Stories from Friday, August 21, 2015

Pundits and pols want to sear into the American psyche a warning that if we don't destroy ISIS over there (meaning in Iraq, Syria and other Middle East countries) they will come here. We can only speculate on how that will be accomplished. The most direct approach would be to load millions of ISIS operatives onto tens of thousands of jumbo jets in ISIS - controlled territory and fly over to America, presumably during a slow air traffic time, so as to maintain an element of surprise...

Mary Lu Wolf of Cleghorn, 86, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, August 24th, with Father Dan Guenther officiating. ...

Former Cherokee Washington standout Cody Ege continued his upward climb toward the big leagues on Thursday when the Miami Marlins promoted the lefthander to their Triple A club, the New Orleans Zephyrs of the Pacific Coast League. Ege was at his most recent stop, Double A Jacksonville, for less than three weeks, following his trade to the Marlins' organization...

The Cherokee Washington High volleyball team will host "Meet The Team Night" Thursday, Aug. 27, at 5:30 p.m. in the WHS Gym. The sports drink scrimmage, with admission a bottle or more of sports drinks, includes team and coach introductions and entertaining JV and varsity scrimmages...

Recent Cherokee Washington High School graduate Libby Peterson performed a show tune in the Bill Riley talent show at this year's Iowa State Fair (above), and was named a semi-finalist in the competition.

Intersection reconstruction work will require the closing U.S. 59 at the west junction of U.S. 20 near Holstein, in Ida County, at 7 a.m. Friday, Aug. 21, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation's District 3 office. Eastbound U.S. 20 to northbound U.S. 59 traffic will be required to follow a signed detour south on Indorf Avenue to German Avenue, and then to U.S. 20/59. The detour is scheduled to be in place for three weeks...

Christensen Bros. in Cherokee was awarded a contract for three bridge replacement projects at the Aug. 18 meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors. The three bridge projects were to be itemized separately in the bid but awarded to the contractor with the lowest overall bid...

A potential joint project to replace the deteriorating tennis courts in Cherokee is still under consideration, although the project has become dormant for the last three years. At his last Cherokee School Board meeting, outgoing board member Jack Creel commented on the matter in response to a Aug. 14 'Struck Strikes Out' column written by Chronicle Times Editor Paul Struck...

The decline in crude oil prices has a direct positive impact on consumers, but there are losers. Oil drilling has declined, which has resulted in a decline in the sale of American manufactured oil drilling equipment. There are layoffs in North Dakota where shale oil is becoming unprofitable to get out of the ground...

Dan and Jen Horstman are happy to announce the birth of their little girl, who was born at 11:53 p.m. on August 17, 2015. Vanessa Ellen Horstman weighed 7 lb. 9 oz., measured 20 inches long, and was welcomed home by her big sisters, Lilliana and Briana Carlson...

PRIMGHAR - Leading the agenda at the Aug. 4 O'Brien County Board of Supervisors meeting was hearing a point-by-point review of Invenergy's O'Brien Wind Energy Project construction permit application. Invenergy's proposed 250 megawatt approximately 50,000-acre wind farm project will be the County's 2nd major wind farm since the August 2013 approval of the Highland Wind Energy Project now under way...

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Mittelstadt and Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Bunt, both of Marcus, announce the engagement of their children, Jena Renae Mittelstadt and Neal Patrick Bunt. The future bride earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Medicine Technology at the University of Iowa, and she is presently employed as a nuclear medicine technologist at the Kearney, Nebraska Regional Medical Center...

Alison Husman and Matthew Koch have announced their engagement and upcoming wedding. Alison, the daughter of Bruce and Cindy Husman of Quimby, is a 2008 graduate of Cherokee Washington High School, a 2011 graduate of Iowa Central Community College, and a 2012 graduate of the University of Iowa, where she earned a degree in Radiation Science. She is currently employed as a Radiologic Technologist at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake...

Following sessions all day Tuesday and Wednesday forenoon, the Cherokee school board let the contracts for the erection of the new school building. The general contract was let to Payant & Bass of Fairbault, Minnesota, for $67,805. These gentlemen have just completed a fine $115,000 school house in their home town. They are widely known in Minnesota having done a great deal of work for the state.They have contracted to have the building completed by August 15, 1916...