Stories from Monday, February 2, 2015

In the official Republican response to the President's State of the Union address, Senator Joni Ernst called for repeal and replacement of "Obamacare," officially known as the Affordable Care Act. We don't know exactly what replacement she was referring to. ...

The 13th falls on a Friday this month as well as next month. Having Friday the 13th two months in a row can only happen when the 13th occurs in a February that isn't in a leap year. Even people who aren't superstitious can consider February an unlucky month...

Kayla and Tyler Bezoni of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, Aspenn Rae Bezoni, who was born at 6:16 a.m. on January 22, 2015. Aspenn weighed 8 lb. 6 oz., measured 21 inches long, and was welcomed home by her big sister, Maddy. Grandparents are Mike and Pam Bezoni of Cherokee and Don and Lelaine Anderson of Humboldt...

Randy and Leann Bush of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, Rayna Lee Bush, who was born at 7:14 a.m. on January 23, 2015. Rayna weighed 7 lb. 3 oz., measured 19 1/2 inches long, and was welcomed home by her brother Logan. Grandparents are Gary and Sharon White and Dennis and Deb Bush...

Mitch and Kristi Langschwager of Aurelia are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born on January 20, 2015. Ryden James Langschwager was born at 7:09 a.m., weighed 8 lbs. 12 oz., and measured 20 3/4inches long. He was welcomed home by his big brother Laeton and his big sisters - Kadence, Addilyn and Kollyns. ...

Nicholas and Sarah Sullivan of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy,Hudson William Sullivan,who was born at 5:38 p.m. on January 21, 2015. Hudson weighed 9 lb. 2 oz., measured 21 inches long, and was welcomed home by his brother Brendon and his sister Alyssa. Grandparents are Cindy Phipps of Cherokee and David and Janet Sullivan of Aurelia, and great-grandfathers are Bill Melton of Cherokee and Dale Sleezer Sr. of Aurelia...

Clayton Woodke and Samantha Sholty of Ida Grove are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, Ryder Joe Woodke, who was born on January 23, 2015 at 1:52 p.m. Ryder weighed 7 lb. 15 oz. and measured 21 inches long. Grandparents are Gerrod and Julie Sholty of Ida Grove and Janette Woodke of Schaller...

Joseph Lane and Samantha Prussing are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, Lilia Lane, who was born at 7:13 p.m. on January 26, 2015, weighing 6 lb. 1 oz. and measuring 19 inches long. Grandparents are Roger and Linda Prussing of Ida Grove and Joe and Sara Lane of Sioux Falls, South Dakota...

Tiffany Peters and Jacob Trierweiler of Battle Creek are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, Adalynn Rose Trierweiler, who was born at 9:35 a.m. on January 26, 2015. Adalynn weighed 6 lb. 13 oz. and measured 20 1/2 inches long. She was welcomed home by her brother, Landyn. Grandparents are Tom and Andrea Peters, Barb and Mike Miller, and Dave and Sara Trierweiler...

The young Cherokee Braves dropped a competitive Lakes Conference wrestling double dual in Cherokee last week, losing 45-36 to Estherville-LC, and 55-24 to Spencer. Double pin winners for the Braves were Hunter Morrow at 152, Mason Meitzenheimer at 182, and Matthew Stines at 126...

The Iowa Girls Basketball Regional Tournament pairings have been released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. All games are at 7 p.m. unless noted. Class 1A Region 2 has Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn meeting Storm Lake St. Mary's Feb. 12 in Marcus, and River Valley playing Ar We Va Feb. 12 in Correctionville. Those winners play each other Feb. 17 in Marcus...

HOLSTEIN - The Ridge View View boys won their first round game in the Western Valley Conference Tournament here Thursday night, defeating Siouxland Christian by the score of 57-45. Ridge View coach Ken Slater said, "Siouxland is a much improved team from our first game with them and they gave us a heck of a battle. The final score does not reflect how close the game was, as we were down at the half, 27-26."...

The Ridge View wrestling team competed in the 45th Herb Irgens Wrestling Invitational in Ida Grove last weekend., competing in the 27 team tournament with a depleted line-up due to injuries and illness. Ridge View finished in 24th with the six wrestlers who were able to make the trip. ...

MARCUS - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations for the 2015 induction ceremony, which will occur at the 2015 Marcus Fair. The purpose of the MMC Hall of Fame is threefold: 1. To honor people who have accomplished extraordinary feats in academics or extra-curricular activities; 2. ...

In the spring of 2014, Denny Taylor contacted Jim Adamson to ask whether Cherokee Depot Renovation, Inc. would like to have another railroad car. The car in question was on property that the Cherokee Regional Medical Center had recently acquired. The first question was whether the railroad car would have value if it was moved to the Cherokee Depot on tracks with a caboose and freight car on display at the depot...

The Hip Hop performance of 'Storm' was among the routines performed at the River Valley Dance Night on Saturday, Jan. 17. Look for more Dance Night photos in the January Area Happenings Photo Gallery.

State Senator Randy Feenstra (R) and State Representative Dan Huseman (R) addressed about 40 people gathered at Danny's Sports Spot Friday noon to discuss some of the issues concerning Iowans. Both legislators supported an increase in the gas tax, but neither believed that both a gas tax and any other tax could be passed in the same year...