Stories from Monday, September 17, 2018

A Cherokee Chamber coffee was held recently at the Spring Lake Park Yacht Club to celebrate the announcement that the City of Cherokee’s urban water quality project had been approved for funding from a Water Quality Initiative (WQI) urban conservation grant...

Navigating the ups and down of the grain market can be a daunting challenge. Eleven local women furthered their education on this subject by participating in Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach’s Women Marketing Grain program.  The four-session class which taught farm and agribusiness women about grain marketing strategies and ways to stay on track for long-term market success recently wrapped up in Cherokee County. ...

On Saturday, September 29, 2018, at 6:00 pm, 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, Iowa. Tickets for this fundraising event are $20.00 per person and must be paid for in advance...

Ruth Bartel, 89, of Baxter, MN, formerly of Cherokee, IA and Emery, SD died Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at the Northern Lakes Assisted Living in Baxter. Funeral services will be 10:30 am Tuesday, September 18 at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Emery, SD. Burial will be in the Emery Community Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7-9:00 pm Monday at the Hettinger-Bittner Funeral Chapel in Emery...

The Cherokee County Conservation Board (CCCB) is hosting a Halloween Hike on Saturday, October 13th at Silver Sioux Recreation Area. The night will be filled with activities for everyone from 7:00pm- 8:30pm. The evening will begin with trick-or-treating in the campground. ...

DES MOINES – If you can't make it to the State Historical Museum in Des Moines, why not let it come to O'Brien County? That's the idea behind the State Historical Society of Iowa's "History on the Move" mobile museum, a bright blue, custom-built Winnebago that travels the state's highways and back roads to share stories from the past. ...

The voters have spoken. There will be a new PK-4 elementary school building attached to the existing Middle School, work hopefully beginning this spring. Now, the architects, Facilities Committee, Administration, and School Board will proceed to final design and bid specs. Bids will be let in January providing there are no further snags. The bond ceiling was set at $12 million with its passage last week...

In your September 7th paper on page four you have a caricature of Judge Brett Kavanaugh with his shadow in the form of a coat hanger alluding to a time before Roe v Wade when some women may have use a coat hanger to end the life of their unwanted unborn babies and ended up maimed or died trying. ...

I love Serena Williams. Always have. I’m amazed at her athletic talent and tennis skills while luging that comely booty all over the court. She is an incredible world-class athlete with a tremendous work ethic that has propelled her to astonishing heights as the greatest female tennis player of all time (GOAT). And she’s beautiful...