Stories from Friday, October 4, 2013

Newly-elected Cherokee School Board members Jim Haselhoff, left, and Calvin Carver, right, participated in their first Board meeting recently. Also pictured are Superintendent Dr. John Chalstrom, Board members Laura Dawson and Deb Johnson, and Business Manager Joyce Lundsgaard (foreground). Absent, Board member Jack Creel. Photo by Paul Struck...

The Cherokee Community Theater's Children's Theater Committee, CCT Jr., announces auditions for the production "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever." Audition dates are Monday, Oct. 7 from 4:30 p.m. -- 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 5 p.m. -- 7 p.m. Auditions will take place at the Cherokee Community Center. Students in grades 2 -12 are welcomed to audition. A parent must accompany all who audition to sign a parent agreement...

The City of Cherokee has announced its 2013 Fall flushing schedule: West of Highway 59 to the railroad tracks and north of Bluff Street to Victory Drive to include the Lundsgaard Addition, Fishman Addition, and in the area of Autumn Park Apartments, Hy-Vee Food Store and Sioux Valley Drive...

STORM LAKE, Iowa. October 4, 2013 - Today, Central Bank announced they have entered into a definitive agreement with Liberty Bank to purchase seven Des Moines metro branches. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to be finalized during the fourth quarter of 2013...

There are races shaping up in three of eight Cherokee County communities for the Nov. 5 City Elections, including Cherokee, Marcus, and Aurelia. The others, including Meriden, Larrabee, and Washta, have full ballots that will be filled out by incumbents or new candidates seeking election...

The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. An hour on a bike in fall weather is nothing compared to what individuals with breast cancer undergo during the diagnosis and treatment of this terrible disease. Letsche's Bike Shop is proud to be one of 100 Trek Bicycle Dealers across the United States and Canada that have scheduled a bike ride to help combat breast cancer. ...

ALTA - The young Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn volleyball team, with no seniors on the squad, dropped five matches against tough opponents at the recent Alta-Aurelia Invitational here. MMC lost 2-1 to host Alta-Aurelia, 2-1 to Remsen St. Mary's, 2-0 to Clay Central Everly, 2-0 to Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire, and 2-0 to Cherokee...

SPIRIT LAKE - The hustling Cherokee Washington High volleyball team improved its match record to 15-11 with a 3-0 sweep of Spirit Lake here Tuesday in Lakes Conference action. Cherokee claimed game scores of 26-24, 25-18, 25-20. Sara Pamirez led the winning WHS club in serving with 16-17 and three aces, followed by Maddy Woodall 14-14 and two aces, Kaely Hummel 14-16 and two aces, Ariana Smith 7-7 and one ace, Emily Haselhoff 6-7, and Jasey Stowater 4-4...

Jim and Ann Robinson of Cherokee and Michael and JoAnne Dosen of Edina, Minnesota are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their children, Sara Robinson and Mike Dosen. Sara, a 2001 graduate of Cherokee Washington High School, earned a degree from the University of Iowa in 2006 and from Maryville University of St. Louis in 2008, She is currently employed as a CPA with CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP in West Des Moines...

Marty and Becky Letsche of Remsen are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Daniel Letsche, to Jacquie Lonning, daughter of Dave and Becky Jandl of Worthing, South Dakota. Jacquie is a 1999 graduate of Lennox (SD) High School, a 2003 graduate of Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, with a degree in Leadership Communication, Philosophy and Religion, a 2004 graduate of St Luke's Caring Clown School in Humor Therapy, and a 2012 graduate of Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, with a Masters in International Leadership and Service. ...

Edna Steen of Des Moines, age 94, a former Holstein resident, lost her long and courageous battle with leukemia on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at the Sunny View Care Center of Ankeny. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. ...

Each October since 1922, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has sponsored a fire prevention campaign to raise awareness about the importance of fire safety and fire safety education. U.S. fire departments responded to 450,000 home fires in 2012. These home fires killed almost 3,200 - roughly nine people every day...

Homer Williams, living one mile south of Diamond Center, had an accident befall him that necessitated amputating his right foot just above the ankle. It happened Friday of last week at Culbertson, Mont., where he and others went to get eighteen cars of sheep. ...

At a brief weekly meeting Tuesday morning, the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors approved a final pay-out of $939.61 for employee Jessica Foresman submitted by the Sheriff's Department. Foresman was discharged from her employment on September 25, 2013, after eight months of employment as a jailer...