Stories from Friday, October 9, 2015

Ben Carson has not been getting the media attention warranted by months of coming in second place in polls of Republican presidential candidates. That may have been an advantage for the 64-year-old retired neurosurgeon. The soft-spoken Carson differs dramatically in manner from the front runner, real estate developer Donald Trump, but the two may have more in common than the fact that neither has held elective office...

The Cherokee Ridge Runners Fall Rendezvous is this weekend, Oct. 10 & 11, at the Little Sioux Wildlife Area, located off the River Road between Cherokee and Quimby. Re-enactors will represent the era between 1740 and 1880, and events include novelty and shotgun shoot, a hawk and knife throw and kids' and women's games...

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors and representatives of Little Sioux Corn Processors don't appear to see eye- to -eye regarding a pavement project to serve the ethanol production plant, which is located north of Hwy. 3 between Cleghorn and Marcus...

Fifth-ranked Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn (6-0) hosts dangerous Harris-Lake Park (4-2) in 8-player District football action in Marcus tonight. In other area prep football action, the 5-1 Cherokee Braves travel to Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (2-4) in Rock Rapids, Alta-Aurelia (1-5) hosts Akron-Westfield (4-2) in Alta, South O'Brien (3-3) travels to Lawton-Bronson (4-2), Ridge View (5-1) plays at Sibley-Ocheyedan (2-4), and River Valley (0-7) travels to Kingsley-Pierson (6-1) on 8-player action...

SPIRIT LAKE - The 15th ranked Spirit Lake Indians got the best of Cherokee in Lakes volleyball action here Tuesday night, claiming a 3-1 match victory on game scores of 25-17, 24-26, 25-20, 25-12. Kaely Hummel led Cherokee in hitting with 39-41 and 10 kills, followed by Alexia Gerdes 35-39 and 12 kills, Chandler Hohbach 21-24 and five kills, Olivia Dagel 12-14 and two kills, and Lindsay Williams 8-8 and four kills...

The traditionally tough Orange City Unity Christian cross country teams won both boys and girls team titles at Tuesday's Cherokee Invitational, run on the Cherokee Golf Course. Unity Christian 31, Spirit Lake Park 80, Storm Lake 111, Hull Trinity Christian 121, MOC-FV 122, LeMars 138, Hull Western Christian 147, Sioux Center 186, Sheldon 195, Cherokee 272, Okoboji 293...

LAKE CITY - Eleven schools competed here Tuesday at the 2015 South Central Calhoun Cross Country Invitational, including Alta-Aurelia and Ridge View from the Chronicle Times coverage area. The Alta-Aurelia varsity girls finished 4th in the Team Standings, trailing champion Pocahontas Area, South Central Calhoun and Southeast Valley, and the Ridge View varsity girls finished 10th, In the Boys Varsity race, Alta-Aurelia was 10th and Ridge View 11th...

POCAHONTAS - Two schools from the Chronicle Times coverage area, Alta-Aurelia and Ridge View, competed Saturday in the annual Pocahontas Area Cross Country Invitational Meet. The Alta-Aurelia girls' varsity team finished 5th in a strong 9 - team field behind champion Pocahontas Area, South Central Calhoun, Emmetsburg and Southeast Valley, while the Ridge View varsity girls finished 6th...

Cherokee County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Kris Glienke has announced that absentee ballots for the Nov. 3, 2015, City Election will be available to be voted in the Cherokee County Auditor's Office on Monday, Oct. 5. Absentee ballots may be cast in the Cherokee County Auditor's Office at 520 W Main St., Cherokee, during regular office hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, through Nov. 2...

On Saturday Oct. 17, Cherokee Specialty Care at 1011 N. Roosevelt Avenue (formerly known as Cherokee Villa) will be holding its annual Fall Bazaar and Bake Sale in their living room from 8 a.m. to noon. Donations of baked goods, craft items, "white elephant" items, and home-canned goods or produce will be greatly appreciated, and may be brought to Cherokee Specialty Care on Friday Oct. 16...

One of the worst hail storms ever experienced in this locality struck Alta about 7:30 Sunday morning. Old settlers say that sixteen years ago and again twenty-four years ago this vicinity experienced similar storms. Sunday morning the hail continued to fall for nearly a half hour and was followed by a deluge of rain. Hail...

Despite highly polarized opinions regarding gun control, both sides have points to be made. The absolutist position of the NRA leadership opposes measures that the vast majority of Americans support, such federal imposition of universal background checks and waiting periods for purchases; restrictive licensing of gun dealers and restrictions on military-purpose options such as extended clips...

The City of Cherokee has announced its fall flushing schedule for Monday, Oct. 12 through Wednesday, Oct. 21. Residents of an identified area may experience temporary low water pressure. Some rust may be stirred up, so residents may want to avoid doing laundry on those days...

Wayne Werthman of Aurora, Colorado, 83, originally from Cherokee, passed away unexpectedly at Lawery Hospital in aurora on September 29, 2015. A funeral gathering and burial will be conducted at a later date. Wayne, the son of Ted and Etta (Timmins) Werthman, was born in Cherokee on September 2, 1932. ...

Columbus Day is this coming Monday, October 12th. Columbus Day is a public holiday in the United States that commemorates the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492. Federal observation of the holiday began in 1937, but Americans have been observing the anniversary of the voyage since colonial times...

Steve Snyder, author of 'Shot Down, the true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth,' will be appearing for a book signing at The Book Vine in Cherokee on Wednesday Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. Snyder's connection to the community is that his grandfather, Howard Snyder Sr., was born in Cherokee and his great-great-grandparents, George D. and Mary (Lindsey) Snyder, are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery...