Stories from Monday, October 14, 2013

WALL LAKE - For sure, Cherokee's football Braves found the wall at Wall Lake here Friday night, succumbing 30-6 in a Class 2A District 1 game featuring three safeties recorded by the winning home team, East Sac County. The loss left the winless Braves with an 0-7 mark and kept the Raiders going with their 4-3 record...

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."...

The 14th annual Friends of the Library Holiday Book Basket project is almost here, with the book baskets to be put on display beginning Monday, Nov. 4. The Friends of the Library is an organization committed to assisting the Cherokee Library in purchasing items necessary to enhance the library services in our community. The Holiday Book Basket project is their major fundraising project each year...

There was a special gathering at the Book Vine in Downtown Cherokee on Tuesday to celebrate the publication of an acclaimed new book, "A Bag of Penny Candy," by two former Cherokee women - Ann Loughlin, back row, left, and Shari Schissel Lemke, back row, right, - both of whom who were present to autograph their book...

SIOUX CITY - Three area produce growers have made a solid connection with Siouxland school lunch programs in Hinton, Dakota Valley, and Sioux City Bishop Heelan. The result is a three-way-win, with students getting fresher produce, the local farmers getting access to an important segment of the food service market, and the area economy developing stronger local ties...

At its regularly scheduled meeting last week, the Cherokee City Council unanimously approved the second of three presentations of an ordinance amending provisions pertaining to No Parking zones as follows: No parking on the north side of Clark Street from Cornelius Street to Park Avenue; no parking on the north side of Spruce Street from 1st Street to 2nd Street; no parking on the west side of Arrow Street from Bow Drive to end of cul-de-sac; no parking on either side of Webster Street...

The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) urges all Iowans over 6 months of age to receive their yearly seasonal influenza vaccine. Surveillance by IDPH influenza sentinel sites and confirmatory testing by the State Hygienic Laboratory shows the flu is circulating in Iowa. ...

Fifty-seven members and guests of the Cherokee Zone Lutheran Woman's Missionary League (LWML) were "Quenched by the Waters" as they met for the 2013 Fall Rally on Thursday, September 19 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Aurelia. The evening began with a salad luncheon hosted by the members of St. ...

Jesse and Melanie Pullen of Holstein are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl on October 7, 2013. Emma Joy Lynn Pullen was born at 8:02 a.m., weighed 9 lb. 8 oz. measured 20 1/2 inches long, and she was welcomed home by her big brother, Aiden Christopher. Jody Pullen of Sioux City is her grandmother...

1. Holy Trinity Catholic (33-3); 2. Janesville (25-4); 3. New London (29-5); 4. Central Lyon (21-5); 5. LeMars Gehlen Catholic (17-10); 6. Stanton (30-5); 7. Tripoli (16-12); 8. Grandview Park Baptist (19-9); 9. Lisbon (21-5); 10. Murray (16-1) 1. Dike-New Hartford (28-1); 2. Western Christian (28-1);...

The Alta-Aurelia Warriors have been seeded 9th in the Twin Lakes Conference volleyball tournament, which will be held on Tuesday and Thursday. The Warriors will be playing in Pool C at Sioux Rapids on Tuesday with Sioux Central, the 3rd seed, and Newell-Fonda, the 4th seed...

BOONE - The Storm Lake HS Girls Swim Team took on the Boone and Carroll Swim Teams in a double- dual format meet here on Tuesday, October 8. In this format, each team got two varsity entries for each event , so that the varsity heat has six swimmers. The results were then scored as if it were a dual meet between two of the teams for each of the three combinations of two this makes...

Unless mom or dad has conducted an informative "Laundry 101" class for them, many new college students have little experience in the laundry room. What with going to class, getting acclimated to college life and making new friends, laundry just isn't a first concern...