Stories from Friday, August 29, 2014

Carol J. Rehnstrom of Algona - formerly of Aurelia and Alta - passed from this life into eternal life at the age of 84 on Wednesday, August 27th. surrounded by her family at the Kossuth Regional Medical Center in Algona. A funeral service and celebration of life will be held Saturday, August 30th at 1:30 p.m. ...

Faye Mary Whitecotton of Larrabee, 74, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014, at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be held at a later date. The Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.greenwoodfuneral.com...

SPENCER - Cherokee's girls varsity cross country squad ran well at the season opening meet in Spencer Tuesday night, led by Breeana DeVos, who placed 41st in 19:02. Other Cherokee varsity runners included Sydney Hart 62nd in 20:04, Makaelyn Glienke 74th in 21:43, Miranda Liebsack 77th in 22:08, and Mckayla Benson, 82nd in 25:58...

CORRECTIONVILLE - River Valley split a pair of season-opening volleyball matches here Tuesday, defeating West Harrison 25-8, 25-13, and falling 25-19, 25-19 to Woodbury Central. Payton Goettsch led net play against West Harrison with a 4-4 kill effort, while Taylor Goettsch and Alycen Knaack were each 3-4. Jenna Knaack led in assists with 12, and Makenna Thomas paced the Wolverines in digs with 18...

ALTA - Alta-Aurelia came out strong in the first set and went on to beat Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove, three sets to one, in a non-conference volleyball match here on Tuesday. Game scores were 25-16, 18-25, 25-22, 25-11. Izzy Hinkeldey led the Warriors with 10 kills, while Jenna Snyder had six and Micah Barnes five. ...

Inc. magazine, founded in 1979 and based in New York City, is a monthly publication focused on growing companies, and the magazine publishes an annual list of the 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., the "Inc. 5000." They also feature a special ranking of the top 10% of the list, which they term the "Inc. 500."...

Iowa's Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds stopped in Cherokee Tuesday as part of her 99 County Tour. While in town, Reynolds took a tour of American Natural Soy, and the lieutenant governor was interested in the company's innovative organic processing of oils, flour and meal. ...

SUTHERLAND - A random monarch has been floating past the Prairie Heritage Center all summer,but soon those single butterflies will gather en massse, as millions of monarchs will be on the move. The O'Brien County Conservation Board is hosting its annual monarch tagging event at Mill Creek Park on Thursday, Sept. 4 beginning at 5:30 p.m...

The Cherokee Knights of Columbus will be raising money for Cherokee County Work Services (CCWS), as well as the Special Olympics, throughout the month of September. For the past 22 years, the Cherokee Knights of Columbus have been working to help those with disabilities or varying abilities. 'Project Out-Reach' is the Knights' annual fund drive to help raise money for the Cherokee County Work Services and Special Olympics...

The Cherokee Sanford Museum Association presents the program "Tea with Chuck and Ward" on Sept. 6 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at The Copper Cup, located at 425 W. Main St. Chuck Schoenknecht and Ward Paul, Sanford Museum's favorite antique appraisers, will be the hosts for this special event. They will tell those in attendance about different kinds of teas and tea traditions. Each person will go home with a special antique cup and saucer set...

Carl and Jenna Nelson of Marcus announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their son, Lukas Nelson, to Brittany LaPole, daughter of Fred and Gwen LaPole of Dunkerton, Iowa. Lukas graduated from Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn High School in 2009 and earned a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Northern Iowa in 2013. ...

Due to the Labor Day holiday, there will be no Monday's issue of the Chronicle Times. However, there will be an issue on Thursday, Sept. 4.

At Tuesday's weekly meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors, the supervisors approved Resolution #2014-11 by unanimous voice vote, setting a standard size for replacement bridges and culverts in the county. The resolution states that "new bridges shall be a minimum width of 28.5 feet for gravel and dirt roads, a minimum of 30 feet for paved roads, and new large culverts (culverts with an opening greater than 8 feet in width and 6 feet in height) shall be long enough to comply with clear zone standards. ...

STORM LAKE - At approximately 4 p.m. on Monday, the Storm Lake Police Department received a report of several burglaries in dorm rooms at Pierce Hall on the campus of Buena Vista University. An investigation found that seven (7) rooms were burglarized on the first floor of Pierce Hall between late on Sunday and the early morning hours on Monday. Cash, personal items and credit cards were reported stolen from the dorm rooms...

Kyle and Lorna Kohn of Kingsley are happy to announce the birth of their first child, a girl. Kayleigh Lorna Kohn was born at Mercy Hospital in Sioux City on July 8, 2014, and she weighed 7 lb. 8 oz. and measured 21 inches long. Kayleigh's grandparents are Dan and Tracy Daugherty of Massena, Iowa and Jim and Bonnie Kohn of Cherokee. Kitty Kohn of Cherokee is her great-grandmother...

Hailey and Jesse Fischer of Cleghorn are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, who was born on August 12, 2014. Anabelle Leigh Fischer was born at 4:22 a.m., weighed 7 lb. 9 oz., measured 19 inches, and was welcomed home by her big sister, Sophia Ranae Fischer. Grandparents are Jacob and Amanda Jordan of Cherokee...

Darcelle and Isadore Brown are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, born on August 19, 2014. Antwain Jamal Brown was born at 12:22 p.m., weighed 5 lb. 9 oz., measured 18 inches long, and was welcomed home by his three brothers - Lavarie, Thomas and Darjon...

A Suggestion For The Commercial Club - Call it "Cherokee's Day of Good Fellowship." At 10:00 o'clock have a monster pageant, at least a mile long and longer if possible, consisting of the band, militia, fire company, automobiles, merchants' floats, display wagons, anything to advertise their business or wares, try and get everyone to take part. ...

Labor Day always meaningful On the first Monday of September every year, America pauses to honor its workers and the contributions they make to their nation's strength and prosperity. The notion that work is valued and even noble dates to the ancients. "Seest thou a man diligent in his labor?" the Book of Proverbs asks. "He shall stand before Kings."...

Many people are named for one of their parents, and men who are named for their father usually have the tag "Junior" after their given name. If it goes to a second generation, the man named after his grandfather and father is usually assigned a Roman numeral, such as III (or IV if it goes another generation back)...