Stories from Monday, October 26, 2015

Peggy J. McClintock Luhring of Milford and Spirit Lake, 84, formerly of Washta, passed away Thursday morning, October 22, 2015 in the Hawkeye Care Center in Milford. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 27th, at 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Spirit Lake, with Rev. ...

Visitation for Lois McCabe of Freeland, Washington, 97, formerly of Aurelia, will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, from 2:-3:30 p.m. at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia. Inurnment will follow at the St. Mary's Cemetery in Storm Lake at 4 p.m. Lois died October 14, 2015 in Freeland, Washington...

The Cherokee Fire Department was called out to the walking path trestle bridge in Cherokee at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday Oct. 22. A fire had started damaging some planks on the walking area of the bridge. Planks were removed, and the the bridge has been temporarily closed to foot traffic...

Will inevitable setbacks in the Trump campaign cause him to become too offensive even for his offense-accepting supporters? For months now, Trump has been riding a wave of being at the top of the polls among GOP presidential candidates nationwide and in early contest states. His support grew stronger when he lashed out at critics with insulting remarks...

The month of October is almost over, and that signals that the 16th annual Friends of the Library Holiday Book Basket project is just around the corner. The Friends of the Library is an organization committed to assisting the Cherokee Library in purchasing items necessary to enhance the library services in our community. ...

Three Cherokee Middle School band students, all eighth graders, have been selected to participate in the 47th annual Northwest Iowa Junior High/Middle School Honor Bands Festival. On Saturday Oct. 17, over 300 seventh and eighth grade band students from 43 Northwest Iowa schools auditioned for a position in two honor bands...

Jillian Galloway has moved to a new location to establish a dance studio, and will start classes on Nov. 1 at the lower level of the St. Paul's United Methodist Church annex in Cherokee (entrance in the alley). The previous location described in an article in the July 1 Chronicle Times didn't work out...

The Gardens in Cherokee has been recognized as a 2015 recipient of the Bronze -- Commitment to Quality Award for its dedication to improving the lives of residents through quality care. The award is the first of three distinctions possible through the National Quality Award Program, presented by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). ...

A Blue Star Memorial at the north end of Cherokee is missing. The metal sign, honoring America's armed force,s apparently was broken off. The sign was erected in a landscaped area just east of Highway 59, just south of the intersection with Highway 3, as the result of a fundraising effort of the VFW and VFW Auxiliary...

HAWARDEN - The Alta-Aurelia varsity girls Cross Country team finished in third place at Thursday's Class 1A District Cross Country Meet here to earn a spot at Saturday's State Meet in Fort Dodge. Alta-Aurelia scored 83 team points to trail champion Fort Dodge St. ...

HAWARDEN - No area Boys' teams qualified for the State Cross Country at Thursday's Class 1A District Meet here, but two runners from South O'Brien, Ben Aberson and Peyton Brasser, qualified as individuals. Aberson, a senior, finished in 4th place among 138 runners with his time of 17:35.65 over the 5k course , and Brasser, a sophomore, was 14th individually, turning in a time of 17:41.66. The pair will run in the State Meet at Fort Dodge on Saturday October 31st...

Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn (7-0) sought an undefeated regular season with a tough encounter at West Bend-Mallard (4-3) Friday night in 8-player football action. Also in 8-player action, River Valley (0-9) hosted Ar-We-Va Westside (6-2) in Correctionville...

ORANGE CITY - The Cherokee Washington High cross country teams competed in last week's Class 2A District Meet here, but no results were made available to the Chronicle Times by Friday's press time. Read all about the Cherokee teams' efforts in Wednesday's Chronicle Times...

High team game, Maple Lanes Bowl, 1011. High team series, Klein Shelling, 2831. High game, Matt Wurth, 278. High series, Ken Wurth, 762. 200 CLUB Russ Delperdang, 243, 202; Matt Wurth, 278; Justin Ruden, 207; Pat Wurth, 265, 203, 212; Mike Matgen, 201; Ben Klein, 208; Travis Hansen, 205; Ken Wurth, 258, 258, 246; Mark Nacke, 229, 203; Ryan Petzoldt, 224; Dave Ahlers, 222; Brian Howeth, 209...

SIOUX CITY-The Storm Lake High School Girls' Swim Team ended their regular season with a pair of dual meet wins at Sioux City North High School October 20th. In their third dual of the season with Spencer, with each team having won once, the Tornadoes swam well and came away with the win. The final score was 51 to 40. The score versus Metro was 58 to 33, and Spencer beat Metro by the same score. This gives the Tornadoes a final dual meet record of 11-1 this season...