Stories from Monday, February 29, 2016

Officials at Des Moines Roosevelt recently announced that they have created a new restroom at their school. The private restroom, formerly a staff restroom, is designed, it appears, for the use of transgender students so that they can avoid possible embarrassment and/or harm from other students...

Hillary Clinton has personally earned $11 million in 2014 and the first quarter of 2015 for 51 speeches to banks and other groups and industries. The public certainly has a right to be curious as to what was said during those speeches. Her response to a request to release transcripts of those speeches is that she will only do that if everyone else does, including the Republicans. ...

SIOUX CITY - The South O'Brien boys ran off a 19-0 run after Siouxland Community Christian scored the first basket of the game Thursday. The Wolverines then used a great defensive effort to stymie the Eagles' 3 point shooters as they rolled to a 58-33 victory in Class 1A Substate semifinal game played at Sioux City West High School...

HOLSTEIN - Ridge View High School will be presenting the play "Donovan's Daughters," by Shirley McNichels, at the Rosemary Clausen Center for Performing Arts in Holstein on Thursday March 10and Friday March 11. Performances each evening begin at 7:30 p.m...

The Cherokee City Council voted at their Feb. 23 meeting to limit the amount of vacation time that employees can roll over into a new year to no more than 120 hours, without formal approval by the council. On a similar matter, the council voted to buy out some of the vacation time accumulated by Police Chief Nate James and Police Sergeant Brett Gannon. ...

February 29 - Jerri Corken of Cherokee

Andy Carlson, Stephanie Zarr and Cindy Wilberding cut the red ribbon during a Cherokee Camber ribbon cutting and coffee on Feb. 26 at Exit Realty, 109 N. Second St.

Some 150 Farm Bureau leaders fanned out around the rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol Building recently. Pictured here, from left to right, are: David Fordyce, Cherokee Co. FB director, Adam Glienke, Cherokee Co. FB board president, Rep. Dan Huseman and Mark Shriver, O'Brien FB director,...

Cherokee Regional Medical Center President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) John Comstock will end an incomparable and accomplished 20-year career in Cherokee when he officially retires Tuesday, March 1. CRMC's Board of Directors and UnityPoint Health named Matt Johnson, DPT, MHA, as President and CEO effective Feb. 22, following a transition process...

On Wednesday, Feb. 17, parents of Roosevelt Elementary 3rd graders came to read with the students. Parents shared one of their favorite children's books and then played literacy games with the students.

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...

Boyd "Bud" Perrin of Cherokee, age 85, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. There wasl a public visitation on Sunday, February 28th at Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee, beginning at 1 p.m., with the family present from 2 until 4 p.m. ...

The Cherokee Washington High School girls take off from town today and hit the court for their first-round State Tournament game against Osage tomorrow afternoon, with a scheduled start time of 1:30 p.m.

Junior Trey Valentine was the lone Cherokee Brave named to the 2015-16 All-Lakes Conference boys basketball teams last week, earning a second-team berth. Cherokee senior Tyler Faist and junior Mason Pitts were nmed to the All-Lakes Honorable Mention list, and senior Adam Cedar earned All-Academic Honorable Mention...

Cherokee senior Kaely Hummel and freshman Payton Slaughter have earned All-Lakes Conference first team honors for the 2015-16 girls basketball season. In addidition, Cherokee junior Makenna Carver was named to the second team All-Lakes, and sophomore Paityn Hagberg and junior Olivia Dagel earned Honorbale Mention status. Hummel also was named All-Academic Lakes Conference...