Stories from Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Steve R. Johnson of Aurelia, age 58, passed away unexpectedly Monday, June 10, 2013 following an automobile crash near Richfield, Utah. Funeral services are being held at 1:30 p.m. today at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. Pastor Tom Lewis will officiate. ...

Betty Ruth Krause, age 94 of Cherokee,passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013 at Careage Hills Nursing Home in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. June 20, 2013, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee. Pastor Magrey deVega will officiate. ...

Donald F. Specht, age 82, of Marcus passed away Friday, June 14, 2013 at a Sioux City hospital. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus. Father Dan Guenther officiated. Burial was at Maryhill Visitation Cemetery near rural Meriden. ...

The Cherokee Chamber of Commerce invites teams to join them for the 9th Annual Chamber Golf Outing on Tuesday, June 25 at the Cherokee Golf Course. The golf outing is the main fundraiser for the Chamber Promotions Account and helps fund many of the promotions held throughout the year. The Four-Person Best Ball will Tee off at 10 a.m. with a Shot Gun Start...

The Cherokee Soil & Water Conservation District has postponed their meeting, which had been scheduled for Tuesday, June 18th, to Tuesday, June 25 at 8 a.m. The meeting will be held at the USDA Service Center -- 314 Lake Street in Cherokee. Individuals with disabilities and/or special needs should notify Tracy Rasmussen at 225-4151 of their need for special services far enough in advance of the meeting to enable services to be secured...

The employees of Cherokee Regional Medical Center recently collected items to be included in troop care packages that will be sent to soldiers with Northwest Iowa ties. The care packages are being collected and distributed on June 27, 2013 by the Support Siouxland Soldiers organization based out of Sioux City...

Here is the list of vendors and the items they will have available for sale during the Cherokee Area Farmers Market under the canopy at the depot from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. this Thursday. This will be the third market of the 2013 season. Wayne Nafe will have radishes, kale, collards, rhubarb, and kohlrabi...

You're invited to the Cherokee County Relay For Life on Aug. 2 at Gillette Park/Bacon Aquatic Center in Cherokee. Come and help the American Cancer Society celebrate their 100th year of hope. A special part of the Relay For Life of Cherokee County, a team event to fight cancer, will be a luminary ceremony at dusk. Candles inside of luminary bags will illuminate the walking path. Each bag will carry a message of remembrance, a prayer of thanks or words of hope...

Brad's Tire Service Center officially opened its doors this week in the middle section of the former Zylstra Harley Davidson Building, located at 1450 N. 2nd Street, and owners Brad and Sara Riley are excited about the family- run business' new location...

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." --Plato We face stress and negativity every day of our lives, be it from problems with the family, the job, the neighbor, the law, a pet, a distracted driver babbling on a cell phone, or perhaps a grouchy merchant you just dealt with. Whatever, stress and negativity can wreck what could have been an enjoyable and pleasing day, or experience...

After playing 85 holes of golf in three days and withstanding a 3 1/2 hour rain delay Saturday morning that forced him into playing 43 of those holes on Championship Sunday, the 2013 Sioux Valley Amateur Men's Match-Play Golf Tournament Champion JD Anderson of West Des Moines admitted he was tired...

Even with JD Anderson of West Des Moines winning his third Sioux Valley Amateur Men's Match-Play Golf Tournament in the Championship Flight Sunday and permanently retiring the Frank Greenwood Memorial Trophy, there was plenty of sizzling action in the remaining seven flights from the field of 128 hopefuls...

PAULLINA - The South O'Brien baseball team lost a pair of close games against tough War Eagle Conference opponents recently. Last Friday, the Wolverines hosted Hinton and came out on the short end of a 10-7 decision. Wolverine coach Heath Reichle commented that "Sam Weber did a pretty good job tonight in his first start on the mound. ...

The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn softball team stayed busy on the diamond, posting a 3-3 record against all comers in tough softball action recently. The Eagles of veteran coach Leo Hupke lost a 14-5 decision at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, dropped a 11-1 game to Remsen St. Mary's in Cleghorn, beat Granville Spalding 8-2 in Granville, swept a doubleheader against Le Mars Gehlen 6-2 and 8-5 in Cleghorn, and fell hard in a 10-0 loss at West Sioux...

The Cherokee Braves dropped two of three baseball games on the road last week, falling 10-0 to Le Mars in five innings. losing 7-2 at Spencer, and defeating Manson Northwest Webster 10-5 in Manson. Levi Lundqust was saddled with the loss at Le Mars, allowing two earned runs on four walks in one inning of relief. Starter Lucas Lamoureaux gave up two runs on six hits and four walks in three innings or work, and Mitchell West gave up two runs on one hit and one walk in 1/3 an inning...

The Cherokee Washington High softball team lost three recent games against rugged opponents, losing to undefeated Le Mars 17-0 in Cherokee, falling 4-0 at Spencer, and dropping a 15-4 verdict to visiting MOC-Floyd Valley in Cherokee. The blistering by Le Mars was a five-inning job with one Cherokee batter getting on base when lead-off Megan Hummel coaxed a walk in the Bulldogs' no-hit shutout win...

The perfect opportunity to get your child interested in the wonderful game of golf that can be played and enjoyed well into our senior years is available at the Cherokee Golf Club again this summer, thanks to a special Summer Youth Golf Camp scheduled next week...