Stories from Monday, April 27, 2015

Lyle French of Cleghorn, age 97, passed away Friday, April 24, 2015 at the Cherokee Villa Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, April 28th at 10:30 a.m. at Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee, with Father Gene Sitzmann officating. ...

Orville "Dick" Johnson of Sutherland, age 94, passed away Friday, April 24, 2015 at Sutherland Care Center. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 28th, at 10:30 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Jean Morse officiating, and burial will be in the Cherokee Memory Gardens Cemetery. ...

The Sanford Museum houses many pipestone tablets found at archaeological sites around Cherokee. Images carved on these pipestone tablets are examples of the supernatural connections essential to the existence of a local prehistoric culture known as the Oneota...

Caitlin Sholty of Ida Grove is happy to announce the birth of her baby girl, who was born on April 21, 2015. Zoey Ann Sholty weighed 7 lb. 15 oz. and measured 21 inches long. Grandparents are Gerrod and Julie Sholty of Ida Grove.

The Cherokee Public Library will have new hours beginning May 1.

Americans tend to be insular in our cultural outlook. The January 7 massacre of twelve people at the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France, is a tragedy that we don't relate to in an emotional way. The rallying slogan of sympathizers with the slain cartoonists, "Je suis Charlie' meaning "I am Charlie," seems foreign to us in more than just language...

HOLSTEIN - The Ridge View boys golf team, coached by Chad Hustedt, competed in five meets recently. On April 13th, the Raptors traveled to Mapleton for a Western Valley Conference tournament featuring 10 conference teams, and the Raptors totaled 185 team strokes to place 3rd behind Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto, who scored 161, and Woodbury Central, who shot a 181...

HOLSTEIN - The Ridge View girls golf team, coached by Adam Mickelson, has played in five meets this spring. On Monday April 13th, the Raptors played a Western Valley Conference meet in Ida Grove and they finished 2nd, with a team score of 210, behind West Monona, which shot a 202. Ridge View's Emily Forristal earned runner-up medalist honors with a 49, and other scores from the Raptors included Caitlyn Gottschalk 51, Ashley Albers 54 and Karlen Lamp 56...

Jim Harman, Andy Harman, Ben Speck and (not pictured) Josh Harman unloaded bricks Friday at Doupe Fields in preparation for building two brick columns and a short supporting wall for a sign that will be placed at the location. Harman Masonry donated material and labor for the project to the Cherokee Youth Summer Baseball Association. ...

PAULLINA - Surrounded by several members of the news media on the noisy work floor at Mill Creek Machine, Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds talked about the economy and answered several questions during a recent visit to NW Iowa. "The unemployment rate today went down to 4%. ...

Work has begun on site preparation for the new Shopko building, going up at the north end of Cherokee.

Following an exempt negotiating session on April 20, the Cherokee School Board approved a contract for the teachers and counselors that included a 3.75 percent increase in the total package of wages and benefits. There were minor changes regarding extracurricular sponsor compensation and carrying forward personal days into the following year...

The Marcus Museum Tour on Sunday May 3 will include Marcus Historical Center, which was built two years ago on the Marcus Fairgrounds. The Center contains numerous items of Marcus memorabilia. Also on the tour are the Vintage Car Museum, owned by Stan and Janice Scheitler, where visitors get a chance to see cars restored to their original beauty; The Barns, a collection of horse drawn equipment and buggies put together by Junior Pearson; and Galles Vintage Machinery, Jerry Galles' collection of vintage tractors and equipment.. ...

SPENCER - The Cherokee girls golf team continued to show improvement at a triangular with Spencer and Estherville-Lincoln Central held at the Spencer Golf and Country Club on Monday April 20th. Even though they finished third in the meet, the team score of 246 was the lowest of the past two seasons...

The Cherokee Braves wrestling program had its post-season wrestling banquet recently and several team awards were presented. Varsity letter winners: Adrian Guttua, Collin Johnson, Matthew Stines, Drake Bechtel, Collin Lundy, Kade Jurgenson, Hunter Morrow, Tyler Zeimen, Isaac LaFleur, Mason Meitzenheimer, Brett Barritt, Jaron Wood, Charlie Wych...

ESTHERVILLE - The Cherokee Washington High girls tennis team continued showing improvement by beating Estherville-LC 7-2 in Lakes Conference action here Thursday night. In varsity singles for Cherokee, Jordyn Bingham lost 10-0 to Emily Jorgenson at #1, Dusty Wright beat Kaylee Nissen 10-8 at #2, Grace Boyle beat Taylor Nissen 10-8 at #3, Clare Conley beat Emily Origer 10-4 at #4, Kylie Mingan beat liz Herrick 10-7 at #5, and Jennifer Baker beat Scarlett Rose 11-9 at #6...

MANSON - The Alta-Aurelia girls competed in the Emily Market Relays here on Thursday and the Warriors scored 87 team points to finish third in the 8 team field, trailing meet champion Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon (163 points) and runner up South Central Calhoun (98)...

PRIMGHAR - The South O'Brien girls golf team defeated Remsen St. Mary's in Primghar on a beautiful Thursday night. Naomi Petrich was medalist with a 46, Carly Lundquist finished 2nd with a 51, and Tayla Coady finished 3rd with a 53. Leah Bunkers finished with 56, Shaina Hunt 58, and Ally Sweeney shot a 59...

Morningside College has awarded Emily Haselhoff of Cherokee the Athletic Grant and the Ambassador Award Scholarships to play softball for the Mustangs. Emily was a 2014 Softball First team All-Lakes Conference selection as a utility player, and is a 4-year varsity letter winner...

Visiting Estherville-LC popped the young Cherokee Braves tennis team 8-1 in Lakes Conference action here last week. In varsity singles for the Braves, Eric Peterson defeated Drew Condon 10-3 at #1, Collin Johnson lost 10-1 to Isaac Jorgenson at #2, Justin Kellen fell 10-1 to Seth Hustedt at #3, Layne Reinhart lost 10-3 to Evan Drew at #4, Bryan Rock fell 11-9 to Jose Rodriguez at #5, and Adrian Guttau lost 10-1 to Logan Newhouse at #6...