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The Cherokee Washington High School marching band is preparing for a very exciting change! The band has been wearing the same uniforms for over 30 years. Thanks to the efforts of band director Joe Vannatta and the designers, the Marching Braves are slated to take the field this fall in brand new uniforms!...

The last two groups to be featured in the Chronicle Times for KeeLive are Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys, and Kris Lager and his band. Reverend Raven and Westside Andy can be found at the Cherokee VFW/Kee-Stirs, at 113 East Maple St., performing from 9:00 p.m. to Midnight on Saturday January 18, 2020. Kris Lager and his band will be performing at the Little Sioux Event Center, 201 Linden St., from 9:00 a.m. to Midnight on Saturday, January 18, 2020...

Parker Wildeman is a born motivator. He had me doing sit ups during a telephone visit recently. Not really. The only sit ups I do these days is to the table. But anyone looking for some motivation would be wise to listen to Parker. He’s been self-motivated and driven his entire life. His body of work speaks for itself and now he remains in a familiar wheelhouse earning a living motivating clients...

Iowa high school softball is better off today because Steve Ebert is involved. Make no mistake about it. Too bad we don’t have more like him. Ebert, a successful downtown Cherokee merchant, takes his position as a local high school softball umpire and football official very seriously and with a ton of passion...

50th Needy Children’s Auction

Cherokee Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is pleased to announce a partnership with Senior Life Solutions to be located in the former Cherokee Regional Clinic location at 300 Sioux Valley Drive in Cherokee, next to the new CRMC Foot & Ankle Clinic. To launch the partnership, CRMC will host a come and go open house featuring Senior Life Solutions, as well as CRMC’s new Foot & Ankle Clinic, on Sunday, January 5, 2020, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. ...

“Hard worker, four-sport standout, team leader, excellent student - it goes on and on and on. Those aforementioned qualities are frequently used to describe MMCRU sophomore Taylor Harpenau, this week’s Chronicle-Times Prep of the Week. We talked to people who know. The comments were all good...

END OF THE BENCH As I stare blankly at my computer monitor, it’s a bit blurry. You see, I’m just “scratching where it itches. These old brown eyes swell with real tears. It was something most of us couldn’t help when we heard the news. Funny, I weep for a man who didn’t know me from a load of Iowa hay. Ain’t that right, Hayden?...

This is the time of year where we are giving. From Giving Tuesday earlier in the month to the gift exchanges families have been attending recently, December is the month where we reflect with friends and family on all of the riches life has blessed us and share that with others. We are especially grateful for all of the gifts we have been given at the library, and all that we are able to give back in programming and materials for the fine citizens of Cherokee and beyond...