Stories from Monday, August 5, 2019

MT Insurance, a leading provider of personal and commercial insurance products in the Midwest, recently announced its list of 74 Community Contest winners, distinguishing the Quimby Fire Department, submitted by Central Insurance, as one of the recipients...

•This is the eighth article in a 10-part series, a collaborative effort of the newspapers of Rust Publishing NWIA, examining the myriad issues surrounding the mental health care crisis in Iowa. Reporters and editors from the Spencer Daily Reporter, Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune and Dickinson County News have contributed to the report...

Turbine components for the 200 Megawatt (MW) Glaciers Edge Wind Project in northwest Cherokee County have started arriving, including the huge nacelles that power the turbines and require special trucks and trailers to haul the 150,000 pound nacelles...

A lot of good people stay involved and work very hard to organize, direct and produce the annual Cherokee County Fair each July, and this year’s successful Fair - the 91st now in the books - was no different. The dedicated and decorated Fair Board members again ensured fair-goers that the very best in entertainment value, family events, 4-H events, go-kart racing, Demo Derby, commercial exhibits, etc. were all as good as they could be...

A well deserved “tip of the hat” to Aurelia’s Becky Bloom and Cherokee’s Lyndsay Wolfswinkel for offering a “Beach Volleyball” recreational league for area girls in seventh and eighth grades this past month. We witnessed some of the action recently and commend Bloom and Wolfswinkel for the format in which this program is designed. Parents have no involvement except to get the kids to the courts...