Stories from Wednesday, March 30, 2016

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office will be hosting a come and go open house at the newly renovated Law Enforcement Center on Friday, April 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturday, April 9 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Visitors will be able to see the sheriff's offices, jail and communication center that have undergone major equipment and design changes...

The Cherokee/Ida DEC Alliance announces that they will be having a DEC Glow 5k 'Light the Night' run on Friday, April 22, at 8:30 p.m. This is the second glow run in Cherokee, with a goal of a turn out like the first event. The fun run/walk will take place at the MHI grounds in Cherokee. ...

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors approved a quote of $9,718,85 from Century Link for moving a pole as part of the renovation project at the Law Enforcement Center. The replacement of the phone line pole will require boring under the street to connect to another pole...

March 29 - Tony Steward of Cleghorn March 30 - Bobby Day of Cherokee

VERMILLION, So. Dak. - The Norm Heeren Invitational Indoor Track Meet was run at the Dakota Dome here last Wednesday. Cherokee Washington was among the teams invited, but the Braves were only able to send five athletes due to the Spring Break/Easter Break...

A tiresome knee jerk criticism of President Obama resulted from the president's attending a baseball game in Cuba immediately after learning of the terrorist attacks in Belgium. Supposedly, he should have immediately flown back to the U.S. to deal with the situation, but Obama proved he could walk and chew gum at the same time, or rather conduct diplomacy and fight terrorism at the same time...

Since all the kiddies are back to school this week, the library is just not the same without them. It was so nice having the children coming to all our programs. There was an activity each day, and something for everyone. We set up an impromptu Lego afternoon for those children that came by with hopes that we would have a Lego get together...