Stories from Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Bruce Banister was born Oct. 29, 1951, in Cherokee, Iowa. He graduated from Aurelia high school in 1970, and obtained a bachelor of science in civil engineering from Iowa State University in 1974. Bruce worked proudly for Burns & McDonnell for 35 years, retiring at the end of 2009. He died suddenly on August 6, 2016...

Gladys N. Schroeder of Cherokee, 94, passed away Monday afternoon, August 15, 2016 at Accura Health Care (Countryside Estates) in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 19th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee. ...

Clifford L. Vannatta, 92, of Sioux City, Iowa, passed away Sunday evening, August 14, 2016 at Cherokee Specialty Care in Cherokee, Iowa. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 18th, at 2 p.m. at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee. Pastor Tom Lewis will officiate. ...

This Friday's 9;30 a.m. Chamber Coffee will be hosted by the Cherokee Middle School, 206 Indian Street.

The Cherokee school board approved purchase of a 2017 Chevrolet Suburban for $42,913 and a 2017 Grand Caravan for $22,898 from Holzhauer Motors at its August 15th meeting. The Board also approved resignations from Heather Fitzgerald as WHS paraeducator, Jared Kirkeby as WHS Special Education teacher, Judy Gum as RES Food Services provider, and Jana Chase as RES paraeducator...

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors received an update Tuesday from Mark Buschkamp, Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation executive director, regarding plans to install up to 100 wind turbines in northwest Cherokee County. The effort to obtain property rights for the project are well underway by the company undertaking the project, EDF Renewable Energy...

Mildred Bainbridge of Cherokee, 90, passed away Tuesday morning, August 16, 2016 at Cherokee Specialty Care. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee.

Leo and Theresa Kohn of Cherokee announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Kohn, to Brian Jones, son of Thomas and Carol Jones of Hermitage, Pennsylvania. The couple plan to get married at Immaculate Conception Church in Cherokee on September 10, 2016...

Cherokee County Fair Queen Fran Conley, 17, of Cherokee, participated in the 2016 Iowa State Fair Queen Coronation Ceremony in Des Moines on Aug. 13.

The annual Perseid Meteor Shower Party, put on by the Sanford Museum, had a new feature this year, a family - friendly movie on a big screen - as well as popcorn for those in attendance on Friday, Aug. 12.

Audience members gathered in Gillette Park Saturday for a movie sponsored by Central Bank.

This Saturday, Aug. 20, at 7:30 p.m., the Sanford Museum and Planetarium will hold a program titled "The Moon, the Weather," presented by Elwynn Taylor. Taylor will talk about how the moon is credited and blamed for things good and bad, including ocean tides, weather, crops, fishing and romance...

COUNCIL BLUFFS - Alta-Aurelia's Jordan Wendel was the only player from an area school selected for All State honors by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA) recently. The junior was named as a catcher on the Class 2A first team...

Countdown to school days! We had a busy and full summer -- lots of fun, entertaining, and educational events, many (many) little gamers keeping the computers up and running, and a great number of weekly readers. Our in-house summer programs for the children's library will be curtailed toward the end of August and into the first few weeks of September. ...

Both major party candidates for president believe, in the abstract, in spending money for the building and repair of public structures. They support such spending, both because the infrastructure is deteriorating and because the building and repair of infrastructure would serve as an economic stimulus...