Stories from Friday, December 18, 2015

Good old St. Nick recently dropped by the Quimby Public Library to visit and while he was there, he gave each of the children there a book as an early Christmas present.

At Tuesday's monthly meeting, the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors heard a report from the Cherokee County Library Association on the services provided by the county's six public libraries. Marcus Library director Beth Kingdon served as the group's spokesperson, and several other library directors and board members were also present. ...

Eight Washington High School band students were chosen by Drake University to play in their honor band on Dec. 5. Pictured are: front row - Claire Conley, Alexa Timmerman, Samantha Conley and Kinsey Voss; middle - Daniel Liebsack and Dusty Wright; back - Mason Timmerman and Glenn Zimmer...

The Cherokee Washington High School music students performed at concert of Christmas favorites at their annual Holiday Concert in the WHS Auditorium on Monday,

1.Hull Western Christian; 2. Treynor; 3. Cascade,Western Dubuque; 4. Pella Christian; 5. Dike-New Hartford; 6. Northeast, Goose Lake; 7. KuemperCatholic, Carroll; 8. Sioux Center; 9. Camanche; 10. Interstate 35, Truro 1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck; 2. West Hancock, Britt; 3. Boyden-Hull; 4. Danville ; 5. Colo-Nesco; 6. IKM-Manning; 7 (tie) West Fork, Sheffield, Jesup; 9. South O'Brien; 10. Iowa Mennonite, Kalona...

SIBLEY - The Ridge View and Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn wrestling team traveled to Sibley on Saturday to compete in the 6- team Sibley-Ocheyedan Wrestling Invitational. Host Sibley-Ocheyedan won the team title with 280 points, followed by Graettinger-Terril, 238; Hinton, 211; MOC-FV, 182; Ridge View, 106; and Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn, 54...

GRAETTINGER - The Alta-Aurelia wrestlers competed in a double dual against Sioux Central and host Graettinger-Terrl/Ruthven-Ayrshire Tuesday, and the Warriors beat Sioux Central and lost to GTRA. 195: Nick Gaes (A) over Zach Petersen by fall in 0:53; 220: Nate Harris (GTRA) over Ben Kearney by fall in 0:32; 285: Trenton Miller (A) won by forfeit; 106: Hunter Naig (GTRA) won by forfeit; 113: Lucas Hoffman (GTRA) over Sam Sherkenbach by fall in 1:43; 120: Brett Triggs (GTRA) won by forfeit; 126: Bret Sherkenbach (A) over Cody Marlow by technical fall, 18-2, in 4:12; 132: Kolton Roth (GTRA) over Colten Larson by decision, 8-3; 138: Alex Hoffman (GTRA) over Tyler Gaes by fall in 1:18; 145: Beau Schany (GTRA) over Chris Langner by fall in 2:45; 152: Skylar Solko (A) won by forfeit; 160: Carter Murray (GTRA) over Geordi Escobar by fall in 0:57; 170: Blake Miller (GTRA) over Collin Johnson by decision, 9-7; 182: Tyler Hoffman (GTRA) won by forfeit. ...

AKRON - Alta-Aurelia competed in the Westerner Invitational wrestling tournament here on Saturday, and though the Warriors were missing a few of their normal starters due to ACT testing, Coach Mike Fry felt his wrestlers got some good competition against wrestlers representing schools from three different states...

KINGSLEY - The Alta-Aurelia girls couldn't keep up with a Kingsley-Pierson team that scored 20 or more points in each of the first three quarters here Monday night, and the Warriors wound up on the short end of a 77-47 non-conference basketball contest...

MAPLETON - The Cherokee Braves placed third in the team standings at Saturday's MVAO Kingsbury Wrestling Invitational here, won by Pocahontas Area. West Monona finished second in the team race, followed by Cherokee, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, Southest Valley, Denison-Schleswig, Manson NW Webster, Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto, Tri Center, Sioux City Heelan, and East Sac County...

