Stories from Wednesday, April 29, 2015

The Cherokee Police Tuesday arrested Chad W. Osler, 32, of Manchester, Iowa, on two counts of Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee, a Class D Felony, and Lascivious Conduct with a Minor, a Serious Misdemeanor, following a two-year investigation...

HINTON - The Cherokee Braves continued showing improvement in track and field Friday at the Blackhawk Relays here. The 4x400 relay finished first in a time of 3:38, with Evan Wharton, Hunter Morrow, Tyler Zeimen, and Joel VandeLune aboard, and the shuttle hurdle relay, featuring Mason Timmerman, Isaac Lafleur, Dax Johannsen, and Brendan Rupp, was second in 1:06. The Braves' 4x200 relay was fifth in 1:39, with Wharton, Morrow, VandeLune, and Travis Steffans aboard...

A 3-person Best Shot Golf Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, May 16 at the Cherokee Golf Course, with a shotgun start set for 9 a.m. Entry fee is $25 per person. To reserve a spot and/or cart, call the Clubhouse at 712/225-4687, or Doug at 712/229-7077...

HOLSTEIN - South Central Calhoun scored a team victory here Monday afternoon in the Girls Division of the Raptor Co-Ed Relays, totaling 161.33 points to runner-up Alta-Aurelia's 119 points. The only other area team, Ridge View, placed 5th in the team standings with 48 points...

HOLSTEIN - The Alta-Aurelia and Ridge View boys and girls track teams both competed in beautiful weather at the annual Raptor Co-Ed Relays here on Monday. The Ridge View boys finished second in the team competition, totaling 152 points to champion Sergeant Bluff-Luton's 164 points, and the Alta-Aurelia team took third, with 99 points, followed by River Valley, which scored 40 points...

As of Tuesday morning, the counties in which avian influenza had been identified in poultry operations did not include Cherokee County, according to Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Justin Pritts, but that could change at any time...

The Cherokee Symphony performance at the Cherokee Community Center on April 26 included young soloists such as Dominic Loutish, shown here performing a 'Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra.'

Captain Hook and his pirates have dropped anchor! The Darling family is in residence! Rehearsals are well under way for the Twentieth Anniversary performance of 'Peter Pan,' produced by Cherokee Community Theater. This J. M. Barrie story of the magical adventures of an ageless boy who can fly will open here during the last two weeks of this coming June...

The situation with the Iowa legislature not reaching an agreement between a senate version and house version of an education finance bill is disturbing, both in its practical impact and in its indication of a lack of respect in the rule of law by legislators...

It has been a great spring so far. I enjoy seeing all the young ones coming into the library unencumbered by the winter gear. Their fresh little faces tinged with color from the sun and warm air. I am delighted to have families, after school groups, and high school students coming in during our afternoon and evening hours. ...

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors approved a bid for a Case Maxxum 150 multi-purpose tractor for use in mowing and tree and brush removal. Brandon Billings, county engineer, made the recommendation after reviewing bids for both a Case and a John Deere product. ...

The Cherokee Ridge Runners will be having their Spring Rendezvous at the Little Sioux Wildlife Area southwest of Cherokee this weekend, May 1-3. The public is welcome to visit between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. each day and admission is free. The Grub Shack will be open for breakfast and lunch each day, and the public may purchase food there. The evening potluck is for campers in camp, and the camp meeting and auction will also be held after the public leaves...

Friday's Cherokee Chamber Coffee, at 9:30 a.m., will be hosted by Plains Area Mental Health Center at their office, on the second floor of the Ginzberg Building on the MHI campus. There will be a Red Ribbon Cutting, to celebrate Plains Area's move to their current location...

AURELIA - At an early morning meeting of the Alta-Aurelia School Board Tuesday, the Board received and accepted the resignation of Lori Phillips as the principal of the Aurelia elementary school and Alta-Aurelia Middle School, effective at the end of the current school year...

April 28 - Joyce Bechtel of Cherokee April 29 - Jeff & Christina Volkert of Holstein

Charles David Munson pased away peacefully at the Menifee Hospital in Mennifee, California on April 15, 2015., and there will be a Celebration of David's life in Santa Cruz, California in the near future. David was born to "Bud" and Wilda Munson on October 1, 1940 in West Bend, Iowa, the second youngest of five children...

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

Ruth Helen Anderson, 93, passed away February 28, 2015 at Heartland Care Center in Marcus. Ruth was born January 19, 1927, to Edward and Emma (Radke) Lehnhardt on their family farm south of Aurelia. She received her early Christian education at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hanover, Iowa. She graduated from Aurelia High School in the Class of 1944. After graduation in 1948 from the Lutheran School of Nursing in Sioux City, Ruth worked for Drs. Reeder and Reeder...

Winogene "Winky" E. Cain of Cherokee, 83, passed away Sunday afternoon, April 26, 2015 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center, surrounded by her family. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, April 29th at 11 a.m. at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee, Pastor Tom Lewis officiating. ...

Virginia M. Degen of Holstein, age 91, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society of Holstein. A funeral mass will be held at the Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Holstein on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 10:30 a.m., with the Fr. ...