Stories from Friday, June 24, 2016

At their monthly meting Monday, the Cherokee School Board dealt with several issues concerning school personnel. The Board approved a 3% increase for union supported staff members for the 2016-2017 school year and they entered into an exempt session for the purpose of discussing collective bargaining issues and strategies...

Cherokee County Solid Waste Commission has received a $920 grant from the Iowa Community Assistance Pool (ICAP), the member's property and casualty coverage provider. ICAP was formed in 1986 as a group self-insurance program for Iowa public entities. The member-owned pool provides property and casualty coverage, risk-sharing facilities and risk management services to its members...

The final performances of two classic plays will be performed this weekend when the Cherokee Community Theatre presents 'Mary Poppins the Musical' and the Holstein Community Theatre does a female version of 'The Odd Couple (pictured). Photo contributed...

At Tuesday morning's weekly meeting of the Cherokee County Supervisors, representatives from EDF Renewable Energy were present to advise the Board of a project of theirs in Cherokee County which is in the developmental stage. The project is a wind farm near the city of Marcus, expected to have approximately 100 turbines, each one expected to have around two megawatts of power, for a total of roughly 200 megawatts for the entire project. ...

Rev. Eric and Kathryn Wright of Cherokee are pleased to announce the birth of their baby girl on June 18, 2016. Ava Grace Wright was born at 10:03 p.m., weighed 6 lb. 8 oz., and measured 19 inches long. Ava was welcomed home by her big brother William, and her grandparents are Henrietta Connor of New Albany, Indiana and Jim and Pat Wright of Marion...

Rolland Wayne Steinberg, 73, of Alexandria, South Dakota, formerly of Cherokee, passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell, South Dakota. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. on June 25, 2016 at the Mitchell Sportsman Club, with Pastor David Olson officiating. ...

Audrey F. Underwood of Cherokee, age 77, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City. A celebration of her life will occur with family present from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 26, 2016 at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. The Greenwood- Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.greenwoodfuneral.com...

HOLSTEIN - Several teams from the Chronicle Times coverage area were involved in the Raptor baseball tournament here on Saturday June 18th. In one game, the Cherokee Braves scored an impressive 11-0, five inning victory over the host Ridge View team, scoring five runs in the top of the first inning to get things started. ...

The Ridge View baseball team played Western Valley Conference games on Monday and Tuesday, and the Raptors won one game but lost the other. On Monday, the team hosted Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove, and the Raptors had a 10-5 lead going into the 7th inning., but OA-BCIG scored seven runs in the top of that inning, then shut down Ridge View in the bottom of the...

GALVA - The Ridge View softball team continues to work through its ups and downs and play hard every night out. On Monday night, they hosted another Western Valley Conference foe, Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove, and the Raptors came away with a hard - fought victory by the score of 11-9. ...

The South O'Brien softball team started last week by hosting Unity Christian on Monday June 13th, and the Wolverines were down 0-3 in the 1st inning. They quickly turned things around in the 2nd inning, though, when they scored four runs of their own. ...

ALTA - Alta-Aurelia topped West Bend-Mallard 11-1 in five innings in Twin Lakes Conference baseball action here Monday. Senior Bryce Radke threw a commplete game victory for Alta-Aurelia, allowing one earned run on seven hits in five innings while walking two and striking out two. ...

The Alta-Aurelia softball team posted two more victories on Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, the Warriors hosted West Bend-Mallard in Alta, and alta-Aurelia sophomore hurler Abby Kraemer had another outstanding night in the pitcher's circle, firing a six inning one-hit shutout and striking out 13, Kraemer also went 3-4 at the plate, including a two-run home run. DJ Flores was 2-4 at the plate, stole three bases and scored twice, and Lily Peterson was 2-3...

The Cherokee varsity softball team won three road victories in two days this week. On Monday the Braves played a doubleheader at Storm Lake, and Cherokee came away with wins by the scores of 11-0 and 7-6. In the first game,Josie Kindwall had a huge night at the plate, slugging three doubles and driving in three runs, and she wasn't the only Braves player swinging a hot bat, as Apryl Mesler had two hits and two RBI, Kamie Crum had two hits and three runs batted in, and Kass Pingel also collected a pair of hits and drove in a run. ...

The Cherokee Chamber of Commerce thanks everyone who donated to make this year's 4th of July Fireworks Display possible. Together, we surpassed our goal of $4,000, so the Cherokee Volunteer Fire Department will shoot off the fireworks at Spring Lake Park on Monday, July 4 at dusk. We hope you can bring your family out to enjoy the show...

STORM LAKE - The Cherokee Braves scored in every inning but one as they rolled to a 17-3 win over Storm Lake in Lakes Conference baseball action here Monday. Junior Trey Valentine had another good night on the mound, overcoming some control problems with a two-hit, four strikeout performance. The junior issued seven bases on balls, but the Braves' bats accounted for 12 hits (11 singles and one triple) to make up for it...

The Cherokee Braves hosted Emmetsburg Wednesday night, beating the E-Hawks in a close game ending with the Braves on top by a score of 2-1. The Braves lost to Emmetsburg earlier this season by one run in Emmetsburg. This time it was the Brave's turn to get a close win and notch their 15th win of the season...

Amidst the colorful floral displays at The Blooming House in Cherokee, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad had a "meet and greet" Thursday with some of his Cherokee constituents.