Stories from Friday, October 25, 2013

Tractor rollovers are the single deadliest type of injury incident on farms and it is reported that of the 4.7 million tractors in the U.S. today alone, one-half of them are without rollover protection for the operator. A tractor can turn over suddenly and if it is not equipped with a 'Rollover Protection Structure' (ROPS) and a seatbelt, there is a good chance the tractor could crush the driver...

Although I've always been in agreement with the sentiments of the late editorial cartoonist and Yankee fan Frank Miller (see cartoon), I think that this year's "unofficial" World Series between the Cardinals and Red Sox, which started on Wednesday night, should be a good one...

The flyer was over an hour late Thursday night due to an injury received by Chas. H. Dunsmore, the engineer in charge of the train. He is supposed to have been leaning from the cab window and struck in the head by a mail crane at Merrill. He was at once taken to the hospital in LeMars where it was learned that his skull was fractured...

SIOUX CITY-The Storm Lake HS Girls Swim Team took to the water here on Tuesday for their final regular season meet. The team posted some great times and saw some final swims of the season for some of the athletes. This was another double- dual format meet against the 20th-ranked team from Spencer and the 27th- ranked host team, Sioux City Metro. The Storm Lake team is currently ranked 35th in the state...

SIOUX CITY - Ridge View volleyball coach Scott Mitchell continued a tradition last week when he sent his #9-ranked team, 31-3, to the Bishop Heelan Tournament in Sioux City to face tough competition from bigger schools as a means of preparing the Ridge View players for the rugged post-season ahead...

WHITING - River Valley's 7-1 Wolverines got back on the winning track here Friday night, decking a young and winless Whiting team 57-12 in 8-player football action. The Wolverines were ranked 8th in the State 8-player poll before dropping a hard-fought game to 7-1 Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn the week before, and ran roughshod over the Warriors here Friday...

Kyle Schuck, a 6-2, 180 lb. senior wide receiver from Cherokee, became Morningside's all-time leader with 35 career touchdown receptions after he had TD catches of seven and 33 yards in last Saturday's 62-27 victory over Dakota Wesleyan. Schuck broke the previous Morningside school record of 34 career touchdown pass receptions set by former All-American Beau Kildow from 2006-09. ...

PAULLINA - South O'Brien fielded a full complement of Junior High, Junior Varsity and Varsity runners at their own Invitational Cross Country Meet on the Paullina Golf Course Monday. Individually, Brian Haden of SOS took sixth place with a time of 16:37.35 in the Boys' Varsity 5k race, while teammate Ben Aberson placed eighth with a time of 16:43, as Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley runners swept the top four spots in the boys' varsity race...

Samuel "Sam" Woods of Aberdeen,South Dakota, 97, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013, at Avera Mother Joseph Manor in Aberdeen. Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 24, 2013, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 409 3rd Avenue SE, Aberdeen, with Father Shane D. Stevens, Celebrant. Burial took place at Sacred Heart Cemetery, with Military Rites being conducted by the Sidney L. Smith American Legion Post #24 of Aberdeen...

Matt Schultz, Iowa Secretary of State, will be visiting the Cherokee County Election Department on Thursday, Oct. 31. Secretary Schultz and his staff will be observing the process of Public Testing Electronic Voting Equipment for the Nov. 5 City Election from 2:30 p.m. until 3:15 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Room at Cherokee County Courthouse...

The Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation recently presented Mel Kruse, owner of Country Tire of Cherokee with a $18,000 check from the CAEDC and Cherokee Central Bank Revolving Loan Fund. Country Tire is currently expanding it's business and has been working with the CAEDC's Small Business Center. Pictured left to right, CAEDC Executive Director Mark Buschkamp and Mel Kruse. Photo by Mike Leckband...

Cherokee's City Council last week hosted a special workshop meeting regarding a proposed City Rental Maintenance Program designed to enable the City to better govern rental properties, landlords and tenants. City Administrator Don Eikmeier invited Storm Lake City Manager James Patrick and Chief Building Inspector Scott Olesen to the workshop to explain Storm Lake's current program and how they went about implementing it, and how Storm Lake might be of assistance to Cherokee if a similar program was introduced here.. ...

SPRINGDALE, Ark. - Tyson Foods, Inc. is donating $50,000 to aid farmers and ranchers impacted by the unexpected winter storm dubbed "Atlas" earlier this month in South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. The winter storm dumped as many as 50 inches of snow, causing devastating livestock losses for some farmers and ranchers. ...

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors signed off Tuesday on a request by the Iowa Deparment of Transportation for permission to use L-51 as a detour during planned IDOT construction on Highways 59 and 3, estimated to begin on March 1, 2014 and end on December 31, 2014...