Stories from Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Alex DeRoos, son of Louie and Sherry DeRoos of Aurelia, sealed up his title as the Four- time District champion at the AAU District Wrestling Tournament in Spencer recently. Alex is a 7th grader who wrestled in a 7th and 8th grade bracket. He is now on the District One team and competed for the individual state title on the 27th and 28th of February. He will also compete with the team on the 12th of March in Indianola...

The Alta-Aurelia boys basketball team, which finished tied for 5th in the Twin Lakes Conference team standings with a 5-5 conference record (10-11 overall) had three of its players singled out for post-season honors. Senior Josh McCormick was selected for the second team All Conference, and junior Ryan Radke and sophomore Carson Kruger were both Third Team selections...

Family and fans of Cherokee heavyweight Charlie Wych celebrated his exciting win by fall in the wrestle-back at the recent Class 2A Sectional Wrestling Tournament.

Team managers and Cherokee girls basketball coaches Heath Hagberg, Brandon Slaughter, and Julie Paulsen prepare before the Class 3A State Basketball Tournament game in Des Moines Thursday afternoon. Cherokee beat Osage 72-67 in a thriller and plays #1 Pocahontas Area in the Class 3A seminfinals at 5 p.m. Thursday. Read all about it in Friday's Chronicle Times. Photo contributed...

LE MARS - The gritty South O'Brien boys stayed the course against a tough Central Lyon team on the way to a hard-fought 62-50 District basketball final victory here Saturday night to earn a berth in the Class 1A State Basketball Tournament next week in Des Moines...

The three leading Republican presidential candidates have all proposed tax plans with enormous tax breaks for those who need them least - elimination of the estate tax, massive reductions in corporate taxes, and unspecified reductions in domestic spending...

We are making the BIG PUSH to spring! Though we will inevitably have some more winter weather (moan, groan), we are reaping the benefits of a slightly warmer days. No more having the breath sucked out of our lungs as we step outside! I have so much planned this month for the spring break. For the entire week that the children are off from school we have something for them to do when they join us...

One of my very favorite places to visit is the Morton Arboretum in the far western suburbs of Chicago. It was founded by Joy Morton of the Morton Salt Company, the son of Julius Sterling Morton, who was the founder of Arbor Day. To me, there are few things more beautiful than a tree...

Eleanor M. Lundell of Paullina, 94 , passed away Monday morning, February 29, 2016 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 5th, at 2 p.m. at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, north of Meriden,with Rev. ...

Randall L. "Randy" Bruning of Quimby, 60, passed away Sunday evening, February 28, 2016 at his son's residence in Holstein. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 5th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Quimby Community Center. Randy's remains were cremated, and there will be no visitation. ...

John R. "Jack" Simonsen of Quimby, 71, passed away Monday morning, February 29, 2016 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Private family services will be held at a later date. Jack's remains were cremated. There will be no visitation. ...

This week's Chamber Coffee will be hosted by the Wa-Tan-Ye service organization at Danny's Sports Spot, 1013 S. 2nd Street, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Cherokee County Sheriff Dave Scott will not be seeking re-election when the office comes up for election in November. His term of offices expires at the end of the current calendar year. Scott has served in law enforcement for about 27 years, first working at the Marcus Police Department. He worked part-time with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department before being hired as a full-time deputy...

Candidates for county, state and federal offices will be seeking office this year, with primary elections taking place on June 7 and the general election taking place on Nov. 8. The filing dates for inclusion in the primary for state and federal offices is between Feb. 29 and March 18. Filing for county offices takes place between March 7 and March 30...

Community members gathered in the Washington High School gym on Monday evening to cheer on the WHS Girls Basketball team before their departure for the state tournament in Des Moines.

March 1- Charles Hill of Meriden March 2 - Walt Gordon of Meriden

The Little Sioux River watershed is dense with some of the most important archaeological sites in Iowa. Most of the sites are located on private property. Of the 250 recorded sites on the Little Sioux River, only three percent have been professionally surveyed...

DES MOINES - Forty dance teams qualified for the State Basketball Tournament after days, weeks and months of practice. Another championship caliber team that will show its talent Friday and Saturday nights has practiced for just a few hours. That team is the All-Iowa Honor Dance, which has become a tradition at the Girls State Basketball Tournament...

ROCKWELL CITY - Pocahontas Area / Laurens-Marathon won the Twin Lakes Conference season wrestling championship, posting an 8-0 record in conference duals and a 21-5 overall mark. Their coach, Tony Johnson, was also selected as the TLC wrestling Coach of the Year...

The Cherokee Knights of Columbus hosted its second Fish Fry of this Lenten season in the basement of the VFW on Friday .

Eleanor Paschal of Cherokee, age 82, passed away Monday, February 29, 2016, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 4th, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Jean Morse officiating. There will be no visitation. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee...