Stories from Monday, September 21, 2015

SHELDON - Featured speaker at the 2015 NW Iowa Development Annual Partners meeting was economist Dr. Ernie Goss, Ph.D. publisher of the Mid-American Business Survey. This meeting was at NW Iowa Community College in Sheldon on Sept. 15, at the campus's Lifelong Learning & Recreation Center. About 150 economic development and government officials plus several state and local politicians attended...

FORT DODGE-The Storm Lake HS Girls Swim Team was back in the water Thursday, churning up some great results. The final scores from the meet were Spencer, 378 points; Boone,364; Storm Lake, 351; Fort Dodge, 333; Sioux City Metro, 241; Perry High School, 143 and Algona, 125...

The filing deadline for city elections across the state was 5 p.m. on Sept. 17. The election will be held Nov. 3. In Cherokee County, there will be contested elections in Aurelia, Cherokee, Marcus and Washta. All council seats are for four years, except when a vacancy has been filled after the last general election. Then, if there is another general election prior to expiration of the term, the remaining two years of the unexpired term will be filled through election...

The 14th annual Fall Family Fest will take place at the Cherokee Depot of Saturday, Sept, 26 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be games and activities for the kids as well as crafts and vendors. Story time for the kids will take place 11 a.m. to noon. Beth Anderson will e doing face painting. The Little Sioux Model Railroad will be in operation...

Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn dropped three matches at last week's Kingsley-Pierson Tournament in Kingsley, and also lost 0-3 to West Sioux in Hawarden last week on game scores of 19-25, 19-25, 17-25. At the K-P Tournament, MMC lost 0-2 to K-P by game scores of 16-21, 13-21; lost 1-2 to Sioux City West on scores of 21-19, 22-24, 13-15; and lost 0-2 to River Valley on scores of 19-21, 7-21...

SIOUX RAPIDS - Three schools from the Chronicle Times coverage area competed at the Chris Smith Invitational Cross Country Meet here on Thursday. The South O'Brien varsity boys had the best showing of the area schools, taking 3rd place in a 12 team field, while the Alta-Aurelia varsity girls finished 5th in an 8 team field and Ridge View finished 7th. The Ridge View varsity boys finished in 10th place and Alta-Aurelia boys in 11th...

IDA GROVE - The River Valley volleyball team split two recent matches in a triangular here, defeating host Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove 3-0, and losing 0-3 to Ridge View. The Wolverines beat OABCIG by game scores of 25-21, 25-15, 25-19; and dropped three games to Ridge View by scores of 14-25, 16-25, 25-27...

Cherokee Washington High School is pulling out all the stops for Football Homecoming 2015, with special fun and entertainment planned throughout the week of Sept. 28 through Oct. 2, when the Braves host MOC-Floyd Valley in a pivotal Class 2A District encounter...

Brian and Carol Mugge of Cleghorn are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter Rachel to Cody Kleinwolterink, son of Paul and Jan Kleinwolterink of Gilbert, Iowa. Rachel, a graduate of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn High School, and earned a degree in kinesiology from Iowa State University and a nursing degree from Mercy College in Des Moines. ...

We commend the men and women who have filed nomination petitions for election to positions as mayors and city council members. This represents a dedication to public service and a willingness to make difficult decisions that not everyone shares. With the exception of one council seat in Larrabee, all positions will have at least one candidate on the ballot...

As I watched Hillary Clinton's visit with Jimmy Fallon last week on 'The Tonight Show,' and I discovered something about the potential Presidential candidate that I hadn't previously noticed in her 20+ years in the national limelight, and that is, Hillary has a sense of humor, and can be an engaging interview subject...