Stories from Friday, November 8, 2013

On Veteran's Day next Monday, the Cherokee VFW L.A. Wescott Post #2253 will be holding a special flag presentation ceremony at the Maryhill Welcome Center.At 2 p.m., the public is invited to Maryhill to be part of this event to honor fallen World War II veteran Leo Heinen who was killed in action on June 6, 1944 at Omaha Beach on D-Day during the Allied invasion on Normandy, France...

The Cherokee Regional Medical Center held an Open House on Sunday November 3rd to display the facility's new Emergency and Surgery areas. Approximately 200 people attended throughout the day.

Back by popular demand. The Cherokee Regional Medical Center Auxiliary is pleased to announce its Masquerade $5 Jewelry Sale fundraiser, with the proceeds benefiting the CRMC Auxiliary. Due to the overwhelming success of the event, the CRMC Auxiliary plans to host both a spring and fall Masquerade Jewelry Sale each year. ...

DES MOINES - Governor Branstad will sign a proclamation on Thursday, designating November 21 as Rural Health Day 2013. National Rural Health Day is an opportunity to honor small towns, farming communities and rural areas, and also to highlight the unique challenges the individuals who live in these areas face. In Iowa, 90 percent of the land mass is considered rural, and approximately half of Iowans live in an area that is considered rural...

Cherokee Hy-Vee is joining other Hy-Vee stores throughout the Midwest in celebrating Veterans Day by offering a free breakfast to all veterans and active-duty military members. Tim Haupert, store director, said the free breakfast buffet on Monday, November 11, from 7 a.m. ...

The Cherokee American Legion invites the public to join them during their annual Veteran's Day Soup Supper on Monday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the historical Cherokee RR Depot. The Legion holds this event annually as a fundraiser to serve veterans at Christmas time. ...

"Smart Choice is a health insurance literacy curriculum. It is research and theory- based and consumer tested," said Suzanne Bartholomae, an ISU Extension and Outreach family financial state specialist. ISU Extension and Outreach is providing research-based education to help consumers understand health insurance concepts and terms, evaluate their own health insurance needs, examine insurance plans and select a plan that fits their needs and budget...

Tuesday's weekly meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors was very brief. Due to Tuesday's election, there was only one item on the agenda, with County Recorder Dawn Miller submitting a wage authorization for a new part-time clerk in her department. The employee, Jennifer Johnson, will begin her employment on November 5th, and the Supervisors approved the wage of $12/hour authorized by Miller...

A team meeting and sign-up is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Cherokee Washington High School Library for the new Cherokee County Youth Shooting Sports being formed. Organizers will be answering questions about the team, the season, requirements, costs, and fundraising. The organizers encourage all athletes and parents thinking about joining the Shooting Sports Team to attend...

SIOUX CITY - The Ridge View volleyball team, 34-7, ran into a buzzsaw here on Wednesday night when they faced Hinton in a Class 2A Regional Volleyball final match. The Blackhawks stormed to a 25-10 win in the first set to take a 1-0 lead, then held off the determined effort of the Raptors in the second set, winning 31-29. The final set was also close, but the Blackhawks won, 25-22, to earn a trip to the State Volleyball Championships at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids next week...

Alta-Aurelia junior Erica Lockin was named to the Third Team on the Twin Lakes Conference All-Conference volleyball teams announced on Thursday. No other Warrior players were selected. Four players were unanimous first team selections - Jenna Peters of East Sac County, Ellie Herzberg of Manson- Northwest Webster, and South Central Calhoun's Ashley Henkenius and Haley Birks...

SIOUX CITY - Morningside passed its first major challenge of the season when the Mustangs rallied from a 24-21 halftime deficit to blast 25th-ranked Concordia University 48-31 last Saturday in Seward, Nebraska. The Mustangs, who trailed by 10-point margins three times in the first half, put things in order when they outscored the Bulldogs 27-7 in the second half...

In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln called on Americans to complete the unfinished task of ensuring that liberty "shall not perish from the earth." Those words have guided America through trying times, and they guide her still today. Americans have never wavered in our commitment to freedom, nor to help those who seek to be free. ...

Hugh Gallagher of Storm Lake, Iowa, was waylaid by footpads at 11 o'clock last night in the railroad yards near Second and Court streets here in Sioux City, beaten into insensibility and robbed of $12.75. After regaining consciousness Gallagher, although suffering considerably from loss of blood walked to Fourth and Court streets, where he was found by officer Wm. ...