Stories from Friday, March 20, 2015

Funeral services for Anna S. Larson of Aurelia, 95, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at the First Congregational Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Bruce Rapp officiating, and burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia will be from 4 - 7 p.m. ...

Kalli Reilly, daughter of Larry and Shanda Reilly of Aurelia, and Patrick Myron, son of Bill and Barbara Lawrence of San Diego, California, happily announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Kalli, a 2004 graduate of Aurelia High School, is currently employed at the Storm Lake Elementary School, and Patrick, a 1996 graduate of Mission Bay High School in California, and is employed at the Fredericksen Brooder Facility...

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brabec of Ripley, Tennessee announce the engagement of their daughter Amy Lynn Brabec to Michael John Mittelstadt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Mittelstadt of Marcus. Amy earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Memphis and a Master of Arts degree in Nursing from Augsburg College, and she is currently employed at Unity Point Health in Des Moines...

Dan and Leslie Hasty of Cherokee announce the engagement of their son, Jerry Crocker, to Kelli Correll, daughter of Gary and Kristine Correll, Brewster, Minnesota. Crocker is employed in technology sales for Tektivity in Cedar Rapids, and is pursuing a degree in project management...

Ryan and Karen Rosentrater of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy on March 12, 2015. Owen Edward Rosentrater was born at 9:43 p.m., weighed 10 lb. 10 oz., and measured 22 inches long. He was welcomed home by his four brothers - Luke, Levi, Emmett and Samuel, and his sister, Hannah...

911 dispatchers and emergency personnel had a busy morning on Thursday. A quonset shed fire on T Avenue, between Aurelia and Cherokee, caused extensive damage to the building. The Aurelia Fire Department called in mutual assistance from the Cherokee Fire Department...

March 19 - Barb Bowers of Cherokee March 20 - Harold Glover, Jr. of Cherokee

"Sticker shock" at a bid for a Cherokee Law Enforcement Center remodeling and upgrade of the communication center caused the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors to reject the one bid from a general contractor, a bid of $1,063,200 from Haselhoff Construction of Cherokee, that was opened at a special meeting on Friday, March 13...

The Cherokee Community Theatre is gearing up for the 20th Anniversary summer musical production of Peter Pan, where once again the audience will be treated to talented actors and singers who have trained with "Flying by Foy." Performances will be in the last two weekends of June, with the opening night on Thursday, June 18, and ending with the final presentation on Sunday afternoon June 28...

The 20th annual Cherokee County Recognition Banquet, hosted by the Cherokee Area Economical Development Corporation, is scheduled for Saturday, March 28 at the Western Iowa Tech Community College Conference Center in Cherokee. The popular event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour, with music provided by Charlie Leissler, and this is followed by a Buffet Dinner, then awards and presentations...

I've known Cherokee Middle School Principal Larry Weede for more than 20 years. I believe him to be a skilled and compassionate educator. I've known John Chalstrom for less time, but have contacted him frequently during that time, and I believe him to be a knowledgeable and conscientious administrator...

Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum spent more time in Iowa campaigning for the 2012 Republican nomination for President than any other candidate. He remained in competition with Mitt Romney for the nomination longer than anyone else who the media were willing to acknowledge as a serious candidate...

For some time, it is alleged, one of our prominent citizens has paid more or less attentions to a young and beautiful widow of this city forgetting or at least not needing the advice of the immortal Mr J. Weller to his son Samuel to "beware of the vidders."...

STORM LAKE - The Cherokee Braves youthful track and field team, with 13 of 18 members freshmen and sophomores, competed in Tuesday's Lakes Conference Indoor host by Buena Vista University here. Veteran coach Lynn Jolly said he was very pleased with the effort of his young squad...

STORM LAKE - The Cherokee Washington High girls track and field team posted several good times and distances at Tuesday's Lakes Conference Indoor hosted by Buena Vista University Tuesday. Among the top finishers for Cherokee included Brookelyn Hoeppner second in the high jump and sixth in the long jump; Madison Hodgdon fifth in the 60-meter run; Mikki Hinkhouse fourth in the 200 meters; and Kaitlyn Parrott fifth in the shot put...

1.Kingsley-Pierson, 9-0, 22-2 (reg. season champions); Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 8-1, 17-5 (WVC Tournament champ) Woodbury Central 7-2, 12-10;Lawton-Bronson 6-3, 14-10; Westwood 5-4, 15-9; Ridge View 4-5, 10-12;OA-BCIG 3-6, 8-13; West Monona 3-6, 6-16; River Valley 2-7, 7-11; Siouxland Christian 0-9, 5-16...

At a quarterly meeting of the Cherokee County EMS Association on March 16, Cherokee Dr. Christopher Vandelune was named as the new EMS medical director,subject to approval by all of the fire departments. Technically, each fire department names its own medical director, but the tradition in Cherokee County is for all of the departments to have the same director for coordination of services...