Stories from Monday, July 6, 2015

Cuba may or may not move toward democracy when the octogenarian Castro brothers die. That is a matter of importance to the people of Cuba, but has little impact in the United States. Cuba has not posed a threat to our national security for about five decades...

Post- season play begins this week for Iowa high school baseball and softball players. Below are the tournament schedules for the teams in the Chronicle Times coverage area: In Class 1A, River Valley will be playing in Region 1, and their first game will be this Wednesday, July 8th , when they will host the winner of tonight's game between Harris-Lake Park and Storm Lake St. ...

LAWTON - The Ridge View softball team continues to improve and prepare themselves for the post-season as the regular season nears the end. The Raptors traveled to Lawton to compete in the Western Valley Conference Tournament Wednesday as they played a very talented Lawton-Bronson team...

The Alta-Aurelia softball team continued their good play as the season winds down, winning four of five games they played last week. The Warriors began the week with an 11-2 Twin Lakes Conference win at Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire on Friday June 26th, as senior hurler Jenna Snyder pitched the full seven innings, giving up two earned runs on six hits, while walking two and striking out four. ...

The Alta-Aurelia baseball team rebounded after a couple of tournament losses to improve their season record to 19-8 heading into the last week of the regular season. On Friday June 26th, the Warriors won a Twin Lakes Conference game at Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire by a 7-4 score, scoring five runs in the first two innings and tacking on two insurance runs in the top of the 7th. ...

Funeral services for Nancy L. Statler of Cherokee,75, who passed away Tuesday evening, June 30, 2015 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8th, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Pastor Jean Morse will officiate and burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee...

Joel and Mary Beth Ehrig of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on June 29, 2015. Lucy Mary Catherine Ehrig was born at 11:09 p.m., weighed 8 lb. 15 oz., and measured 21 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big brother, Nash, and her grandparents are Mary and Larry Pigott and Tony and JoAnn Ehrig...

Colton and Paige Kennebeck of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, born on June 30, 2015. RosaLynn Ruth Elizabeth Kennebeck was born at 12:54 p.m., weighed 6 lb. 11 oz. and measured 20 inches long. She was welcomed home by her brothers, Ryan and Jayson Kennebeck and her big sister, Novahann Kennebeck. Grandparents are Bill and Deb Kennebeck and Harley and Jen Roosen...

The Cherokee County American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life is scheduled for Friday, July 31 at Gillette Park in Cherokee. A special part of the Relay for Life is the luminary ceremony at dusk featuring lighted candles inside luminary bags illuminating the walking path. Each bag carries a message of remembrance, a prayer of thanks, or words of hope...

Recently, Invenergy Director of Communications Alissa Krinsky said, "Invenergy will host a public meeting regarding our proposed O'Brien County Wind Energy Project, with our development team leaders-Dani Zimmermann (Project Manager) and Kevin Parzyck (Vice President of Development)-in attendance and available to answer questions from local residents...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 7, at 5:15 p.m. in the south room on the ground floor of the Cherokee Depot, located at 119 South Fourth Street. FEMA provides grants to States and local governments to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures after a major disaster declaration intended to reduce loss of life and property damage resulting from natural disasters. ...

Mike Huckabee, Republican candidate for president, brought a message of social conservatism, economic populism, and an aggressive military policy to a town hall style meeting at the VFW in Cherokee on Wednesday, July 1. Huckabee is a former governor of Arkansas and former talk show host who came in first place during the 2008 Iowa GOP caucuses, both in caucus night polling and eventual Iowa delegate allocation to the Republican National Convention...