Stories from Friday, October 3, 2014

John Richard Bird of Marcus passed away on Tuesday, September 30th from an aggressive cancer. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus, with the Rev. Dan Guenther officiating. Burial will follow. Visitation will be at the church today, Oct. ...

The tough Spirit Lake girls nicked a quality Cherokee Washington High team 3-2 in a highly competitive Lakes Conference volleyball match here Tuesday night. The Indians claimed game scores of 25-15, 17-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-10. Cherokee serve leaders included Kaely Hummel, 19-20 and two aces; Jasey Stowater, 17-19 and four aces; Makenna Carver, 14-16 and one ace; Brookelyn Hoeppner, 12-15 and two aces; Alexia Gerdes, 11-15 and three aces; and Emily Haselhoff, 10-12 and one ace...

IDA GROVE - River Valley posted a 2-2 match record at Saturday's Westerrn Valley Conference volleyball action here, beating Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove 10-21, 21-16, 15-9; and West Monona 22-20, 21-18; and losing 12-21, 10-21 to Ridge View; and 19-21, 16-21 to Siouxland Community Christian...

IDA GROVE - Ridge View scored touchdowns three different ways here Friday night to abscond with a hard-fought 20-7 football victory over neighboring rival Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove. The Raptors scored a rushing TD, passing TD, and on a fumble recovery in the bruising defensive battle...

LAKE VIEW - Alta-Aurelia faced two very tough opponents in Twin Lakes Conference volleyball pod play here on Monday, and though the Warriors put up a valiant effort, they came away with two 3-0 losses. In their first match against East Sac County. Alta-Aurelia fell 20-25 in the first game and 17-25 in the second before losing a tight 29-31 game in the third set of the match...

ALTA - Alta-Aurelia hosted a volleyball tournament here on Saturday and the Warriors beat Remsen St. Mary's, 2-0, in their first pool play match (game scores of 21-12, 21-6) and then also took out Clay Central-Everly 2-0 (game scores of 21-8, 21-12), before falling to Algona, 0-2 with game scores of 15-25, 22-25...

ALTA - Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn rang up a 2-2 match record at Saturday's Alta-Aurelia Volleyball Tournament here, defeating Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 21-10, 21-12; and Clay Central Everly 21-19, 21-15; and losing 14-21, 7-21 to Cherokee; and 14-21, 12-21 to Algona...

Peg Wurth, who has served as the Cherokee Public Library's Youth Librarian for the past few years, worked her final day at the library this week, and Charlene Carlson, right, has been hired for the Youth Librarian position. Carlson has been training under Wurth for the last week, and here Peg symbolically passes the baton to Charlene, in the form of two of her favorite books from the library's Children's section. Photo by Dan Whitney...

The Iowa Archaeological Society's (IAS) fall meeting will be held at the Cherokee Sanford Museum & Planetarium on Friday, Oct. 10, at 6 p.m. and Saturday's meeting will take place at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center in Sioux City at 4:15 p.m. The Iowa Archaeological Society is an organization of amateur, professional, and academic archaeologists. The IAS promotes education about Iowa's past, conducts excavations, and encourages ethical collection and recording of archaeological sites...

Marlene Perkins, right, is shown here selling a Cleghorn Cash calendar to Tracy Huff of Cleghorn. The calendars are selling for only $20, and are available at the Cleghorn Post Office, Cleghorn Elevator, and First Trust & Savings banks in Marcus and Cleghorn...

For over a quarter of a century, the Cherokee County Fund Drive has benefited multiple agencies which assist, help, and serve citizens of the county. In 2014, they continue that tradition, beginning on October 1 and continuing through the end of the year...

West of Hwy 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, HyVee Food Store and Sioux Valley Drive. Along HWY 3, HyVee Warehouse area, Colony Addition, Ament Addition, Valley View and Roosevelt School...

Cherokee Villa Nursing and Rehab Center is very proud that Certified Nursing Assistant Danielle Geerdes has recently completed online training from the National Association of Health Care Assistants and has earned the credentials as a skilled CNA. The multi-media programs, written and delivered by NAHCA, provide instruction and coaching to ensure caregiver students understand how important they are to health care, and education is the key to a successful career in the field of caregiving for the frail and elderly.. ...

Congressman Steve King (R-Kiron) will be attending a political event at the Aurelia Community Center on Saturday, beginning at 6 p.m. The event is hosted by the Cherokee County Republicans. The Cherokee County and Buena Vista County Democrats will be hosting an event for Congressional Candidate Jim Mowrer (D-Boone) at noon on Sunday at 2357 610th Street. In case of rain, the event will be moved a short distance, to 6066 Y Avenue...

MARCUS - The 15th annual Marcus Cemetery Walk will be held this Sunday, Oct. 5. The popular event will begin at the east entrance of the Marcus-Amherst cemetery at 1:30 p.m. The Walk will first be stopping at the grave site of Sven Sjostrom and then journey on to Corporal Henry Ohlendorf and Nels Pallesen. Then the Walk will continue to the Holy Name Cemetery and stop by Charlotte and Theodore Treinen with the final stop at Raymond and Mary Lauters grave site...

After receiving feedback from several concerned area people involved in the mental health field at Tuesday's weekly meeting, the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors approved drafting a letter to the Rolling Hills Regional Mental Health District, requesting that Cherokee County be considered for membership in that region...

The Alta-Aurelia Music Boosters' "Just Donate" night, previously scheduled for September 23rd. has been rescheduled for Sunday, October 5th from 6:30-8 p.m. During that time, groups of students, accompanied by an adult, will canvas Alta and Aurelia, collecting donations of any...

The public is invited, and encouraged to attend, a discussion about the Cherokee / Ida County Solid Waste Management Comprehensive Plan update. The meeting will take place at the landfill, 1805 Linden Street in Cherokee, at 7 p.m. on Thursday October 9, 2014...

Dick Bird of Marcus, 83, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at the Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg. A Funeral mass will be held on Saturday, October 4th at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus. Visitation will be at Holy Name Church today, Friday, October 3rd, from 2 p.m. ...

Hector Solares and Nicole Brandt of Holstein are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy on September 25, 2014. Michael Alexander Solares Brandt was born at 7:07 p.m., and he weighed 7 lb. 9 oz. and measured 21 inches long. Grandparents are Larry and Margarita Brandt of Holstein and Lesvia Barrera and Hector Solares, both of Guatemala City, Guatemala...

Joel Richardson and Kristina Dockery of Marcus are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born on September 26, 2014. Ethan Brian Richardson was born at 8:59 a.m. He weighed 7 lb. 14 oz., measured 20 1/2 inches long, and was welcomed home by his big sister, Isabelle, and his big brother, Isaiah...

Ethan and Katherine Edwards of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, born on September 26, 2014. Adam Kenneth Edwards was born at 9:55 p.m., weighed 7 lb. 1 oz., and measured 19 1/2 inches long, and he was welcomed home by his big brother, Skyler...

The greatest source of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions in the United States is the power sector, at about 38%. The largest source of power is coal, which, even though it produces less than 40% of the power, produces over 70% of the power sector's greenhouse gas emissions...

Company "M" will hold its 4th annual bazaar at the Armory next week. These entertainments have become one of Cherokee's annual events and give the people of the city an opportunity to come in contact with and show their appreciation of our Militia boys as a Company of national defenders...