Stories from Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Donald Ray Sechler Sr.of Meriden, 77, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at a Sioux City Hospital. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, September 29, 2014, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. Pastor Larry Ostercamp officiated. ...

Francis "Smitty" Smith of Cherokee, 95,a former longtime Cleghorn resident, passed away Sunday afternoon, September 28, 2014 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 2nd at 1:30 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. ...

Ray A. Kass of Marcus, 89, passed away on Friday, September 26, 2014 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial took place at 4 p.m. on Monday, September 29, 2014 at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus. Father Daniel C. Guenther celebrated Mass. Burial followed at Holy Name Catholic Cemetery...

William "Bill" C. Luther, 92, passed away on September 25, 2014 at Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bill graduated from high school in Oelwein, Iowa and from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He taught high school and coached both boys and girls basketball teams in McGregor, Iowa, taking both teams to State Tournaments. His teaching and coaching boys basketball continued in Cherokee,where he again he took teams to State Tournaments...

Jane (Hinkhouse) Prueher of Akron, 69, formerly of Racine, Wisconsin and Correctionville, passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City. A funeral service was held on Monday, September 29, 2014 at 10:30 AM at the Salem Lutheran Church of Correctionville with the Rev. ...

Joseph C. Grell, age 78, of Holstein, formerly of Washta, passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center of Cherokee. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Holstein, with the Rev. ...

To raise awareness of opportunities in the community, the Cherokee Chamber Coffee was held on Friday at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center, where five major Cherokee companies - CRMC, American Natural Soy, Foundation Analytical Lab, Dupont Pioneer, and Hy-Vee Distribution Center - spoke to the community on their current growth and job availability. ...

The Cherokee Sanford Museum Association will be presenting the program "Bats!" with Heather York on Saturday, at 7:30 p.m. Buena Vista University professor Dr. Heather York is a specialist in tropical bat ecology, and she will share information about bat biology and conservation, including a discussion of notable bat species and of bats in the headlines...

MARCUS -- Grace United Methodist Church in Marcus announces plans to raise funds needed to build a family life center. A capital campaign has been planned called "Growing With Grace." The capital campaign kickoff worship service is Sunday, Oct. 5 and will be the first of four Sundays introducing plans for the future, "What are we doing, and why?"...

Friday marks the opening of the Cherokee Community Theater's 56th season as "The Diary of Anne Frank" hits the stage at 7:30 p.m. "The Diary of Anne Frank" is the third in CCT's Pulitzer series, which is a privately funded production specifically focusing on excellent literature and student involvement in all aspects of the show...

I participate on a website called Goodreads. Each time I read a book I list it and rate it, sometimes with comments, in a range of 1 to 5 stars. It's been fun as I have friends I follow and people who follow me. Here are some of the latest novels, all available at the Cherokee Public Library, that I've read with the star rating I gave them. I do not award 5 stars very easily or very often so take it from there...

LAWTON - The Alta-Aurelia football team rolled over District opponent Lawton-Bronson here on Saturday by a convincing 42-6 score, in a game which the host school had volunteered to postpone from its original Friday date as they were aware of the untimely death of an Alta-Aurelia student in a farm accident earlier last week...

CORRECTIONVILLE - Quarterback Brady Dicks completed all eight of his passes for 139 yards and four touchdowns to lead Newell-Fonda to a 53-18 domination of River Valley in 8-player football action here Friday night. Dicks hooked up with Connor Wolterman for two TDs, and once each with Dustin Johnson and Reed Kruse to pace the Mustangs' aerial assault...

ALTA - The Cherokee Washington High volleyball team posted a 3-1 match record at Saturday's Alta-Aurelia Invitational Tournament here, placing second in pool play and losing only to eventual champion Algona. Cherokee beat Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 21-14, 21-7; beat Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 21-6, 21-15; lost 19-21, 14-21 to Algona; and beat Remsen St. Mary's 21-16, 21-13...

1. Clear Lake; 2. Spirit Lake ; 3. Sioux Center; 4. Williamsburg; 5. Albia;6. Hampton-Dumont; 7. New Hampton; 8. West Union North Fayette; 9. (tie) Cascade, Center Point-Urbana 1. Iowa City Regina; 2. Calmar South Winneshiek; 3. Fort Dodge St. Edmond; 4. West Branch; 5. St. Ansgar; 6. IKM -Manning; 7. Ogden; 8 Hinton; 9. West Lyon;10. Dike-New Hartford...

PAULLINA - The South O'Brien Wolverines continued their winning ways with a 25-14 Homecoming victory over Sioux Central on Friday night. The win improved the Wolverines' season mark to 4-1 and they are 3-0 in District play. The Wolverines scored first on a multiple play drive. ...

REMSEN - Quarterback Jacob Spieler rushed for three touchdowns and passed for two more to guide Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn to a resounding 65-12 8-player District football win over neighboring Remsen-Union here Friday night. The two schools are in the process of finalizing a whole-grade sharing agreement, which added sizzle to the contest...

CHEROKEE - The explosive, second-ranked Spirit Lake Indians wasted little time in establishing their superiority over the Cherokee Braves here Friday night, dousing the Braves' Homecoming 2014 with a decisive 47-0 Class 2A District football victory to run their snazzy record to 5-0...