Stories from Monday, August 25, 2014

For the sixth year running, the Cherokee Regional Medical Center Auxiliary is conducting its "Iowa vs. Iowa State" Cookie Sale fundraiser. This is a great opportunity to show your team spirit and support a great cause leading up to the big intrastate rivalry football game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday, September 13th. You can even freeze the cookies and take to your tailgate parties throughout the whole football season!...

QUIMBY - The Methodists in the small village of Quimby first held services in buildings that already existed. Circuit riders came periodically to hold these services. The upper floor of the Sellers building, later known as the Pinkerton Implement building and now the location of the Quimby Public Library, was used as a church...

The lid came off Cherokee's "Best Kept Secret" last week with several local, regional, and state dignitaries attending the 5th Anniversary Celebration of the Foundation Analytical Laboratory at 115 E. Maple St. Laboratory owner Diane (Ducommun) Young, her staff, and husband Nate Young, hosted the well-conceived event that also featured an appearance by an impressed Iowa Governor Terry Branstad who headlined the festivities by discussing the state's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Initiative, a subject near and dear to Diane Young's heart.. ...

Graveside services for Virginia Lear, 85, formerly of Sutherland, Iowa, were held Sunday, August 24th, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Waterman Cemetery, Sutherland. Coffee & dessert fellowship followed at the Sutherland Church of Christ.

Skyla Edwards, Certified Sexual Abuse Victims Advocate, and Chelsea Hogrefe, Certified Domestic Abuse Victims Advocate, are excited to let everyone know that CAASA is part of The Allstate Foundation "Purple Purse Challenge." It's a fundraising campaign, launched by Allstate to bring awareness to ending Sexual and Domestic Abuse, and entrants have a chance to win $100,000 for victims and survivors. The challenge starts September 2 and ends October 3...

Children - 1st place: Caitlin Goth - quilt-tied 2nd place: Caitlin Goth - Quilt-novelty Teenage - 1st place: Jacee Roberts - table topper-large Adult - 1st place: Cleghorn Quasquicentennial - quilt - pieced - machine quilted Roxanne Lauman - knitted socks...

The smiling and welcoming face of Saira Flores is the first thing you see when you walk into the Hy-Vee Distribution Center in Cherokee. Today, her smile is likely beaming even more brightly as she was honored in a surprise ceremony as one of 10 recipients to receive the company's 2014 Legendary Customer Service Award...

DES MOINES - Recognition for an Outstanding Agriculture and Natural Resources Exhibit has been given to a Cherokee County 4-H'er. Dawn Henderson, Marcus, a member of the Tilden Tillers 4-H Club, received recognition for her outstanding contribution to Soil and Water Conservation in Iowa project. The tri-fold project educated State...

Plaques were recently awarded to twoCherokee County 4-H members. Krista Mugge of Cleghorn and Dawn Henderson of Marcus, both members of the Tilden Tillers 4-H Club, Both girls were among those receiving awards for their outstanding 4-H photography project, sponsored by The Professional Photographers of Iowa. The projects were exhibited in the 4-H Exhibits Building at the Iowa State Fair, and were judged to be the top photos exhibited by 4-H'ers in the state...