Stories from Wednesday, October 9, 2013

As we Iowans learned last weekend, not only in the spring and summer months can tornadoes pop up at any time, without much warning, when severe weather conditions are ripe for their formation. We all must learn to take such life-threatening situations much more seriously, and following these precautions will surely help...

SIOUX CITY - Morningside College defeated Midland University, 32-7, in Fremont, Nebraska on Saturday. The Mustangs amassed 556 yards total offense in the win, with a balanced mix of 286 yards passing and 270 yards rushing. Quarterback Ryan Kasdorf passed for 286 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for an additional 72 yards to finish with 358 yards total offense, while running back Brandon Wegher rushed for 119 yards and Cherokee's Kyle Schuck caught seven passes for 183 yards...

MARCUS - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn football Eagles scored every which way during a 54-0 homecoming rout of visiting Whiting here Friday night, rushing for three touchdowns, returning two pass interceptions and a punt for three more TDs, and passing for one...

LAKE PARK - The undefeated River Valley Wolverines turned back Harris-Lake Park 38-14 to keep a tight grip on first place in District 1 8-player football action here Friday night in a game begun early and called in the third quarter due to threatening severe weather and the outcome pretty much established, according to the coaches...

MAPLE VALLEY - The Ridge View football team improved their season record to 5-1 with a 56-8 win over Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto on Friday. Standout Raptors' quarterback Ryan Garthoff led the way for Ridge View, completing 8 of his 11 pass attempts for 108 yards and one touchdown and also gaining 185 yards on the ground in 15 rushing attempts, scoring four more touchdowns in the process...

HARTLEY - South O'Brien started off their football game with long-time rival Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn with a bang Friday night with the Wolverines' first play from scrimmage going 75 yards and a touchdown. Mother Nature then took over and the teams sat in the gym a couple hours waiting for the sky to clear...

1. Holy Trinity Catholic, 28-1; 2. Janesville,19-3; 3. LeMars Gehlen Catholic,16-9; 4. New London, 24-4; 5. Tripoli,12-10; 6. Central Lyon, 18-4; 7. Stanton, 23-4; 8. Grandview Park Baptist,17-9; 9. Lisbon, 20-5; 10. Murray, 15-1 1. Dike-New Hartford, 27-1; 2. ...

DES MOINES - The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) has released the pairings for the Regional Volleyball Tournaments. The pairings for teams in the Chronicle Times coverage area : In Region 1, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn will host Remsen St. Mary's in a first-round game on Tuesday, Oct. 22, with the winner of that match meeting the winner of the Remsen-Union/Akron-Westfield match in Akron on Tuesday October 29...

Area prep football teams are preparing to kick off the 7th week of the season Friday night, with the biggie looming in Correctionville when undefeated and 8th ranked River Valley hosts defending state champion 5-1 Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn in District 1 8-player action...

SUTHERLAND - Bats and spiders and skunks ... oh my! These animals, along with many others, get a "bad" rap! Their public image "stinks!" But, the truth will place them in a much better light. Come out to the Prairie Heritage Center at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 17 to learn more about these and other creatures that "make your skin crawl."...

Hazel M. Kelly of Cherokee, 100, passed away Sunday morning, October 6, 2013 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 10th, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. ...

The old saying goes, "When life gives you lemons you make lemonade." So what do you do when life gives you olives? Carey Hetrick, owner of Carey's Cafe in downtown Cheroke, recently received about 40 pounds of raw olives from one of his customers. Through the years, Don Royer of Cherokee had developed a fondness for olives while on a trip to California, and he made it a point that every time he visited the state he would stop at a particular fruit and vegetable supplier that he liked...

PRIMGHAR - At the Tuesday, October 1, O'Brien County Board of Supervisors meeting, landowner Daryl Haack presented information about the recent formation of the O'Brien County Landowner's Association. Haack was elected president of the non-profit organization during their inaugural year for this county-wide group...

On Saturday, after multiple tornadoes tore through northwest Iowa Friday night, crews from Iowa Homeland Security, the National Weather Service and the American Red Cross began to survey the damage over a wide area in Iowa, as well as parts of Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota...

On Saturday, Oct. 12 the Cherokee Sanford Museum Association will present the program "Oak Hill Cemetery - Past and Present" with Richard Boothby at 7:30 p.m. This will be an informative program of how families use the cemetery for genealogy and local history...