Stories from Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Longtime Cherokee resident Arthur R. Ryden, 99, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his four children, on Sunday afternoon, November 2, 2014, at the Rowley Masonic Nursing Home in Perry. Funeral services will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee at 10:30 a.m. ...

Marcus native Melissa Tabke, 23, more recently a resident of Weslaco, Texas, recently deployed to Ghana on an 11-month assignment with AgriCorps to teach agriculture. Tabke,a 2010 Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn High School graduate, is one of seven individuals who were selected to the first cohort of AgriCorps members...

ALTA - More than 40 Alta-Aurelia High School students will be involved in presenting three performances of the classic musical "Bye Bye Birdie" at the Roxy Theatre in Alta this month. Shows will be Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15 at 7:30 each evening, with a final matinee performance on Sunday, November 16 at 2 p.m...

This Friday's Chamber Coffee will be hosted by the Cherokee Villa, 1011 N. Roosevelt Avenue, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Halloween, one of the busiest and spendiest holidays on the calendar, is just past. And, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. November is often a busy month, and given all that activity it might be easy to overlook Tuesday's observance of Veterans Day...

Dr.Rudolph Daniels will present a program titled "U.S. Railroad Operations During World War I" at the Sanford Museum, 117 E. Willow St., Cherokee, on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. The Sanford Museum and Depot Renovation are sponsoring the program. Admission is free and refreshments will be served...

Adam Timmerman of Cherokee is one of six former Iowa high school players who will be honored at the Class 4A title game at the Iowa State Football Championships at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls on Friday November 21st with induction into the IHSAA Football Hall of Fame...

PAULLINA - The South O'Brien football team finished the 2014 campaign with a 17-16 loss to West Sioux in the opening round of the IAHSAA state playoffs last week. While the playoff loss was disappointing, the 2014 season was a success as the Wolverines finished the season with a 7-3 record...

The Alta-Aurelia boys finished 2nd out of six teams in the final team standings at the recent Twin Lakes Conference Crpss Country Meet, scoring 57 team points to champion Southeast Valley's 44 points. The Warrior girls finished 3rd of five teams with 76 points, as champion Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon totaled 19 points and runner-up South Central Calhoun scored 49 points...

FORT DODGE - The Alta-Aurelia boys finished 7th in a field of 15 teams at Saturday's Class 2A State Cross Country Meet here. The Warrior team scored 177 team points, and they were led by Michael Swanson's time of 17:25 for the 5k course, which placed him 21st individually in a filed of 134 runners. ...

ROCK RAPIDS - Sporting a 35-3 match record, the #2 Central Lyon/George-Lttle Rock volleyball team made quick work of a solid Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn squad in Class 1A Regional semifinal action here Friday night, claiming game scores of 25-16, 25-11, 25-7...

GLIDDEN - Blessed with considerable ability at the skill positions, the gritty Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn football team continued to stand up and be counted here Monday night with a convincing 49-33 victory over previously undefeated Glidden-Ralston (10-0) in second-round action of the Iowa 8-player State Playoffs...

A benefit spaghetti supper and live auction in support of cancer victim John Langschwager drew a huge crowd on Saturday, Nov. 1. Langschwager is a city employee and long-time booster of the community. Photo by Ken Ross

Cherokee School District Superintendent John Chalstrom presented good news and bad news to school board members and administrators at the Nov. 3 Management Team meeting. The good news is that after two years of increased enrollment prior to the present school year and frugal budgeting by the school board over several years, the school district is in good financial shape, with a positive ratio of reserve funds to expenditures...

Heidi Shuberg and Brian Meis of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, who was born on October 24, 2014. Charlie Joan Meis was born at 7:09 a.m., weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. and measured 20 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big brother, Kingston Shuberg. Grandparents are Robert and Holly Meis of Sioux City...

Matt and Leah Schimmer of Storm Lake are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl, who was born on October 25, 2014. Nora Faye Schimmer was born at 8:02 a.m., weighed 6 lb. 10 oz. and measured 18 1/4 inches long. Nora's grandparents are Rich and Nancy Marshall of Alta and Leo Schimmer of Storm Lake, and Marlys Marshall of Alta and Evelyn Jalas of Sutherland are her great-grand mothers...

Jayme and Brooke Robinson of Paullina are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born on 10/29/14. Jett Derrick Rozeboom was born at 5:30 p.m., weighed 9 lb. 14 oz. and measured 22 inches long. Grandparents are Tim and Mary Niemeyer of Alvord and Jay and Carol Rozeboom of Rock Rapids...

Mallory Munger and Dylan Gusrafson of Aurelia are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born on October 20, 2014. Dylan Lee Gustafson was born at 3:28 a.m., weighed 7 lb. 14 oz., and measured 21 inches long. He was welcomed home by his big brothers, Jace and Micah. Grandparents are Allyson Munger of Schaller, Kelly and Leonard Munger of Sibley,and Michele Gustafson and Cheryl and Dan Altena, all of Storm Lake...