Jamie Schulte, Realtor associate with Century 21 Preferred, has been awarded the Century 21 Quality Service Producer Award for 2018. Mason City Globe Gazette

Jeannie Kingery of the Northern Lights Alliance for the Homeless in Mason City has won the Kay Anderson Friend of Iowa Award from the Iowa Finance Authority. Mason City Globe Gazette

For many years, one of Katy Herbold’s dreams was to open a bookstore that focused on children’s and young adult books. That ambition became a reality when Sidekick Coffee & Books opened at 1310 1/2 Melrose Ave. in University Heights. Cedar Rapids Gazette

Fifty times, Brandy Lyda talked herself out of the idea. Fifty-one times, she talked herself into it. That’s when she finally took a leap of faith and opened She’ll Rock Collective, a new consignment business in Shell Rock. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

NATION

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, civil rights icon Angela Davis, actress Jane Fonda and attorney Gloria Allred were among the 11 women inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. HuffPost

Cokie Roberts, who drew on her upbringing in a powerful political family to fashion a career as a leading Washington journalist for NPR and ABC News, bringing a tough, knowledgeable voice to the rough-and-tumble political arena at a time when few women had national profiles in the news business, died on Tuesday in Washington. She was 75. New York Times

Democratic presidential candidates noted after the Sept. 12 debate that no one asked about reproductive rights or gender pay equality. Washington Post