Stories from Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Marie Louise Goodrich, age 104, passed away at her home in Mountain City, Tenn. on Thursday, February 9, 2012. A private inurnment will be held in Meriden, Iowa. In lieu of flowers and food, the family requests that memorials be made to First Christian Church, PO Box 136, Mountain City, TN 37683...

Phoebe L. Mummert, age 101 of Cherokee, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee. Funeral services was held today at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee. Father Armand Bertrand officiated. Burial was at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Cherokee...

The 17th Annual Cherokee County Recognition Banquet will be held Saturday, March 10, at the Western Iowa Tech Community College Conference Center in Cherokee. The evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour. The social hour is a great time to mingle with others from throughout the county and reconnect with friends or get to know the new members of our communities...

The Cherokee Community Schools will be holding Kindergarten Round Up on March 1 and March 2. All children who will be five years old by Sept. 15, 2012 are eligible to attend There will be two sessions each day. You may register your child for either a morning time, 8:30 a.m. to 10: 30 a.m., or an afternoon time, 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m...

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