Stories from Wednesday, March 5, 2014

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Summit League held its Indoor Track & Field Championship Meet here last weekend, with North Dakota State winning the Women's team championship and South Dakota taking the men's team title. South Dakota State finished third in the Men's Team standings, and Cherokee Washington High graduate Marc Husman, a freshman at South Dakota State, played a big part in his team's showing...

Cherokee Washington High sophomore Kaely Hummel has been named to the Class 3A 2014 All Region I Team selected by the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association. Hummel, a point guard who averaged 19.5 points per game, was one of six players named to the elite squad...

Sarah Eiss of Cherokee has received the WITCC TRiO-Student Support Services Achiever of the Month Award for March. This award recognizes Western Iowa Tech TRiO students for demonstrating qualities of leadership and citizenship while achieving collegiate academic success. ...

March 4 Karla Wilkie of Cherokee March 5 Charlie Leissler of Cherokee

Betty L. Gebers of Quimby, age 75, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Careage Hills Care Center in Cherokee. A funeral service was held on Monday, March 3, 2014 at 2 p.m. at the Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home of Holstein ,with Keith Byers officiating. ...