Stories from Friday, October 18, 2013

The Great Northern railroad Thursday night brought into Sioux City the longest freight train ever pulled over any line into the city. The train consisted of seventy-eight cars filled with potatoes and three empty box cars. The shipment weighed 20,000 tons and was valued at several thousand dollars. ...

October is Fire Prevention month, especially on the farm during harvest when the combination of heated equipment and many flammable sources can create dangerous situations. Major precautions include beginning every harvest season with a clean machine by paying special attention to the engine and engine compartment, since about 75% of all machinery fires start in that area...

Class 2A #2 Hull Western Christian, perennial Lakes Conference champions, unloaded another monster blast on Cherokee Washington High's volleyball team here Tuesday night, sweeping the home team 3-0 on game scores of 15-25, 24-25, 5-25. Cherokee experienced a modest serving effort in the face of the towering, athletic, volleyball-consumed Wolfpack, with Maddy Woodall leading the way with 9-10 and one ace, followed by Sara Ramirez 8-8 and an ace, Kaely Hummel 4-4 and an ace, and Alexia Gerdes and Emily Haselhoff each 3-3.. ...

IDA GROVE - Alta-Auelia and Ridge View were among 11 teams which competed in the OABCIG Invitational Cross Country Meet here on Monday. Ridge View's Jason Kenny finished third out of 67 runnersin the Boys Varsity 5k run, with a time of 17:41.34, and Ross Friedrich topped the A-A Boys Varsity runners with a time of 18:21.27, good for 14th place individually...

Berna A. Jenness Berna A. Jenness of Cherokee, 78, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 19th, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee, with Rev. ...

Melva M. Elsbury Melva M. Elsbury of Sutherland, 78, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at her home in Sutherland. Graveside memorial services will be held on Saturday, October 19th, at 3 p.m. at the Waterman Cemetery in Sutherland, with Pastor John Erickson officiating. It was Melva's wish to be cremated, and there will be no visitation. The Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

The Cemetery Directory for the Mount Calvary Cemetery was completed last week and dedication was held on Saturday. The committee that formed the basis of this registry consisted of Father Dan Guenther, Mike Letsche, Jane Lenz, Deb Courtright, Bob Haselhoff, and Tim Greenwood who were in attendance for the dedication...

ALTA - Monday's monthly meeting of the Alta and Aurelia Boards of Education began with a public hearing by the Alta Board concerning adopting a resolution to continue the Board-enacted Instructional Support Levy for a period of five years. This revenue can be used for any General Fund expenditure. There being no input from the public, the Alta Board approved adopting the resolution...

The Cherokee School District's Music Department will present a vocal music concert on Tuesday Oct. 22nd. Choir students from Cherokee Middle School and Cherokee Washington High School will be performing at 7 p.m. at the WHS Auditorium.

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors had an interesting weekly meeting on Tuesday, The meeting lasted four hours, twice as long as usual, and involved long discussions about several different items which were on the Board's agenda. What didn't happen was the supervisors taking action on the agenda items, with some items tabled until next week's meeting, and another purchase proposal delayed for up to 30 days, pending further Board discussion...