Stories from Friday, June 20, 2014

Kory and Jackie Mortenson of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born at 10:27 a.m. on June 6, 2014. Korbin James Mortenson weighed 8 lb. 15 oz., measured 21 inches long, and was welcomed home by his big sister, Ellana, and his two big brothers, Lincoln and Kristian...

Funeral services for Gerald "Jerry" Dale Matzdorff of Aurelia,84, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21, 2014 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Larry Lemke officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation at St. Paul Lutheran Church will be today from 5 - 8 p.m.,with the family present. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements. Military honors will be by the Grashoff-McManus American Legion Post of Aurelia...

The Cherokee Community Theater production of the musical 'Les Misérables' opened at the Cherokee Community Center on Thursday. Members of the multi-talented cast delighted theatergoers with their many production numbers, which also featured members of the Cherokee Symphony...

In what seems like an annual tradition, flood waters have once again returned to Cherokee. Northwest Iowa was hit hard by flooding that developed from torrential rains on Monday night and early Tuesday morning. Unlike past floods in recent years, this particular event showed a slow, steady rise of the Little Sioux River due to saturated lands and overflowing tributaries north of Cherokee...

Kenneth "Bud" Hoeppner, longtime rural Quimby resident, passed away Thursday morning, June 19, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee.

Josh and Jess Edwards, currently stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, are delighted to announce the birth of their baby boy. Cooper Adam Edwards was born at 9:20 p.m. on May 17, 2014, weighed 7 lb. 3 oz. and measured 21 inches long...

Dustin and Melanie Allen of Kingsley are happy to announce the birth of their first child, a girl. Eva Lynn Allen was born on June 7, 2014 at 12:21 p.m., weighed 7 lb. 12 oz. and measured 20 inches long. Grandparents are Bob and Julie Culler of Kingsley and Dennis and Lynn Allen of Paris, Missouri...

Kory and Jackie Mortenson of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born at 10:27 a.m. on June 6, 2014. Korbin James Mortenson weighed 8 lb. 15 oz., measured 21 inches long, and was welcomed home by his big sister, Ellana, and his two big brothers, Lincoln and Kristian...

J.R. and Jessica Oliphant of Holstein are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, who was born on June 8, 2014. Dixie LaVonne Oliphant was born at 11:59 p.m., weighed 8 lb. 4 oz. and measured 21 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big brother Logan and her big sister Kristen...

Roy Callahan of Omaha and Guy Rothrock of Washta, laborers with the Western Bridge Builders were quite badly hurt last Monday afternoon when a bank caved in on them, wrenching Callahan's leg and tearing the ligaments in his knee. Rothrock had his leg broken and side hurt. ...

CORRECTIONVILLE - The River Valley boys lost a pair of recent home games against quality competition, falling 10-0 to rated Remsen St. Mary's, and 14-13 to Lawton-Bronson. Freshman hurler Jakob King took the pitching loss against St. Mary's, allowing 10 earned runs on four hits and 10 costly walks, while striking out two in the five-inning game...

The River Valley softball team split two recent games, defeating Storm Lake St. Mary's 13-1, and falling 10-0 to Woodbury Central. Alycen Knaack got the mound win over the Panthers, allowing one earned run on just two hits and no walks, with no Ks in three innings of the abbreviated game called due to the 10-run mercy rule...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia girls got back on the winning track here Wednesday with a 3-1 Twin Lakes Conference softball win over Southeast Webster. Jenna Snyder got the start in the pitcher's circle for the Warriors, and the junior picked up the win,throwing 5 2/3 innings, giving up three hits and walking two. Tayler Rohwer came on in relief and pitched 1 1/3 innings, allowing no hits and striking out two...

KINGSLEY - The Ridge View baseball squad traveled to Kingsley on Friday for a Western Valley Conference match-up with Kingsley-Pierson, and the hits were flying during the game, with Ridge View knocking out 13 safeties and K-P 10 in the game, which went to the Raptors by a score of 13-5...

