Stories from Friday, October 16, 2015

A deteriorating sidewalk at the corner of S. Second St. (Hwy. 59) and Maple St. in Cherokee could eventually collapse and fall into an eight-foot deep void unless the void is filled and the sidewalk replaced, according to information presented at the Oct. 13 Cherokee City Council meeting...

LAURENS - Alta-Aurelia volleyball coach Jeannie Henningsen said her team "played very well tonight right from the first point to the last," as they won all three of their pool play matches here Tuesday in the Twin Lakes Conference Volleyball Tournament...

With Iowa High School state playoff implications to the fore, the 5-2 Cherokee Braves host 4-3 Okoboji in Class 2A District football action in Cherokee tonight for the Braves' last regulalry-scheduled home game. In 8-player football action, #4 Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn (7-0) hosts Remsen St. Mary's (3-4), and River Valley (0-8) hosts West Harrison (0-7); Alta-Aurelia (1-6) plays at Le Mars Gehlen (0-7); Ridge View (6-1) hosts West Lyon (5-2); and South O'Brien (3-4) hosts Woodbury Central (3-4)...

LE MARS - Although playing tough throughout the match, the Cherokee Washington High volleyball team could not muster what it took to defeat a strong Le Mars club here Tuesday night, falling 3-0, by game scores of 21-25, 25-27, 17-25. Alexia Gerdes paced the Cherokee hitters with 33-40 and 23 kills, followed by Kaely Hummel 19-25 and 13 kills, Chandler Hohbach 16-16 and four kills, Olivia Dagel 7-7 and four kills, and Lindsay Williams 7-7...

Business Plan use grew dramatically in the beginning of the dot.com era. They were submitted primarily to venture capitalists. Lending institutions necessarily have always required documentation that a potential borrower would be able to repay the loan. ...

The U.S. Congress recently supplemented the nation's meager highway funds through the sale of 101 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. One-time funding sources for the Department of Transportation have been tapped in the past and are being considered for the future...

ALTA - At Monday evening's monthly Joint School Board Meeting, both the Alta and Aurelia School Districts had some good news to report. The Buena Vista Community Theater, which has had a partnership with the Alta school for 25 years allowing them the use of the school-owned Roxy Theater in downtown Alta, presented the Alta District with a check for $3,000 at Monday's meeting, representing 50% of the theater group's profits from last summer's successful performance of 'The Wizard of Oz' at the Roxy.. ...

Residents living on or near Section Street in Marcus appeared before the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors once again at their Oct. 13 meeting to once again address the issue of dust created primarily by truck traffic on the road heading to and from the Little Sioux Corn Processors (LSCP) ethanol plant...

Jerry D. Niemeier of Cherokee, 65, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2015 at his home in Cherokee. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee.

The crew at the Grand Meadow Heritage Center Haunted House has been getting ready for a particularly scary Hallowe'en Season this year, the 10th anniversary of the fund raising event for the historic site in southwestern Cherokee County. Because of its increased popularity each year, there will be two haunted houses in operation this year, with visitors having a choice of either one. ...

The Brightside Lounge in Cherokee recently raised $1,400 at its Charity Golf Tournament at the Cherokee Golf Course. This year's recipients were the Needy Children Auction, Toys For Tots and Puppy Jake Foundation, a new recipient this year. Brightside Lounge donated $700 to Puppy Jake, which provides dogs for military veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. ...

Steven and Steph Zarr of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born at 1:15 a.m. on October 12, 2015. Maverick John Robert Zarr weighed 7 lb. 14 oz., measured 21 1/2 inches long, and was welcomed home by his big brother, Jackson...

Chris and Lindsey Straus are the proud parents of a baby girl, born on October 12, 2015. Brailey Marie Straus was born at 6:02 p.m., weighed 8 lb. 11 oz., and measured 21 1/4 inches long. Her grandparents are Roger and Sheri Walter, Curt and Sherly Myott and Jim Straus...

Kyle and Molly Lundsgarrd of rural Aurelia are happy to announce the birth of their first child, a boy, who was born on October 9, 2015. Rhett Steven Lundsgaard was born at 5:39 p.m., weighed 7 lb. 6 oz., and measured 20 inches long. Rhett's grandparents are Dave and Arlene Alesch of Marcus and Steve and Mary Lundsgaard of Cherokee, and his great-grandmothers are Anne Alesch of Marcus, Erma Bush of Cleghorn, Jolene Lundsgaard of Cherokee and Betty Meylor of LeMars...

Amber Feierstein and Joseph Anderson of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their little boy on October 10, 2015. Malikye Eugene Phillips Anderson was born at 4:06 p.m., weighed 7 lb. 7 oz., and measured 19 inches long. Grandparents are Faith Morgan and Reed and Jennifer Feierstein, all of Cherokee, Sarah Urban of Sioux Rapids, and Shawn Anderson of Paullina...

LaVern E. Frank, 82, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Monday evening, October 12, 2015 at Saint Mary's Hospital at Rochester, Minnesota. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 16th, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Jon Riggert officiating, and burial will be in the Cedar Township Cemetery in rural Lytton, Iowa, with military rites by L.A. ...

LaMerne A. Marsh of Washta, 100, passed away, Wednesday evening, October 14, 2015 at the Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 17th at 10:30 a.m. at the Washta United Methodist Church, with Rev. Cris Decious officiating, and burial will be in the Sunset View Cemetery in Washta. ...

Compared to the ratings-centric gladiator spectacles that have characterized the televised Republican presidential candidate debates, both this season and during the 2011-12 political season, the CNN debate of Democrats on Oct. 13, moderated by Anderson Cooper, was conducted reasonably well...

The sewer contractors are still finding things underneath the streets of Cherokee. Some of these things people knew were there, and others seem to have been wholly forgotten. While the big traction machine was in operation on North Second street Tuesday forenoon, and just after it had gotten fairly into operation opposite the Cherokee Manufacturing company's plant, it severed a telephone cable that was buried a few feet beneath the surface. ...

Cherokee competed in the Sioux City Fall baseball league and played in the final four for the second consecutive year. The Cherokee team finished 3rd out of 18 teams, finishing with a 7 and 3 record, with all three losses by one run. Team members and coaches are pictured here...