Stories from Monday, September 14, 2015

Queen Elizabeth has now become the longest reigning monarch in British history, surpassing Queen Victoria. People who fawn over those bestowed with wealth and celebrity as a condition of birth are enchanted by the details of the British royal family...

ALTA - The Alta- Aurelia Warriors improved their record to 5-1 in this early volleyball season with a 3-1 win here Thursday over Twin Lakes Conference rival Sioux Central, winning by game scores of 17-25, 25-21, 25-21, 27-25. Alta-Aurelia Coach Jeanie Henningsen commented, "What an intense match we had tonight. ...

The students from the Immaculate Conception Parish, accompanied by adult chaperones, will be canvassing the town of Cherokee from 7 - 8 p.m. this Wednesday, Sept. 16, seeking non-perishable food items for the Christian Action Program Food Pantry,which is located at the IC church...

The Cherokee Roosevelt Elementary 2nd graders are reading about space, and the Sanford Museum has loaned the school the museum's spacesuits. Pictured here are student astronauts Emma Bertino, Cully Mizner-Fundermann, Ella Simonsen, Matthew Kriens, Caden Frederiksen and Kingston Shuberg...

As I say every year, the summer went way too fast! We had a great time with the "Every Hero has a Story" program. Our first visitor was Mary Tuttle from the Cherokee Co. ISU Extension Office, and we learned about George Washington Carver, who attended Iowa State University in the 1850s. ...

OYENS -- Three individuals suffered what appeared to be serious injuries in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday. Melissa Ebert, 28, of Cherokee, and her passenger, Damian Johnson, 32, of Cherokee, and Dustin Boll, 37, of Le Mars, the driver of the other car, were injured...

The Cherokee City Council, responding to the request of East Cedar Street residents at an earlier meeting, took action at the Sept. 8 meeting to eliminate the parking restriction on the north side of East Cedar between Saratoga and Roosevelt that was approved by the council earlier this summer...