Stories from Monday, May 9, 2016

CORRECTIONVILLE - The Ridge View boys' track team totaled 144 points to win the Boys' team championship in the River Valley Invitational here on April 29th, and the Raptor girls finsihed second behind the powerful Kingsley-Pierson/Woodbury Central team...

STORM LAKE - The Cherokee boys and girls' track teams both competed at the Tornado Co Ed Relays on Monday May 2nd. The weather was beautiful, and the teams produced many season best performances. The Cherokee boys finished 4th in the Team Standings with 54 points. ...

AURELIA - The Alta-Aurelia girls' golf team continued their unbeaten season with a 171-240 victory over Storm Lake Mary's in a dual on the Aurelia course Thursday. Alta-Aurelia's Annika Patton was Medalist with a 4 -over- par 39, and teammate Erin Lockin was runner-up with a 41...

The 2016 Cherokee County Fair is approaching very quickly, and so are the fair deadlines. If 4-H'ers would like to show animals at the Cherokee County Fair, the Clay County Fair, the Iowa State Fair, or Ak-Sar-Ben, you must identify livestock by Sunday, May 15...

Members of the Cherokee County Cattlemen grilled steaks for ribeye sandwiches in the Fareway Parking lot on Friday May 6th.

Hy-Vee Distribution Center recently invited the Cherokee County EMS, County Fire Departments and Law Enforcement agencies to tour their property, with its recent expansion of security upgrades, along with a meal. Hy-Vee Distribution Center donated to the volunteers of the local fire departments eight pallets of water. Hy-Vee Food Stores donated $250 to each of the eight local volunteer fire departments...

May 7 - DeAnna Taylor of Cherokee Final $500 Winners: Andy Busch of Marcus Bruce Linn of Cherokee

When Anindita Das arrived in America, she would have been right to wonder just what she'd gotten herself into. In December 2000, the native of India and her husband, Biswa, moved to Lubbock, Texas to pursue doctorates in human development and family studies and agricultural economics, respectively. The young couple understood English and had knowledge of the United States, but the images they knew came from movies...

Sometimes Donald Trump shows a total lack of knowledge when asked about an important details regarding national defense or foreign policy. For example, when asked about the country's aging infrastructure for delivering nuclear weapons to targets, Trump answered, "We need somebody absolutely that we can trust, who is totally responsible, who really knows what he or she is doing. That is so powerful and so important."...