Stories from Friday, December 11, 2015

Twila M. Klaschen of Washta, 81, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015 at her residence. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, December 14, 2015 at Meadow Star Methodist Church in rural Washta, with Rev. Len Garrison officiating, and burial will be at Grand Meadow Cemetery in rural Washta. Visitation at the Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley will be Sunday December 13 from 4- 7 p.m., with the family present from 5-7, and a prayer service will take place at 7 p.m...

The first fruits of the active campaign started here a few weeks ago for the erection of a government building was evidenced Saturday night when Postmaster Wiweke received the following telegram from Congressman Steele: "Have succeeded in getting treasury department to order inspector to Cherokee to negotiate further for a site. He will appear there soon. Please inform those interested."...

Lorrell L. Pingel of Jefferson City, Missouri, 64, passed away, Friday, December 4, 2015, at Golden Living Center in Jefferson City. Lorrell was born September 26, 1951, in Aurelia, Iowa, the son of the late Leonard and Verna (Roggow) Pingel. He was united in marriage to Kathleen Wava Bailey on April 3, 1971 in Aurelia...

Time Magazine's Person of the Year (called Man of the Year until 1999) has generated spirited discussions since Time named Charles Lindbergh as the first Man of the Year in 1927. The annual designation is not necessarily a choice on who is the best or most popular person of the year, but rather the person who most affected the world for good or bad...

Iowa is a concealed carry state with some restrictions. A person must obtain a permit to carry a concealed gun, requiring training as established by the state. We support both the ability of Iowans to obtain such a permit and the restrictions. Based on what we have been able to ascertain, the vast majority of Iowa gun owners, including those who carry concealed handguns, have used this privilege responsibly...

At the Dec. 8 meeting, the Cherokee City Council approved a resolution accepting the issuance of $800,000 general obligation capital loan notes. The notes will pay for street projects, along with related sewer, storm sewer and water line work that occurs at the same time...

Two new city employees were introduced at the Cherokee City Council meeting on Dec. 8. Sam Kooiker, the new city administrator, will take over his duties completely on Jan. 1. Right now, he is working with retiring administrator Don Eikmeier. Heidi Reising is a new officer on the Cherokee Police Department. She is already academy certified...

Comp board makes recommendations The Cherokee County Compensation Board met on Thursday and decided on increases for elected Cherokee County officials to be presented as a recommendation to the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors. According to state law, the supervisors can approve any portion of the recommended raise from 0 to 100 percent but cannot go over the amount proposed by the compensation board. ...

A group of Washington High School singers participated at the 20th Annual Tree of Lights ceremony for the Cherokee Regional Medical Center Hospice on December 8.

Stan Sitzmann had some help setting up for this Saturday's Needy Children's auction from his great-grandchildren, Mackenzie Harding and Tristin Harding (holding Stan's pet,Daisy). The annual auction to raise funds to buy clothes for needy children will take place on Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Bright Side Lounge in Cherokee...

Shilo Thatcher of Cherokee has received the WITCC TRIO-Student Support Services Achiever of the Month Award for December. This award recognizes Western Iowa Tech TRIO students for demonstrating qualities of leadership and citizenship while achieving collegiate academic success...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia boys defeated Sioux Central Tuesday in a Twin Lakes Conference basketball game here. Sophomore Carson Kruger had a great game off the dribble and found his midrange game, scoring 20 points and grabbing 11 rebounds, while Ryan Radke drove to the basket well and scored 15 points, including seven free throws, and Josh McCormick dished out seven assists and also scored nine points and pulled down eight rebounds. ...

The Alta-Aurelia varsity girls' basketball team remained unbeaten in the young season with a pair of road victories recently. On Friday, the Warriors traveled to Storm Lake for a Twin Lakes Conference game with St. Mary's, and an 8-point lead after one quarter held up as the Warriors won by that same eight point margin, 46-38. ...

HULL - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn varsity basketball teams took on Trinity Christian Tuesday in a girl-boy War Eagle Conference doubleheader, and the Eagles prevailed in both contests. The Lady Eagles outscored the Lady Tigers, 29-11, in the second and third quarters to account for their final 18 point margin of victory, 50-32...

HINTON - The South O'Brien boys came back from a five point deficit in the first quarter to close the gap to one at the half in their game against host Hinton on Tuesday. The Wolverines then took the lead in the 3rd quarter of a tight game, and they held on for a 61-56 non-conference win...

PAULLINA - The South O'Brien boys took a six point lead at the end of the first quarter of their basketball game with Sheldon on Saturday Dec, 5th, and they pretty much held it for the remainder of the game, pulling out a 50-45 win over the Orabs in a non-conference tilt here...

MANSON - Alta-Aurelia and Ridge View were among 12 schools competing at the Doug Wood Invitational here on Saturday December 5th, and Alta-Aurelia finished in 5th place in the team standings, with a team total of 154 points, while the Raptors took 7th place with 99 points...

Spirit Lake's boys went on a 24-10 scoring run in the second quarter and rode the scoring of senior stalwarts Billy Brown and Ryan Kriener to a resounding 80-46 Lakes Conference basketball win over Cherokee here Tuesday night. The Braves played hard throughout against the ranked Indians fortified with D-1 recruits Brown (6-3 to North Dakota)) and Kreiner (6-10 to (owa)...

The 11th-ranked Cherokee Washington High girls basketball team placed four players in double figures and withstood several scoring runs by 5th ranked Spirit Lake to register a hard-fought 72-61 Lakes Conference basketball victory here Tuesday night...

LAKE VIEW - The Ridge View Wrestling traveled to Lake View on Tuesday to take on East Sac, South Central Calhoun and Humboldt in dual matches,and the Raptors came away with one team victory and two losses. Ridge View took on East Sac in their first dual and came away with a 30-22 victory; in their second dual, Ridge View was defeated by South Central Calhoun, 57-12; and in their third dual, Ridge View was defeated by Humboldt, 63-12...