MARCUS - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn girls built a six point lead over Hinton in their War Eagle Conference basketball game on Friday and held on for a 54-47 win over the Blackhawks. Sarah Dreckman scored 17 points to lead MMC, and she was joined in double figure scoring by Brooklyn Treinen and AshleyHurd, who each netted 13 points.Emily Moser and Rachel Meehan led the Eagles on the boards with nine and seven rebounds apiece, respectively...

LAKE PARK - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn boys jumped out to a big first quarter lead over Harris-Lake Park in War Eagle Conference basketball action here Tuesday, but the Wolves came back in the 2nd quarter to make a game of it, then the teams battled on very even ground in the last half before MMC came out on top, 57-54...

ORANGE CITY - The South O'Brien and Unity Christian boys started off their basketball game Tuesday with a high-scoring first quarter and SOS had a 21-16 lead going into the second quarter. Things really slowed down at that point, though, as the teams scored a combined five points in the sceond quarter,...

LE MARS - The Le Mars Bulldogs broke from a tight 13-11 lead in the first quarter with a 26-5 scoring spurt in the second period on the way to a convincing 76-34 Lakes Conference boys basketball win over Cherokee's Braves here Tuesday night. Cherokee had just two players hit double figures, with Trey Valentine tallying 11 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Braves in both categories for a double-double performance. ...

LE MARS - The 5-0, 7th ranked Cherokee Washington High girls basketball team withstood a gritty Le Mars club's limiting defensive effort to record a 55-44 Lakes Conference basketball victory here Tuesday night. Cherokee shot just 37 percent from the field, sinking 17-45 shots and converted 17-24 free throws, including 7-8 from freshman guard Payton Slaughter...

ALTA - The Alta and Aurelia school boards met here Monday for their regular monthly meeting. Matt Gillaspie, a representative from Piper Jaffray, presented the board with a review of the Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL), a fund school districts use for funding these items...

Mrs. Santa will be at the Cherokee Library on Dec. 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. Parents are invited to bring cameras to get photos of the kids with Mrs. Santa. There will also be face painting and a take home treat.

Depot Renovation, Inc. will host its annual Christmas Bake Sale at the Cherokee Depot on Saturday, Dec. 19, from 9 a.m. till Noon. Volunteer bakers are invited to donate their own baked items to the depot group for sale to help raise funds for ongoing rehabilitation of the depot...

When the repeal of the mulet law becomes effective one week from Saturday, 825 saloons in Iowa are expected to end their business career. Of this number, ninety-six are in this corner of the state. Woodbury county has 47, all in Sioux City. Webster county has 15, all in Fort Dodge. Plymouth county has 4, all in LeMars. Osceola has 3; Ida 5; Crawford, 12; and Carroll, 10...

The holidays can be a hectic time and a time of pressure. A person needs to carve out some down time from all the demands of the season. Bear in mind that what may seem to be a major crisis now becomes inconsequential over time. Also bear in mind that everything doesn't have to be perfect. It never is...

The primal, chest-thumping dominance displays by the current candidates for U.S. president are incredibly juvenile. Their fear mongering not only disheartens Americans, it strengthens our enemies, promoting the infidels vs. Muslims narrative used to recruit culturally isolated individuals to the cause of radical Islam...

According to the Sanford Museum and Planetarium, the Winter Solstice begins at 10:48 p.m. Central Standard Time on Monday, December 21. From that date on, days will become longer until the Summer Solstice in June.

Roy D, Howard of Cherokee, 65, passed away Wednesday, December 16th, 2015 at his home in Cherokee surrounded by his family. Prayer service and Masonic service will be held Wednesday, December 23rd, at 7:30 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, with Pastor Tom Lewis officiating. ...

Leona Moret of Washta, 87, passed away Tuesday evening, December 15th, at the Correctionville Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 19th,at 10:30 a.m. at the Washta United Methodist Church, with Pastor Barb Dinelli officiating. ...

Jeffrey Lee "Hoot" Glouser of Cherokee, 60 , passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 21, 2015, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee, with Mark Leeds officiating, and burial will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee...