Stories from Monday, September 8, 2014

Construction work featuring pace car traffic control on U.S. Highway 59 south of Cherokee is in full swing. In July, the Iowa DOT construction project finished phase one. IDOT has contracted Cedar Valley Corp. LLC., for this $7.8 million Portland cement concrete overlay project. Phase two of this project began recently, and includes patchwork sections on the outer lanes through the four-lane Cherokee thoroughfare. The city's inside lanes were completed earlier this summer. Photo by Mike Leckband...

Sandra Heid and Jerri Heid are the Cherokee Sanford Museum's Artists of the Month for September. They are Fiber Artists and specialize in Art Quilts. The works in this show beautifully represent famous works of art. Jerri Heid is pictured in front of some of the artworks that are currently on display in the museum's East Gallery. Photo contributed...

In August, 2009, and every August since then, at the request of the personnel at Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc., the Cherokee Rotary Club has provided backpacks to Roosevelt Elementary School students who would go without them otherwise. Fifty-eight backpacks, with school supplies, were provided to such students just last month for the 2014-15 school year...

The Christian Action Program Food Pantry was formed during the mid-1980s to assist area farmers during the farm crisis. Now, in 2014, the need for assistance has greatly increased due to plant closings, down-sizing positions from full to part-time and an overall increase in the cost of living to survive in today's economy...

The Cherokee School District Board of Education has approved a low bid of $286,570 for a new roof at Washington High School. In a special noon meeting Thursday, the Board accepted the recommendation of project architect FEH Associates, Inc. of Sioux City to accept the low bid from Ida Grove Roofing...

Jeremy and Shay Willis of Paragould, Arkansas are happy to announce the birth of their first child, a girl. Keagan Elizabeth Willis was born on August 2, 2014 and weighed 8 lb. 1 oz. Grandparents are Craig and Susan Nanke of Paragould, Billy and Helen McKay of Marshalltown, and the late Keith Willis...

Adam and Paige Thomas of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl on August 18, 2014. Chelsea Kay Thomas was born at 3:31 a.m., weighed 7 lb. 12 oz. and measured 20 inches long. Grandparents are Craig and Julie Thomas of Cherokee and Brent and Janis Gehling of Carroll...

Desiree Thatcher of Cherokee is happy to announce the birth of her daughter, born on August 20, 2014. Harper Rose Thatcher was born at 6:08 p.m., weighed 8 lb. 9 oz. and measured 19 3/4 inches long. Grandparents are Jim and Shilo Thatcher of Cherokee and Gail Rowland of Aurelia...

Jed and Shayla Henrich of Marcus are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, who was born on August 20, 2014. Addilynn Johanna Henrich was born at 8:08 a.m., weighed 8 lb. 7 oz., measured 21 inches long, and was welcomed home by her big sisters, Mackenna and Caedyn. Grandparents are Gayle and Susan Henrich of Remsen...