43 in 8-player football action here Friday night. Spieler completed 15-27 passes for 373 yards, seven TDs and one interception... -
Warriors edged by L-B, 14-12
(High School Sports ~ 10/02/13)
LAWTON - Extra points were the difference on the scoreboard here Friday night when Class A #7-ranked Lawton-Bronson (4-1) scored a 14-12 win over Alta-Aurelia (2-3, as the teamseach scored two touchdowns, but L-B's Zach Cassens was good on both of his PAT kicks and the Warriors failed to score any extra points...
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Tourney Champs (High School Sports ~ 10/02/13)
Members of the Cherokee Washington High volleyball team were happy campers after winning last week's Alta-Aurelia Invitational Tournament with a perfect 5-0 record. Read all about it in Thursday's Chronicle Times. Members are, back row, left to right, Hayley Graybill, Chandler Hobach, Brookelyn Hoeppner, Sara Ramirez, Ariana Smith, Alexia Gerdes, Jasey Stowater Front, Maddy Woodall, Jennifer Baker, MaKenna Carver, Mikki Hinkhouse, Kaely Hummel, Emily Haselhoff. Photo contributed... -
Manson NW, Sheldon win Alta-Aurelia XC Meet
(High School Sports ~ 10/02/13)
ALTA - Manson Northwest Webster took top team honors for Varsity Boys and Sheldon did the same for the Varsity Girls at Monday's Alta-Aurelia Cross Country Invitational Meet here. Individually,Alta-Aurelia's Ross Friedrich finished second, running a season-best time of 18:22 over the 5k course, and teammates Trenton Delp (10th, 19:08), John Tuttle (11th, 19:18) and Colton Larson (13th, 19:28) also medaled for the Warriors, who finished second in the Varsity Boys Team Standings. ...
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Iowa High School Football Rankings
(High School Sports ~ 10/02/13)
1. Carroll Kuemper (10); 2. Waukon (4); 3. State Center West Marshall; 4. Albia ; 5. Mediapolis; 6. Boyden-Hull-RV; 7. New Hampton; 8. Central Lyon-GLR; 9. Spirit Lake; 10. Cascade 1. Iowa City Regina (13); 2. Council Bluffs St. Albert; 3. Calmar South Winneshiek (1) ; 4. Dike-New Hartford; 5. Wilton; 6. West Union North Fayette;...
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SOS Wolverines snag Homecoming win
(High School Sports ~ 10/02/13)
PAULLINA - South O'Brien set the tone right away Friday night in a 42-7 Homecoming win over the visiting Okoboji Pioneers. The Wolverines opened the game with an eight-play drive, but then fumbled the exchange on the one-yard line. After a quick three -and- out by the defense, Marcus Atkinson returned a punt 35 yards that put the ball on the nine-yard line, and Zach Nieman ran off tackle to get the first score of the game. ...
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