Stories from Thursday, March 28, 2013

The City of Cherokee is leading the effort to institute a city-wide incentive housing program that would be of resounding benefit to prospective home buyers, renters, area builders, employers, retailers, financial institutions, realtors, and, ultimately, City coffers...

Spring is here, and it is time to clean out your attic, basement, closets, garage and shed. The communities of Galva, Holstein and Early are joining forces to host community wide rummage sales on the same weekend this year. The first annual Ridge View Rummage Sale Run event will be held on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. ...

On Sunday, April 28, the St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee will be sponsoring a pancake luncheon in the upper level of the Cherokee Community Center. The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and all the proceeds from the free will offering will support a program called "Imagine No Malaria."...

Mark Buschkamp, second from left, Director of the Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation, recently accepted a $1,000 check from Tim Haupert, Store Director at the Cherokee Hy-Vee Food Store. The money was donated to CAEDC on behalf of all the Cherokee Hy-Vee stores. Also present were Lisa Stowater, right, Assistant Vice President at Cherokee Hy-Vee Distribution Center, and Hy-Vee Manager of Store Operations Curtis Bortell. Photo by Mike Leckband...

The team of Maggie and Patti Carlson of Cherokee discovered the Gold Egg in this year's Chronicle Times Sixth Annual Great Easter Egg Hunt. For their discovery, the team won $1000 worth of the furniture of their choice from Carey's Furniture in Cherokee...

This week's Cherokee Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by Rasmusen Ford at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. Rasmusen Ford is located at 1600 N. Second St.

Gale S. Evans, 92, of Cherokee, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee. Graveside Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 30th, at 10 a.m. at the Cedar Cemetery, rural Larrabee, Iowa. Rev. Ethan Sayler will officiate. ...

Leroy Paulsen, age 77 of Washta, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee, IA. Services for Leroy are pending at this time at Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee.