Stories from Wednesday, June 10, 2015

TODAY IS THE DAY!! We officially start our Summer Reading Program, and we have so much planned. This program will run from June 10th through July 15th, and each week has a scheduled event in addition to our regular programs. As follows, here is the schedule for this month: June 10th 'Ä" Cherokee Fire Department at 1 p.m. ...

National news pundits have repeatedly told us that Evangelicals dominate the Republican presidential caucus process. A recent poll by the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics indicates that among likely GOP caucus goers, "When asked what they want candidates to spend a lot of time discussing, fewer than half of Republican poll respondents said abortion, candidates' religious beliefs or same-sex marriage. ...

The Cherokee Braves split a pair of non-conference baseball games at Saturday's Cherokee Tournament and then went on the road Monday night to defeat Storm Lake 16-10 in a Lakes Conference slugfest. Is Saturday's action interrupted for a time due to a passing thunderstorm, the Braves beat Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove 18-2, and then dropped an 11-7 contest to Greene County (Jefferson-Scranton, Paton- Churdan)...

ALTA - It was learned Monday that Alta-Aurelia's Mitchell Fritz was named the Outstanding Athlete in Class 1A at the recent Iowa High School State Track Meet. Fritz, a senior, competed in four events at this year's meet, finishing third in the 400 Meters in a school record time of 49.4, and anchoring three champonship relay teams - the Distance Medley, the 4 x 800 and the 4 x 400, all of which set new school records. Alta-Aurelia finished second in the Team Standings behind champion Lisbon...

ALTA - Alta-Aurelia girls' golf coach LeAnn Patton has been named the Class 2A Iowa Girls' Golf Coach of the Year. Patton's Alta-Aurelia team won every meet and tournament in which they played this season, en route to winning the Class 2A State Tournament in Ames last week by a 27 stroke margin...

The Cherokee Washington High softball team swept three recent opponents, beating Alta-Aurelia 8-5, and Sioux Central 3-2 in entertaining games at Saturday's Cherokee Tournament, and then traveled to Storm Lake to upend the Tordadoes 5-1 in Lakes Conference action...

Brent and Crystal Renken of Sutherland are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, born on June 4, 2015. Kinsley Kay Ann Renken was born at 12:23 p.m., weighed 7 lb. 12 oz., measured 21 1/2 inches, and she was welcomed home by her brother Bradyn and sister Jadyn...

John L. Perrett of Quimby, 82, passed away Friday, June 5, 2015, at Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 10th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Quimby United Methodist Church, with Pastor Barb Dinelli officiating, and burial will be in Grandview Cemetery at Quimby. ...

Fredric "Fred" J. Sauter of Madrid, Iowa, 76, a Cherokee native, passed away from the love of family and friends on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, after losing his five-year battle with cancer. In agreement with his wishes, cremation rites have been accorded. ...

This Friday's Chamber Coffee, at 9:30 a.m., will be hosted by the VFW.

The Pioneer Cemetery in Spring Township in the northeast corner of Cherokee County is not the official Spring Township Cemetery, so there have been no funds for upkeep, and it was in deplorable condition from years of neglect. Members of the 4H Science and Technology Club (the group that has put in impressive performances in Lego League competitions as the Legonados) decided to take on the rehabilitation of the cemetery. ...

This is it - the weekend for Cleghorn's Quasquicentennial celebration! The opening ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. on Friday under the big tent. Mayor Mick Wetherell will give the Welcome, and Master of Ceremonies Jim Thomson will then make any announcements that need to be made. Bob Blair will then give the invocation, and American Legion Post #486 will raise the flag and lead the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance...

The proposed Western Iowa Tech Community College's wind turbine designed to serve as an outdoor classroom for WITCC's Wind Energy Program now located in Cherokee is in the process of being installed, despite the objections of a few neighboring residential property owners...