Stories from Wednesday, January 14, 2015

As has become the tradition each year, the Cherokee Jazz and Blues Festival will begin with a clinic for music students from area schools on Friday. Look for complete Jazz Fest coverage in upcoming issues.

Cherokee landed three players in double figures on the way to an impressive 51-44 victory over Emmetsburg in girls Lakes Conference basketball action here Friday night. Kaely Hummel led the way for the 6-3 14th-ranked Washington High club with 22 points, while Makenna Carver added 11, and Brookelyn Hoeppner 10...

HARTLEY - A solid Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn team forged a 40-19 halftime bulge and then put the game away with a 24-13 scoring run in the third quarter to take a 72-50 basketball win over the Cherokee Braves here Monday night. Tyler Faist led Cherokee with 21 points, while Trey Vlentine and Mason Pitts each added 11 to the cause. The Braves drained 19-52 field goals for 37 percent, hit 5-16 three-pointers, and cashed in 7-11 free throws in the game...

SPIRIT LAKE - Four Cherokee grapplers posted shining records at last week's Spirit Lake Park Wrestling Duals here, with Mason Meitzenheimer going 5-0, Brett Barritt 3-1, and Hunter Morrow and Matthew Stines each 4-1 in the rugged competition. The young Braves finished with a 2-3 duals record for the night, defeating Lawton-Bronson 57-22, and Sioux Central 72-3, and falling 57-21 to Sibley-Ocheydan, 58-12 to Sioux City North, and 53-21 to host Spirit Lake Park...

GRAETTINGER - The Ridge View wrestling team traveled to Graettinger on Saturday to compete in the nine team GTRA Invitational, and the Raptors finished in 2nd place with 161 points. This was most of the teams' first competition since December 20th due to the Christmas break and bad weather last week, but Ridge View coach Scott Phelps said his wrestlers "seemed to shake all the rust off as the day went along...

HOLSTEIN - The Holstein Kiwanis Youth Wrestling Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, Feb 14, at Ridge View High School in Holstein. There will be five age divisions, including Super Pee Wee age 6 and under; Pee Wee age 7-8; Novice age 9-10; Junior age 11-12; and Senior age 13-14...

CORRECTIONVILLE - The River Valley boys lost a heartbreaker in overtime here last week, dropping a 55-51 basketball game to Siouxland Community Christian. The teams were knotted at 47 apiece at the end of regulation before the visitors outscored the Wolverines 8-4 in OT to claim the win...

SCHALLER - The Ridge View girls got out to an early lead and maintained it throughout the game as they posted a 60-37 non-conference basketball win over Storm Lake here on Monday. Raptors' coach Jessica Christensen was pleased with how her team came out in this game and got an early lead. ...

1. Waverly-Shell Rock; 2. MOC-Floyd Valley; 3. Le Mars; 4. Spirit Lake; 5.Dubuque Wahlert; 6. Williamsburg; 7. Dallas Center-Grimes; 8. Central Clinton, De Witt; 9. Pella; 10. Gilbert 1. IKM-Manning ; 2. Regina, Iowa City; 3. Western Christian; 4. Aplington-Parkersburg; 5. Cascade,Western Dubuque; 6. New Hampton; 7. Monticello; 8. Treynor; 9. Anamosa;...

GOWRIE - The Alta-Aurelia boys took on Southeast Prairie in a Twin Lakes Conference basketball game here Friday, and the Warriors took it on the chin, losing, 60-54. Alta-Aurelia coach Chris Abaray said the game was a disappointing loss. "We knew it was going to be a grind with no practice time last week, but we aren't using that as an excuse. Everyone else was basically in the same boat...

About 35 women in the Cherokee area are members of the Cherokee Quilt Batts, and some of their creations are on curently display at the Sanford Museum.

Bill Smith, a property owner who has polled Cherokee County residents about the planned Bakken pipeline, appeared before the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 to address concerns regarding the project. The planned Bakken Pipeline from northwestern North Dakota to southern Illinois is being undertaken by a new company that was spun off from an older company, Energy Transfers, specifically for the pipeline...

Hunter education is a mandatory program for anyone born after January 1, 1972 and is designed to introduce students to several life-long skills that are important to the many different types of outdoor recreational opportunities. The course teaches students basic survival and first aid skills, water safety, wildlife identification, and the basics of wildlife management, hunting laws, and firearm/archery safety. ...

AMES, Iowa -- Betty Abel is entering her fifth year of preparing tax returns at the Welcome We Help Inc. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance site in Corydon, Iowa. Abel joins a team of accountants, clergy, retired professionals, and students throughout the state who volunteer to prepare tax returns for low-income clients through this program, known as VITA...

Debra K. Davis of San Diego, California, 60, passed away Friday, January 9, 2015 at St. Anthony's Care Center in San Diego. Debra was born in Cherokee on October 11, 1954, and she was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. She graduated from Cherokee Washington High School, and had worked at Casey's General Store and at Dr. Barlow's dental Office in Cherokee before moving to California...

Researchers have gotten results from studies indicating that when preschoolers watch television, this increases the chances of developing attention deficit problems later in life. Actually, this conclusion was made several years back, but the findings bear repeating...

I can't say anything nice about the weather lately, so I shouldn't say anything at all - but I'm going to. since it's been affecting daily life at the Cherokee Public Library. Last week we closed early on three days, which I certainly hope is not an indication of the type of winter we can expect to have...