Stories from Thursday, December 24, 2015

An ordinance repealing Section 11 of Ordinance Number 57 of the revised ordinances of the city of Cherokee, providing for the licensing and regulating of designated vocations or callings, was repealed by the city council at a meeting held Wednesday night, and a substitute enacted...

With all of the travel and activities of the holiday season, it becomes even more important for people to keep safety as a top priority. Make sure gifts for children are age appropriate regarding how they need to be operated safely. Children should be secured properly during trips...

Imagine all the presidential candidates realizing that they have more in common than differences regarding Middle East foreign policy. Imagine a brainstorming session where the candidates contribute various elements to one glorious American Doctrine of Middle East Intervention...

A crowd pleasing band out of Des Moines will return to Cherokee for the 2016 Cherokee Jazz & Blues Festival. Abby Normal will be hosting the Jam Session from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Gathering Place, and they will return to the Gathering Place that evening for a performance during the Pub Crawl from 8 to 11 p.m...

There are some new faces in Cherokee city government this year, as some city employees have retired from their positions. Some of the new faces are actually familiar faces with new responsibilities. Diane Cargin, a 20-year city employee, was appointed by the Cherokee City Council at the Dec. 22 meeting to the position of city clerk/treasurer, taking over from Deb Taylor, who is retiring after 39 years...

At the Cherokee City Council meeting Tuesday, Cherokee Police Chief Nate James and Public Works Director Armond Rider addressed the confusion some people have regarding tickets issued for cars parked on the street after a snow storm. Often, after the snow plows have cleared a lane for traffic, people assume that it is OK to park on the street...

A visit from Santa Claus made Christmas merry for the boys and girls in Tricia Vannatta's ECLC class in Cherokee last week.

PAULLINA - The South O'Brien boys suffered their first loss of the season Monday in a War Eagle Conference basketball matchup with Remsen St. Mary's, falling 63-54. Coach Kiley Yates' Wolverines were 7-0 and rated 8th in the state in Class 1A prior to the game. South O'Brien held a seven point lead at the end of the first quarter, but RSM outscored the Wolverines in each of the final three quarters...

The South O'Brien boys scored a couple of impressive wins on the basketball court last weekend, winning a War Eagle Conference matchup against Harris-Lake Park at Paullina on Friday, then traveling to Sibley to Saturday to take on Sibley-Ocheydan in a non-conference game...

MARCUS - In their final games before the Christmas break, the Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn basketball teams hosted Harris-Lake Park in a War Eagle Conference doubleheader Tuesday. In the opener, the Lady Eagles got out to a 21-2 lead at the end of the first quarter and cruised to a 55-36 win for their seventh win without a loss. ...

Zach and Anna Beversdorf of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their twins, a boy and a girl, who were born on December 17, 2015. Madelyn Genelle Beversdorf was born at 8:35 a.m., weighed 6 lb. 5 oz. and measured 18 1/2 inches long, and her brother William Zachary Beversdorf was born at 8:36 a.m., weighed 6 lb. ...

4. Treynor 5. Northeast, Goose Lake 6. Pella Christian 7. Durant 8. Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 9. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 10. Pocahontas Area Others receiving votes: Ridge View, Anamosa, Aplington-Parkersburg, Sioux Center, MFL-Mar-Mac, PCM, Monroe, Monticello, Garner-Hayfield/Ventura, Des Moines Christian, Shenandoah, Interstate 35, Truro...

EMMETSBURG - An 0-6 Emmetsburg boys basketball team won its first game of the season here Tuesday night with a 61-44 Lakes Conference win over the enigmatic Cherokee Braves. Flatter than a Dutch pancake after Friday's big win over archrival Storm Lake, the Braves trailed 25-21 at halftime to let the E-Hawks stay alive, and then were outscored 36-23 in the second half to allow Emmetsburg to post one in the "win" column...

EMMETSBURG - Kaely Hummel's 23 points paced the undefeated (7-0) Cherokee Washington High girls to a decisive 62-29 Lakes Conference basketball victory over Emmetsburg here Tuesday night, sending both teams into the Christmas break. The 7th ranked WHS girls led 46-18 at halftime yo get up and away from the E-Hawks and then went on a 14-5 scoring run in the third qiarter to seal the deal early...

In clarification of the article in the Dec. 21 Chronicle Times about the Simon Estes concert coming to Cherokee in April, the tickets will not go on sale until March. For further information, contact Jim Adamson at 712-229-9502.

Cherokee senior Chelsea Cave, flanked by her parents David Cave and Jeanne Cave, has signed a letter of intent to run cross country at Iowa Lakes Community College. Back, Iowa Lakes coach David Peterson and Cherokee cross country coach Matt Hoskinson. Photo contributed...