Stories from Monday, September 12, 2016

Evangeline E. Sins , 94, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Friday morning September 9, 2016 at Cherokee Specialty Care. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 15th, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee. Pastor Tom Lewis will officiate. ...

Iva L. Julius, 84, of Cherokee, passed away Wednesday evening, September 7, 2016 at Cherokee Specialty Care (Cherokee Villa). Memorial services will be held on Saturday, September 17th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. ...

Melody Rowan of Cherokee has received the WITCC TRIO-Student Support Services Achiever of the Month Award for September. This award recognizes Western Iowa Tech TRIO students for demonstrating qualities of leadership and citizenship while achieving collegiate academic success. ...

Denny Taylor of Cherokee never thought he would be an author and an illustrator. He wrote and illustrated his book 'First Catch' in order to preserve an experience he shared with his twin grandsons ' Dylan and Nolan. The twins were two when they had a fishing adventure with their grandpa, and the book was created for their third birthday. ...

Media Research Center analysts examined 1,713 political campaign stories that appeared on ABC, CBS and NBC from Jan. 1 through the end of August, finding that GOP nominee Donald Trump got 1,773 minutes of coverage, Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton got 1,020 minutes, Libertarian Gary Johnson got 11 seconds, independent candidate Evan McMullin got 33 seconds, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein got three seconds...

It's time to enjoy the beauty of the fall season and take a step back into the past to the days of the pioneers. The O'Brien County Conservation Board is holding the annual Historical Fall Fest at the Prairie Heritage Center on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event is a great one for everyone in the family...

On Saturday, Sept. 24, at 6 p.m., the Hanover Historical Society Board of Directors will host a German Feast to raise money for the Hanover Historical Society. The dinner will be held at the Aurelia Community Center, 235 Main Street, Aurelia. Tickets for this fundraising event are $20 per person and must be paid for in advance...

August 31 was the last day for filing to be on the ballot for the Nov. 8 general election. No independents filed to be on the ballot for county offices, so the candidates who won party primaries are the only ones on the ballot for county offices. Iowa has fairly easy access for presidential candidates, so there are 10 sets of candidates for president and vice president...

The Cherokee Police Department and the Cherokee Fire Department were called out at 9:29 a.m. on Friday September 9th to the Cherokee Post Office. Joan Ballantyne was parking her vehicle at the post office when she accidentally hit the accelerator rather than the brake and crashed into the post office lobby. There were no injuries reported, but there was an undetermined amount of property damage...

HULL - The Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen Union volleyball team dropped two matches to tough opponents at the recent Hull Trinity Christian triangular, falling 3-0 to Trinity Christian, and 3-1 to Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn. Game scores against Trinity were 7-25, 19-25, 20-25; and against HMS were 25-15, 12-25, 24-26, 20-25...

LAKE CITY - The Alta-Aurelia volleyball team's unbeaten season came to an abrupt endt here on Thursday, when the Warriors were beaten by Twin Lakes Conference rival South Central Calhoun, 3-0, by game scores of 17-25,9-25, 16-25. Laney Stanton led the Warriors in kills with seven, followed by Erin Lockin, who had five. Annika Patton dished out 16 assists and Lily Peterson (11-11) and Erin Lockin (9-9) were perfect in serves, with Peterson having one ace serve...