Quimby News

Tim Preuss has been Quimby's mayor for the past four years, but he didn't collect petition signatures to place his name on Tuesday's ballot for reelection.

Quimby, Iowa, is holding its city election on November 3, 2009. Voters will be choosing a Mayor and three city councilmembers.

Write-ins to decide several vacancies The tables are set for Cherokee County municipalities' November 3 City Elections, although the dishware is sparse on many of those tables.

At about seven o'clock Sunday evening there was an explosion in the barn on the Wm.

17; 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, 225 10th St., Boone.

Voters go to the polls next Tuesday, September 8, to elect their representatives to local school district Boards of Education, directors on their Communitty College Boards and in some districts, there will be other issues on the ballot as well.

Voters in Cherokee County went to the polls for a Special Election on Tuesday to decide the fate of a proposed new County Jail and Law Enforcement Center.

Tuesday Sept. 8 is the date for School Board elections across the state of Iowa.

Voters in Cherokee County went to the polls for a Special Election on Tuesday to decide the fate of a proposed new County Jail and Law Enforcement Center.

Have you noticed the wide variety of ways to help other school libraries popping up on the internet? Amy Bowllan posted about the Jericho Primary School in Nairobi, Kenya, needing books to build a library.

The town of Quimby held their annual Watermelon Days on the weekend of June 26 - 27, 2009, and a "good time was had by all" who attended the traditional small-town Iowa summer celebration.

What does the number 180,100 mean to the World War II veterans from Cherokee County? It means that the veterans were part of that number of World War II veterans who have gone on the Honor Flights from across America since the program began in 2005.

Who knew that 10 years ago tractor rides all over the country would become so popular? Maybe it's the leisurely pace you travel down the road, having the opportunity to really "see" what you may have driven by hundreds of times? Maybe it's the opportunity to do something with your family and reminisce about the "good old days" when this tractor was ...