Stories from Monday, March 9, 2020

Christopher Webster, age 23, of Minneapolis, MN, and formerly of Cleghorn, IA, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Minneapolis earlier this week. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 7th at Grace United Methodist Church in Marcus, IA. ...

Nicholas Timmins Nordstrom, of Sioux Falls, died January 1, 2020 at his home. He was 39.  Born in Sioux Falls on June 4, 1980, Nick graduated from O’Gorman High School and then Southeast Technical Institute, where he earned two degrees in information technology. ...

It’s that time of year again! Last Saturday the Cherokee Girl Scouts celebrated both Leap Year and National Cookie Weekend by setting up a cookie booth at Sparky’s One Stop. Manned by several scouts ranging from the youngest Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors, the booth was lucky to enjoy good weather and hungry customers...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) have introduced legislation to overhaul the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) process for managing water resource projects along the lower Missouri River system. The Lower Missouri River Flood Prevention Program Act is cosponsored by all of the senators from the lower Missouri River basin states, including Sens. ...

Even though none of our six area coverage teams - Alta-Aurelia, Cherokee, MMCRU, South O’Brien, River Valley or Ridge View were able to make the state tournaments, falling just short does not take away any of the individual and team accomplishment that occurred during the past winter basketball season...