Stories from Thursday, June 20, 2013

Friday morning's 9:30 a.m. Chamber Coffee will be hosted by Eric's Car Company, 1300 N. 2nd Street, and will also be a red ribbon cutting for the new business.

"Things With Wings" is the theme of the Cherokee County Conservation Board's summer day camp. Just as the theme suggests, children will be learning about and searching for things with wings: birds, bats, and bugs! Camp will be full of fun activities like hiking and games that will help children enjoy and discover the outdoors...

Genevieve Kathleen Flannery, 92, of Hinton passed away on Friday, June 14, 2013 at a Sioux City care facility after a brief illness. Services were at 11:00 a.m.on Monday June 17, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sioux City. Rev. David Carlson officiated. Visitation was Sunday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Burial was at the Liberty-Perry Township Cemetery, rural Hinton, IA. Online condolences may be sent to www/meyerbroschapels.com...

Jean McCullough (Beatrice Eugenia Cosgrove), age 89, of Carroll, formerly of Sac City, passed away on June 14, 2013, at St. Anthony's Nursing Home in Carroll. She was born July 21, 1923, in Cherokee, to the late Peter and Agnes (Collins) Cosgrove, and graduated from Immaculate Conception School in 1941 and graduated with a degree in Social Work/Education from Briar Cliff College. ...

Scott and Jeannie Condon of Clare are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley J. Nelson, to Brandon L. Rohlk, son of Steve Rohlk of Alta and Sheila Rohlk of Aurelia. Ashley is a 2007 graduate of Manson - Northwest Webster High School and a 2012 graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, with a Bachelors Degree in Interior Design...

Blaine and Darlene Perry anof Aurelia and Gale and Sandy Michelena of Sheridan, Wyoming announce the upcoming wedding of their children, Brooke and Regis. Brooke graduated from Aurelia High School in 2003 and received her Bachelors Degree in Nursing from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD in 2007. She is a Registered Nurse with Dr. Shelley Shepard, OB/GYN in Gillette, Wyoming...

Sarah Wouters and Ward Wester were married at the Northwest Community of Christ church in West Des Moines at 2 p.m. on March 30, 2013. Dale Ward officiated, and the bride was given in marriage by her parents,Todd and Susan Wouters of Waukee. Standing with the groom, who is the son of Loren and Darla Wester of Meriden, were his sister, Lara Jimerson, and his friend, Andrew Paulsen. ...

Whitney Webb and Jonathan Seng exchanged marriage vows March 23 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia. A reception was held at Aurelia Community Center. Whitney is attending the University of Arizona to pursue veterinary medicine. Jonathan is an A-10 crew chief with the United States Air Force. The couple will be at home in Tucson, Arizona...

There wasn't a lot on the agenda at Tuesday's weekly meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors. County Engineer Dave Shanahan spoke about the ongoing bridge repairs in the county, and said that some different methods will be used to repair many of the bridges, in the hopes that they will be able to withstand any more flood damage such as occurred recently...

Choosing flowers for a wedding is nearly as important as choosing the bridal gown and can also be a bit intimidating. At Rhoadside Blooming House in Cherokee the expert owners and knowledgeable staff are on call to help make the flower choosing less intimidating. Owners John and Donna Beier have owned the business for 10 years and their greenhouse complex located at 205 E. Indian St. just east of Godfather's Pizza is one of the largest in northwest Iowa...

At last week's Cherokee City Council meeting, City Administrator Don Eikmeier reported on the May 27-28 Memorial Day flood event in Cherokee that swamped the Railroad Creek vicinity and the Little Sioux River with record levels: Flash flooding on Railroad Creek was worse than in 2010; the Little Sioux River crested at approximately 28.5' on May 27; City employees, volunteer firemen, and police officers evacuated campers and assisted in the rescue of flood victims; street crews placed barricades and began emergency pumping of sewer manholes; the pumps at the Beech Street lift station were operating at full capacity throughout the flooding event; sandbags and sand were made available to residents; and 197 properties reported some type of damage.. ...

Because of the very large volume of trees and branches damaged by Saturday morning's severe thunderstorm in Cherokee, the City is seeking the public's assistance in removing branches from private property. The City burnpile on South Sioux Street will remain open for citizens to dump branches and trees until such time as most properties are cleaned...