ELK POINT, SD - The South O' Brien baseball team played Hinton in the CNOS Classic here on Friday. Hinton was considered the home team for the game, which was also designated as a War Eagle Conference contest. SOS coach DJ Hansen said, "It was a tough night for pitchers,with the wind blowing out.Both teams hit the ball well."...

ALTA - Alta-Aurelia softball coach Dave Turnquist felt his team had "a big defensive letdown" in their game here against Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove on Tuesday, as the Warriors lost their second straight game after 10 straight victories. The final score of the game was OABCIG 11, Alta-Aurelia 3...

The Cherokee School District Board of Education Monday night ratified a contract for the 2014-2015 school year with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 234, with a total package increase of 4.26 percent. The IUOE Local 234 includes all cooks and custodians employed in the District...

The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union baseball team dropped two recent road games, falling 7-6 at Hull Trinity Christian, and 3-2 at Sergeant Bluff-Luton. The Eagles managed just four hits at Trinity Christian, with Tanner Hillbrands, Nick Braun, Nick Schroeder, and Carter Kuchel accounting for those. Ben McDaniel scored twice for MMC-RU and Braun tacked on two RBI...

BATTLE CREEK - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Battle Creek-Ida Grove softball team found the going tough against rugged foes at the recent Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove Tournament, losing 12-0 to Denison-Schleswig in four innings, 12-4 to Carroll Kuemper in five innings, and 10-0 to Newell-Fonda in four innings...

SIOUX CITY - Morningside College recently announced 13 student-athletes who have agreed to join the Morningside Tack and Field team during the 2014-2015 school year, and among those athletes are two from the Chronicle Times coverage area. Reece Jackson, a hurdler-high jumper from Marcus. ...

ALTA - Alta-Aurelia suffered a tough loss at Cherokee last Thursday, when the Braves pulled out a 3-2 7th inning victory. "This was a tough loss for our guys," said Alta-Aurelia coach Dan Wendel. "We battled all night and hit the ball pretty well but just couldn't get the big hit when we needed it...

ALTA - Alta-Aurelia's Ross Friedrich was very impressive on the mound here Tuesday as the junior led his team to a 6-1 non-conference win over Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove. Friedrich was in command of all of his pitches, and only gave up two hits - an infield single and a fly ball that was lost in the lights. Friedrich struck out 10 and walked three and also drove in a run at the plate...

STORM LAKE - On the morning of Tuesday, June 17th, at approximately 12:08 a.m., the Storm Lake Fire Department was dispatched to the Vista Economy Inn, located at 1316 North Lake Avenue, in reference to a fire in the front office. Upon arrival of fire fighters, they observed the attic area above the office to be fully engulfed. The building had been evacuated by police officers ,who were the first to arrive...

Supervisors discuss flooding, fireworks By Dan Whitney Staff Writer With the 4th of July rapidly approaching, one of the items on the agenda at Tuesday's meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors was the approval of applications for fireworks permits by several residents, and the Board approved 11 permits - for Douglas Brown, Dean Schmidt, Roger Ashbaugh, Sara Lucas, Gary Dodd, Larry Prell, Paul Burch, Debbie Robb, Benjamin Joines, Meredith Scott and James Steffen - at Tuesday's meeting.. ...

Daniel Dean Winterton of Bossier City, Louisiana,46, passed away February 6, 2014. Dan was born in Iowa Falls, Iowa on January 6 1968 to Robert and Ruth Winterton, and he grew up in Cherokee, where he graduated from Washington High School. He then received a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Iowa State University. Dan was married to Valerie R Young on May 18, 2013...

We currently have many rivers and tributaries in the Midwest bank-full or overflowing due to recent monsoon rains. What to do? Above all, follow these safety tips: *Monitor the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Weather Radio or your local radio and TV station broadcasts for information...