Stories from Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Schools should communicate with student families that if there is a health concern, the family should speak with a health care provider. Maintain confidentiality in received reports of any staff member or student having a communicable disease or illness. Contact your local public health agency directly related to reports of communicable disease and draft communications prior to sending them out to the school community...

MARCUS - Senator Joni Ernst will be in the Marcus area Tuesday (July 7) for the groundbreaking of an upcoming solar install at the MMCRU High School. The project is estimated to save the equivalent of 430 tons of CO2 annually and contribute more than $700,000 in energy savings to the School’s budget over 25 years...

I recently was able to sit down with a patron to discuss a memorial left in honor of Wilma Wynk. You see, Wilma was a longtime library user who cherished her time getting to visit the library and getting to chat  with the librarians while also finding new books which quickly became some of her favorites which she would cherish and share with her friends and family. ...

Last week the President was interviewed by party cheerleader Sean Hannity of FOX News. Hannity innocently asked Trump what were some of his priorities if elected to a second term. It was a relevant, simple soft-toss question any incumbent would expect and any third grader could answer. Here’s what a rambling, incoherent Trump said:...

STORM LAKE - The Cherokee Braves baseball and softball teams found themselves on the wrong end of the scoreboard on Monday night when they visited Lakes Conference rivals, Storm Lake. The Braves baseball team found themselves shut out, 8-0. Cherokee allowed a run in the first, four in the third and three in the sixth...