Stories from Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Cherokee County went Republican from the top of the ballot down to county offices. There were 6,306 votes cast in the county, 72.1 percent of the total registered voters. There were only two county offices that were contested in the general election. In Cherokee County Board of Supervisors Director District 2, the incumbent Dennis Bush (R) received 3,857 votes (65.6 percent), holding off challenger Linda Bindner (D) who received 2,014 votes (34.3 percent)...

Morningside College student Jaden Lux, son of Mark Lux of Cherokee and Suzanne Lux of Lincoln, Nebraska, will perform in the Morningside College theatre’s production of “True West” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 through Saturday, Nov. 12, and at 2 p.m. Sunday Nov. 13, at the Klinger-Neal Theatre at Morningside...

Dr. Chris VandeLune of Cherokee Regional Medical center has been named the 2016-17 Iowa Family Physician of the Year by the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP). VandeLune received the award on November 4th during the annual IAFP Installation and Awards Banquet in Des Moines...

Audubon: Tyler Riebhoff (Jr.), Nolan Smith (Jr.), Josh Lange (Jr.), Garrett Inman (Sr.); Ar-We-Va: Alex Kock (Sr.), Derek Schurke (Sr.), Jake Danner (Sr.), Zack Kraus (Sr.); Coon Rapids-Bayard: Sam Obert (Sr.), Brandon Riley (Sr.), Brody Schlepp (Sr.), Isaac McAllister (Sr.); Charter Oak-Ute: Jay Krier (Jr.), Kolton Nelson (Jr.), Seth Bielenberg (Sr.); Boyer Valley: Cory Nelson (Sr.), Ryen Rudd (Sr.); Glidden-Ralston: Wyatt Klocksiem (Sr.), Samuel Brant (Sr.); West Harrison: Thomas Peasley (Sr.); .. ...

The Sanford Museum Association is presenting Jerry Barlow on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. for music and storytelling at the museum, 117 E. Willow, St. Cherokee. Barlow is an acclaimed Celtic fingerstyle guitarist and also a world-class storyteller...

Ground was broken for a new Aurelia Day Care Center on Sunday, Nov. 6. Currently, Aurelia Daycare Inc. operates a day care in the school building in Aurelia. The new facility will be on the school grounds, but will be in a separate building and will almost double the capacity...

Sunday, Nov. 13, is a very important date for Cherokee County 4-H, as we will be celebrating the 2015-16 accomplishments of 4-H’ers at our Annual Awards Ceremony at the Marcus Community Center. We will begin the evening at 5 p.m. with a potluck, and the Awards Ceremony will begin at 6 p.m...

It was no small accomplishment for Aurelia Day Care, Inc. to break ground for a new Day Care Center, to be housed in its own separate building with capacity expanded to 52 children. One of the most important services in a community for young families is affordable quality day care. The fact that the project is going forward is a tribute to all the community activists who dedicated time and resources to make it a reality and to the many individuals and organizations who provided support...

This is the week of quotable quotes. So many wonderful authors, educators and parents have remarks that have changed the course of literature and profoundly affected the choices we make for ourselves and our children. This one in particular is the poem “Children Learn What they Live,” by Dorothy Law Nolte. I knew it as an educator, and passed it on to my students when I was teaching. It is an ideal way to enhance self-concept in the classroom...