Stories from Monday, November 14, 2016

The key to maximizing small business prosperity, productivity, and potential is efficiency. Small business owners often neglect to optimize their most important asset, themselves, as they are too busy devoting so much attention to processes and people...

Voters and the electoral college of the United States have spoken and elected the “least bad” in the Nov. 8 Presidential Election, which kept millions of nervous, unsure Americans glued to their TVs, computers, and cell phones deep into the night. As is his wont, Donald Trump grabbed Hillary Clinton with his dwelling on her alleged shady Clinton Foundation, outrageous speaking fees, and nefarious email boondoggle to eke out the vitriolic victory, thanks to our founding fathers’ magical electoral college creation.. ...

It will soon be time once again for baseball writers to consider a group of candidates for induction into the sport’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Holdover candidates who received close to the 75% vote needed to earn induction last year include Jeff Bagwell (71.6%), Tim Raines (69.8%) and Trevor Hoffman (67.3%). This will be Raines’ 10th and final year on the writers’ ballot...

Plans are underway for the annual 'Holiday Hoopla' Crafts & Vendor Fair in Aurelia. This year's event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Aurelia Community Center and Lots N More, which are both located on Main Street. Come and "shop 'til you drop," and the admission is FREE! This year’s vendors, as of today:...

Plans are underway for the annual 'Holiday Hoopla' Crafts & Vendor Fair in Aurelia. This year's event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Aurelia Community Center and Lots N More, which are both located on Main Street. Come and "shop 'til you drop," and the admission is FREE! This year’s vendors, as of today:...

Members of the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors continued discussion at the Nov. 8 meeting regarding a request for a county contribution toward purchase of a $900,000 Cherokee Fire Department aerial truck that would replace a 1976 aerial truck that is not expected to be recertified past its current certification expiration at the end of 2017...

A property owner came to the Nov. 8 Cherokee County Board of Supervisors meeting regarding requirements on how deep the Dakota Access Pipeline must be buried, specifically how deep the pipe needs to be buried under a wetland area of his property. Dan Meloy told the supervisors that he had received conflicting information regarding the depth requirement. ...