Stories from Thursday, August 4, 2016

A 480th St. project to pave a section of gravel road that has heavy truck traffic serving Little Sioux Corn Processors ethanol plant has been put on hold when the only bid for the project came in at 12 percent higher than the engineer's estimate. The one bid for the 3000 foot paving project near Marcus was opened at the Aug. 2 meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors...

Vitali Zhylka, 21, Sergeant Bluff, died Saturday evening as a result of a one-vehicle accident on 470th St. at High Country Rd., according to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. At about 6:45 p.m., the sheriff's office investigated a one-vehicle roll-over. The...

2016 Relay for Life of Cherokee County is Friday, Aug. 5 at Gillette Park. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Community Supper with a free will offering. The meal this year will include a choice of sandwiches - hot dogs, hamburgers, pork chop, as well as chips and a choice of desserts - cookies, donuts, ice cream bars. Later in the evening, pizza will be available...

Cherokee native Matt Koch has been promoted to the Class 3A Reno Aces in Reno, Nevada for Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. A pitcher, Koch played with the Class 2A Mobile Bay Bears in Mobile, Ala. since November 2015 after the New York Mets traded him to the Diamondbacks. Koch played for the St. Lucie, Fla. Mets from April 2014 after arriving there from the Savannah Sand Gnats...