Stories from Friday, July 18, 2014

Area residents are reminded that water conservation starts at home and proper applications can save home owners hundreds of dollars and thousands of gallons of water each year simply by following any and all of these tips: *Replace pre-1992 toilets with High-Efficiency Toilets (HETs) to save up to 22,000 gallons of water annually...

Supervisors approve salary adjustments By Dan Whitney Staff Writer A brief weekly meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors Tuesday dealt mostly with "in-house" matters. The Sheriff's Department submitted step wage authorizations for two employees. Josh Dunn was approved, as per union contract, for a step increase, effective August 8, 2014, raising his salary from $15.24 to $15.57/ hour. Dunn was hired on August 1, 2012...

Dwayne D. Hinkhouse of Pierson,55, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at his home north of Pierson. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 19th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in rural Marcus. Visitation at the Boothby Funeral Home will be today from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m.. Online condolences may be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

Larry Marion Urban, 74, of Petaluma, California., formerly of Larabee and Primghar, passed away July 10, 2014 at Bishop House in Rohnert Park, California. Larry was born June 6, 1940 in Primghar, Ia, to Marion and Maxine (Wilkie) Urban, and he attended school in Larrabee and Primghar. He joined the Navy after high school, and spent the remainder of his adult life in California...

Dayde Hale is pleased to announce the engagement of his parents, Kelsey Johnson, the daughter of Dave and Sue Johnson of Aurelia, and Randy Hale, the son of Charles and Vicky Hill of rural Meriden and Shawn and Vickie Hale of Cherokee. A Sept. 27th wedding is planned at the Grainery Lodge in rural Cherokee...

Nathan and Katie Johnson of Holstein are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born on July 10, 2014. Marshall Daniel Johnson was born at 7:10 p.m., weighed 8 lbs. 0 oz. and measured 19 inches long. His grandparents are Mike and Nancy Hauswald of Sioux Center and Larry and Rhonda Johnson of Galva...

Hannah and Derek Driesen of Sutherland are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, who was born on July 11, 2014. Adalyn Allee Grace Driesen was born at 11:43 a.m., weighed 5 lb. 11 oz. and measured 17 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Natalie and Brian Herron of Cherokee and Cindy and Glenn Driesen of Aurelia...

Nicole and Kyle Stieneke of Holstein are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, who was born on July 10, 2014. MaKinley Jo Stieneke was born at 8:04 p.m., weighed 6 lb. 5 oz. and measured 19 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big sister, MacKenzie Stieneke...

ORANGE CITY - Pitching ace Blake Kamerman dialed a two-hit shutout to deliver Sioux Center a hard-fought 1-0 victory over the Cherokee Braves in Class 2A District baseball action here Tuesday night. Not to be outdone, Cherokee hurler Joshua Nichols threw his own doozie at the 24-3 Warriors, shutting them down on a four-hitter, walking none, and striking out six in his six innings of work...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia boys got their post-season off to a good start here Tuesday, beating Twin Lakes Conference rival Newell-Fonda, 12-2 in six innings, in the opening round of the Class 1A District Baseball Tournament. Ross Friedrich got the win for the Warriors, toiling six innings on the mound and allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits, while walking five and striking out seven...

CARROLL - In what Ridge View coach Shannon Tesch called a "pretty wild back-and- forth game," Ridge View beat Irwin-Kirkman-Manilla/Manning 9-8 in first round Class 2A District Tournament play here on Monday. After trailing 7-3 going into the 5th inning, the Raptors tied it up in the bottom of the fifth, then fell behind again, 8-7 in the top of the 6th. ...

CARROLL - Ridge View took on host Kuemper Catholic in a Class 2A District semi-final game here on Tuesday, and the Raptors' Ryan Garthoff got things going for Ridge View on the second pitch of the game with a leadoff home run. Kuemper tied it up with a run of their own in the bottom of the 1st, and it stayed 1-1 until the 5th inning...

LeMARS - South O'Brien traveled to LeMars on Tuesday to play a first-round Class 1A District Tournament game against Central Lyon. The first two innings were scoreless, with the Wolverines drawing first blood in the top of the 3rd when Michael Callahan drove in Kelvan Lansink with a single to take the 1-0 lead...

PAULLINA - South O' Brien finished its regular season baseball schedule here on Thursday with a War Eagle Conference Senior Night match- up win with Unity Christian. In an exciting, close ball game, Unity started off with a quick run in the first on a RBI single by Alex Dorhout, but the Wolverines would answer back in the bottom half of the inning, taking the lead. ...

Zellaha/Ege engagement Shane and Diana Zellaha of Spencer,Iowa announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Shayna Zellaha, to Cory Ege, son of Barb and Jayme Messerole of Cherokee and John Ege of Sioux City. Shayna graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a bachelor's degree in accounting, and she is currently employed as office manager at Cherokee Rural Water...

Jerry Kahl of Storm Lake is a supporter of Climate March, a cross-country march to enlighten the public on climate change. Currently there are 40 people undertaking the 2,980 miles cross-country trek that began on March 1 in Los Angeles and will end in Washington D.C. in November. The group is now in Nebraska and will be entering Iowa around July and will reach Davenport around Aug. 24...

With renewed anxiety and exhilaration running deep, the Christa Lux family of Cherokee today has a very promising reason to rejoice with the latest news that researchers may be zeroing in on an effective treatment to combat Cystic Fibrosis, the devastating, incurable lung disease Christa has been stricken with since birth...

SIOUX CENTER - A 6-run fifth inning blew the game open and led Sioux Center to a convincing 10-0 win over Cherokee in Class 3A Regional softball action here last week, ending the season for Cherokee. Megen Cleveringa got the pitching win for Sioux Center, firing a 2-hit shutout with no walks and five Ks in the six inning contest...

The secretary of the treasury today sent to the president of the senate certain estimates of appropriations for funds which will be needed in the next few months, to carry on the work of erecting public buildings throughout the country. He urgently recommended they be included in the general deficiency bill now pending...