Stories from Monday, February 22, 2016

It appears that the Cherokee School Board will likely end the week-long spring break in the school calendar that has been something of a tradition. Comments were made on the subject during discussion of options for the 2016-17 school year calendar. The majority of staff like the spring break but a majority of parents, especially parents of elementary age children, find the break inconvenient...

Some of you know us and some of you don't. It's a bit of an alphabet soup and gets confusing. Let's start with CAEDC, which stands for Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation. CAEDC is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to retain and attract business, agriculture and residents to Cherokee County. ...

Monté Morris is known for handing out assists on the basketball floor. But when it came time to lend a helping hand to his hometown, he was happy to get an assist of his own. The Iowa State University point guard, a native of Flint, Michigan, was in Ames, Iowa, Thursday to help Hy-Vee officials dispatch 11 semitrailers of donated drinking water to the folks in Flint, where widespread water contamination has caused a public health crisis...

Sermons A la Carte is held at Memorial Presbyterian Church, 127 East Willow Street in Cherokee each Wednesday during Lent. Sermons A La Carte consists of a brief sermon at 12 noon, followed at approximately 12:30 p.m. by a lunch, which costs $3. The lunch is provided and served by members of area churches.The churches serving lunch this week will be St. Paul United Methodist, Quimby Methodist and Washta Methodist...

As a result of a suggestion by the School Improvement Advisory Committee, a survey was taken to determine how Cherokee school district residents feel about a potential name change for the high school and elementary school, making those names consistent with the Cherokee Middle School...

The 21st Annual Cherokee County Recognition Banquet, sponsored by Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation (CAEDC), will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2016. The Recognition Banquet provides the opportunity to recognize the contributions of individuals and businesses toward making Cherokee County a great place to live, work and play. It is also an enjoyable evening to spend time with good friends, make some new friends and celebrate all of the good things happening in the area...

Every Wednesday evening during Lent at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, "The Lord's Supper Live" throughout the Lenten Season.

MidAmerican Energy Company (MEC) has announced that it had recently commissioned the Highland Wind Farm in O'Brien County and an Adams County wind farm. MEC said wrapping up these two major projects added more that 1,200 megawatts (MW) of wind generation capacity for customers...

PAULLINA - Woodbury Central grabbed a 10 point lead in the first quarter of their Class 1A Disrtict game with Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn here Thursday, and the Eagles were never able to overcome that, falling to the Wildcats by a final score of 61-56...

PAULLINA - The South O'Brien boys had an easy time of it Thursday in their Class 1A quarterfinal District Tournament game with Kingsley-Pierson, cruising to a 75-45 win over the Panthers. Four Wolverine players scored in double figures, withKyle Paulsen topping the list with his 22 point output. ...

DES MOINES - Six area wrestlers dropped their first two matches on opening day Thursday to end their run at the 2015-16 Iowa State Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Competing in Class 2A were Cherokee's Tyler Zeimen (160 pounds) and Mason Meitzenheimer (195), and Sheldon-South O'Brien's Luke Jenness (170)...

CARROLL - The Ridge View boys basketball squad improved their record to 18-2 Thursday with a tight 53-50 win over AHSTW of Avoca in Class 2A District Tournament play at Kuemper Catholic. Garret Lamp led four Raptors in double figures with 15 points while Ryan Currie scored 11 and Braden Else 10...