Stories from Thursday, October 17, 2013

Josh and Brett Bruns of Holstein are the proud parents of a baby girl, born on October 10, 2013. Irelynn Rose Bruns was born at 6:56 a.m., weighed 6 lb. 7 oz. and measured 19 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big brothers Lukas and Levi and her big sister, Ivy. Dan Beebe of Holstein is Irelynn's grandfather...

Phil and Laura Buck of Holstein are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy on October 9, 2013. Benjamin Philip Buck was born at 6:52 p.m. He weighed 8 lb. 5 oz., measured 21 1/2 inches long, and was welcomed home by his big brothers, Kyle and Drew. Grandparents are Tom and Jackie Buck of Goodell, Iowa; Red and Susan Toftey of Kanawha, Iowa; and Jerry and Vici MacLean of Lone Jack, Missouri...

Henry Taumoepeau and Natasha Gibson of Calumet are the proud parents of a baby girl born on October 11, 2013. Aviah Vasiti Taumoepeau was born at 7:07 a.m., weighed 8 lb. 6 oz. and measured 19 1/2 inches long. She was welcomed home by her brother, Kyrik Gibson and her sister, Tanisha Gibson. Grandparents are Lonnie and Sherri Benson of Meriden and Kenny and Sabrina Moore of Cherokee...

Friday's Chamber Coffee will be hosted by North Star Community Credit Union at their office, located at 1030 South 2nd Street, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

The O'Brien County Conservation Board is pleased to announce a $485,000 grant award from Resource Enhancement and Protection program commonly referred to as REAP. Iowa's Resource Enhancement and Protection Program (REAP) provides funding to public and private partners for natural and cultural resource projects, including water quality, wildlife habitat, soil conservation, parks, trails, historic preservation, and more. ...

The Cherokee Police Department is investigating an unsubstantiated report made by a Cherokee Washington High School student that two men in a white van attempted to lure her into the vehicle at approximately 8:45 a.m. Wednesday. The Cherokee School District Administration then contacted the authorities...

The Cherokee Fire and Rescue Department responded to the Cherokee Washington High School early Wednesday. CFRD member Justin Pritts stated that they arrived on scene to find a motor that was overheating and smoking from a wall mounted heater. According to Pritts, no damage what so ever accord, however smoke did fill one of the hallways at the school...

REMSEN - Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc. will be taking applications through April 30, 2014 for the Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program (LiHEAP). This program is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Iowa Department of Human Rights/DCAA, and has been established to help qualifying low-income Iowa homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs...

River Valley High school students joined hands while helping the clean-up at the Brian and Sheryl Ashley farm near Correctionville after a series of tornadoes rampaged through the area last week. See more photos in the ' October Area Happenings ' Photo Gallery...

Voting hours and locations for the 2013 City Elections The Cherokee County Auditor's Office would like to inform eligible voters of the voting hours and locations for the 2013 City Elections on Tuesday, Nov. 5. To vote in a City Election, an eligible elector must be a resident of that City, a U.S. ...

Members of the Friends of the Cherokee Library recently gathered to wrap up the baskets that make up the group's annual fundraiser for the Cherokee Library. Working hard to make sure each basket is unique are Lisa Sampson, Sue Parker and Jomi Anderson. All baskets will be on displayed at the library starting Nov. 4. The creative, theme-based baskets will appeal to a broad spectrum of people. Photo by Mike Leckband...

It's that time again for the 42nd year of raising funds for the Head Start & Needy Children of Cherokee County. Tom Keller is ready to start his door-to-door ticket sales for the annual Needy Children Fundraiser in Cherokee County. Keller is also seeing busnesses to raise funds. "He is really a huge help to me," said Organizer Stan Sitzmann...

HAWARDEN - Three Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Cross Country runners competed n the Warrior Conference Cross Country Meet here Wednesday on a bitterly cold night, though their caoch, Mark Fisher, said he felt that all three runners "stayed tough and did not let (the cold) bother them."...

1. Carroll Kuemper (11); 2. Waukon (4) ; 3. West Marshall; 4. Albia; 5. Mediapolis; 6. Boyden-Hull-RV; 7. New Hampton; 8. Spirit Lake; 9. Central Lyon-GLR; 10. Cascade; (13. Sioux Center) 1. Iowa City Regina (14) ; 2. Council Bluffs St. Albert (1) ; 3. Dike-New Hartford ; 4. West Union ; 5. Fort Dodge St. Edmond ; 6. Delhi Maquoketa Valley ; 7 (tie) Wilton, Van Meter ; 9. South O'Brien; 10. Mount Ayr (14. Ridge View )...

LE MARS - A tall, athletic Le Mars squad rambled past a good Cherokee team 3-0 in Lakes Conference volleyball action in Le Mars last week, claiming game scores of 25-21, 25-11, 25-13. Kae,y Hummel led a slim Cherokee serving effort with a 9-11 night and three aces, followed by Sara Ramirez 7-7, Alexia Gerdes 7-8, and Ariana Smith 4-5 and two aces...

The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn volleyball team split two recent matches, faling 3-0 to a tough Orange City Unity Christian squad in Marcus, and defeating Remsen St. Mary's 3-1 in Remsen. Against Unity Christian, MMC lost by game scores of 12-25, 8-25, 17-25; and the Eagles beat RSM by game scores of 21-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-18...

The River Valley volleyball team dropped three recent matches against quality opponents, losing 3-1 at Storm Lake St. Mary's on game scores of 13-25, 19-25, 25-20, 16-25; 3-0 at Westwood in Sloan by game scores of 14-25, 29-31, 17-25; and 3-0 to Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto in Correctionville by game scores of 10-25, 19-25, 16-25...

The Twin Lakes Conference held its annual conference volleyball tournament this week, with Pool Play Tuesday night at three sites. The Championship bracket (8 teams) will play tonight (Thursday) in Laurens, and the remaining teams will play at Gowrie for 9th-11th places...