Stories from Friday, November 20, 2015

During WW II, warfare was an easily understood struggle over territory. There were front lines and progress could be measured as lines moved. There were guerrilla actions in enemy territory, but that was a minor part of the overall war effort. The same pattern held true during the Korean War...

Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn's Jake Hunter (23) and teammate Mitch Galles celebrate an Eagles' win during the 8-player Iowa State Football Playoffs in the UNI Dome. The undefeated Eagles (13-0) beat Gilbertville Don Bosco 57-52 in an offensive explosion Thursday to win the 8-player Championship, their second title in four years. Read all about it and see Championship photos in Monday's Chronicle Times. Photo contributed...

How would you like to win $1,000 this Christmas Season? The Cherokee Chamber of Commerce is once again selling Holiday Raffle Tickets. The cost is just $5 for each chance and only 1,000 tickets will be sold. Santa Claus will draw two lucky winners during the lighted Christmas Parade on Thursday, Dec. 3. Each winner will receive $1,000. $500 of that will be in cash and the other $500 will be in Cherokee Chamber Bucks, good at any Cherokee Chamber Business...

A business with a reputation for excellence throughout the Midwest is little known in Cherokee, the town where it is located. Diane Young, founder, owner and director of technical services at Foundation Analytical Laboratory in Cherokee, gave a presentation at the Sanford Museum recently to discuss how the business came into being and her philosophy about how a business should operate...

Cherokee's 17th Annual Wonderful World of Christmas Parade will be Thursday, Dec, 3 at 6 p.m. The parade will begin on Main Street on Courthouse Hill and will travel down Main Street, ending at Euclid Ave. You cab help the Cherokee Chamber select a local celebrity "Scrooge" to be grand marshal at this year's parade. ...

The Cherokee Washington High School Class of 1965 held a 50th Class Reunion at the Cherokee Country Club this fall, and a large number of class members attended. Back Row (left to right) - Shirley (Knutson) Radkte, Judy (Sleezer) Langholdt, Joe Smith, Julie (Conrad) Tolzin, Larry Schlicting, Rhonda (Crocker) Christensen, Pam (Torrey) Nordine, JoAnn (Bleakly) Bowman, Alan Patterson, Dan Salter, Linda (Johnson) Snow, John Ogilvy, Kay (Godfrey) Cruise. ...

Kelly Seablom and Dan Dirks of Pierson are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, Adilynn Jo Dirks, who was born at 7:30 a.m. on November 16, 2015. Adilynn weighed 6 lb. 1 oz. and measured 19 inches long, and her grandparents are Arlen and Julie Seablom of Pierson and Rick and Robin Dirks of Akron...

W L Remsen Avalon 42 14 Remsen Hardware 38 18 Remsen Country Club 34 22 Ruth's Cafe 22 34 Majeres Foodtown 8 48 High team game, Remsen Hardware, 746 High team series, Remsen Hardware, 2200...

Just the Tip 3, Block Party 0 Ludvigson Chiropractic 3, Set Pack 0 Ball Busters 3, A Team Divided 0 ICON Ag & Turf 2, Hits and Giggles 1 --- Team Jake's 2, We Showed Up 1 Team Jake's 3, TBD 0 TBD 2, FUeL 1 Mark Crop Ins. 3,Hwy 3 Huskies 0 Family Matters 3, Two Bump Chumps 0...

The biggest shopping season is upon us and we here at Cherokee Area Economic Development would like to encourage people to shop locally! Have you taken the time to stop in our local businesses and see just what they have to offer? You would be amazed by their unique offerings as well as the variety available. ...

Pundits and politicians need to take a deep breath following an emotionally charged incident such as the terrorist attack on Paris. It is the fervent hope of the terrorists that Americans and other western powers will overreact and confirm the narrative that the struggle is one in which the west attacks Muslims for being Muslim...

Cherokee Washington High School alumnus Jessica (Hunecke) Knippel was recently inducted into the Triton Athletic Hall of Fame at Iowa Central Community College during ceremonies at the Fort Dodge school. A 2006 Cherokee Washington High graduate, and a repeat All-Conference, All-State and All-District selection as a prep, Knippel was a four-year starter for Cherokee...

Miss Elizabeth Perkins of Des Moines gave one of her interesting and logical speeches on equal suffrage at the recent district meeting of the I. F. W. C. at Sac City. ' At the close of the splendid presentation of "Votes for Women," the club women of the Eleventh district unanimously and enthusiastically...