The Iowa Association of Realtors has recently pledged $5,000 in matching funds for flood relief in both Cherokee and Buena Vista Counties. Local Realtors in both counties that belong to the United Counties Board of Realtors are soliciting donations to maximize these matching funds. ...

The Koser Spring Lake Park Yacht Club Committee and City of Cherokee are hosting a Grand Opening on July 4th from 4-7 pm at the new Yacht Club to celebrate the completion of the $400,000 grass roots project that was largely funded by private donations...

The Iowa Association of Realtors has recently pledged $5,000 in matching funds for flood relief in both Cherokee and Buena Vista Counties. Local Realtors in both counties that belong to the United Counties Board of Realtors are soliciting donations to maximize these matching funds. ...

The musical "The King and I" opens this Friday at the Cherokee Community Center at 7:30 p.m. Becky Elemond is surrounded by several of the king's children during a recent rehearsal of the play. Elemond plays Anna, an English governess to the King of Siam. See more photos in 'The King and I' Photo Gallery. Photo by Mike Leckband...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia girls played a Twin Lakes Conference game with South Central Calhoun here on Friday and the Warriors made short work of it as they downed SCC 12-0 in three innings. The Warriors' Micah Barnes drew three bases on balls and made the most of it, stealing four bases and scoring three times, while Gracie Winterhof drew two walks, stole a base, and went 1 for 1, and Jenna Snyder drew two walks, went 1-1 and had two RBI, as the Warriors stayed unbeaten in conference play, improving to 4-0.. ...

The Ridge View softball team continued to show improvement over the weekend. On Saturday, the Raptors competed in the Lawton-Bronson Tournament and went 2-0, with a 7-0 win over a young Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn team and 3-2 victory over Lawton-Bronson...

MAPLE VALLEY - Kody Nelson broke open a close game with a bases-loaded triple in the 6th inning here on Thursday and the South O'Brien boys went on to a 19-6 non-conference baseball win over Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto. Sam Weber started on the mound for South O'Brien and picked up the win, giving up four earned runs on four hits, walking six and striking out four in 4 2/3 innings. ...

HAWARDEN - The South O'Brien baseball team took on the dangerous West Sioux team in War Eagle Conference play here last Wednesday, and when the smoke had cleared, the Wolverines had pulled out a 6-5 win in the 8th inning. Kody Nelson pitched the entire eight frames for South O'Brien, giving up three earned runs on five hits while walking four and fanning five...

HOLSTEIN - The Alta-Aurelia boys, behind the six-hit pitching of Zach Sliefert, shut out Ridge View in tournament baseball action here last week. Sliefert pitched the entire seven innings and gave up no runs on six hits, walking one and striking out two. Alta-Aurelia out-hit the Raptors 7-6, but one of the Warriors' hits was a home run by Alex Stephan, who drove in three runs...

CORRECTIONVILLE - The Ridge View softball team continues to show improvement as the season progresses, defeating River Valley 12-1 here on Tuesday night in a Western Valley Conference game. The win improved Ridge View to 18-5 overall and they are now 8-3 in the conference. Picking up the win for the Raptors was Gretchen Kistenmacher. who threw all seven innings, giving up one unearned run on five hits while walking no one and striking out three...

CORRECTIONVILLE - The Ridge View boys played an exciting Western Valley Conference baseball game against host River Valley here on Tuesday, coming out on top, 7-5, after the Wolverines had scored three runs in the bottom of the 5th to close the gap to 7-4...

HOLSTEIN - Ridge View hosted Kingsley-Pierson in a Western Valley Conference baseball doubleheader on Monday, and they weren't very nice to their guests, as the Raptors won both games. In the first contest, Ridge View rapped out 13 hits for the game and scored 10 runs in the second and third innings to build a 10-3 lead, then held on for a 10-7 win...

SPIRIT LAKE - The Alta-Aurelia girls headed north Tuesday for a non-conference softball tilt with Spirit Lake, and the Indians of the Lakes Conference put an 11-3 beating on Coach Dave Turnquist's Warriors. Turnquist said the Warriors' defense was not sharp in the game, and the fact that only one of Spirit Lake's 11 runs was of the earned variety would seem to verify that assessment...