Stories from Monday, June 23, 2014

Brandon Billings recently accepted an offer from the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors to accept the position of County Engineer, which is being vacated by Dave Shanahan, who has held the position for six years. Billings, 28, is a native of Nora Springs, which is located near Mason City in North Central Iowa, and he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Iowa Sate University...

QUIMBY - The 70th annual Quimby Watermelon Days scheduled Friday and Saturday, June 27-28, this year includes a 5K Run/Walk Quimby Watermelon Crawl at 8 a.m. Saturday, with registration commencing at 7 a.m. For more information on the Watermelon Crawl contact pattie@midlands.net, or see Qumby Watermelon Days on Facebook...

Kenneth "Bud" Hoeppner, longtime rural Washta resident, passed away Thursday morning, June 19, 2014 in the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa. Funeral services are being held today, June 23rd, at 10:30 a.m. at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Quimby, with Pastor Don Meyer officiating. ...