Stories from Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Last Friday the Cherokee Braves looked to get in the win column and get their first district win with their first home football game of the season. The Braves were able to do just that, defeating Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon by a score of 32-6. The Braves were fired up right from their first possesion. ...

Adam and Paige Thomas of Cherokee are the proud parents of a baby girl, born on September 8, 2016. Elizabeth Ann Thomas was born at 7:04 a.m., weighed 7 lb. 4 oz. and measured 19 1/2 inches long, and she was welcomed home by her big sister, Chelsea Kay...

Nicole and Hector Solares of Holstein are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, who was born on September 6, 2016. Charlotte Melanie Solares Brandt was born at 3:02 p.m. and weighed 7 lb. 0 oz. She measured 19 3/4 inches long, and she was welcomed home by her 2 year-old brother, Michael...

Mike and Katie Modrell of Washta are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born on September 7, 2016. Warren Peter Modrell was born at 12:42 p.m., weighed 9 lbs. 0 oz., and measured 21 inches long. Warren was welcomed home by his big brothers, Wyatt and Emmett, and his big sister, Greeley...

Brianna Gaes and Garrett Van Houten of Cherokee are the proud parents of a baby girl, born on September 8, 2016. Paisley Rae Van Houten was born at 2:27 p.m., weighed 9 lb. 5 oz. and measured 20 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big sister, Nicole...

Alan and Keely Goettsch, owners of Goettsch Transportation Services, held a ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening event for the public on Saturday, Sept. 10, at their brand new business location on Highway 20 in Galva. Goettsch Transportation Services started its business in April of 2014 in Galva and currently employs six people. Their office staff includes: Alan and Keely Goettsch, owners; Aaron Van Houten, Shop Manager; and Gary Gebers, Dispatch Assistant...

Area fifth graders went on field trips to various farm locations on Tuesday.

SANBORN - Freedom Rock creator Ray Sorensen was in O'Brien County last week to begin painting that county's Freedom Rock - his 52nd effort to establish a Freedom Rock in all 99 Iowa counties. Nearly all 99 Iowa counties have signed up for a rock and Sorensen said he's booked until 2020 painting proposed rock projects, including one in Cherokee County at the Courthouse in Cherokee currently on the schedule for sometime next year...

HOLSTEIN - This is Homecoming Week at Ridge View High School. The theme this year is "The Homecoming Games" a take on "the Hunger Games". Pictured is the 2016 Ridge View Homecoming Royalty Court. Front row: Harlee Wagoner, Hallie Mentzer, Maddie Mitchell, Maddie Grieme, Grace Boyle. Back Row: Ryan McGuire, Cole Degen, Juan Nava, Gus Leonard, Caden Wandrey...

The Northwest Iowa Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 17 at the Le Mars Public Library, 46 First St. S.W. This month's guest speaker, writer and historian Michael Luick-Thrams, is a representative of the BUS-eum traveling museum, which will be at the library that day. ...

Arjan Breukhoven, an organist from The Netherlands, will perform at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 709 W Cedar St., Cherokee on Sept. 15, at 7:30 p.m. The public is welcome. A freewill offering will be received. He will also give concerts in Orange City, Sioux Center, Sioux City and Sioux Falls...

HARTLEY - The South O'Brien football team picked up their first win of the season Friday, 25-7, against the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Hawks, in their first district game of the season. The Wolverines scored first, with 8:27 to go in the first quarter, on a 2 yard run by Sam Nelson. Drew Faust kicked the PAT...

DUNLAP - The River Valley Wolverines were unable to slow down a potent passing attack Friday, as Boyer Valley's Joe Weber completed 18 of 33 passes for 196 yards and four touchdowns in a 44-8 triumph over the Wolverines in District 8-Man football action here...

ARMSTRONG - Ridge View rolled over host North Union, 40-8, in District football action here Friday, to improve their season mark to 2-1. The Raptors are now 1-0 in District play. Senior quarterback Tyler Wingert had another big night for Ridge View. Wingert completed 14 of 20 oasses for 273 yards and four touchdowns, Caden Wandrey ran 13 times for 41 yards to lead the Raptors on the ground. Jake Mitchell and Juan Nava were each on the receiving end of two touchdown tosses from Wingert...

MARCUS - Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union scored a 15-8 win over Fort Dodge St. Edmond in a District football game here Friday. The Royals were led by junior Tyler Brimm, who ran the ball 25 times and picked up 186 yards. Brimm also scored both Royal TDS, one on a 78-yard scamper, and he also scored on a 2-point conversion run. Devin Lux kicked the other PAT for the Royals, who are now 1-2 and 1-0 in the District...

HULL - Western Christian opened Class 2A District 1 play with a 48-21 win over Alta-Aurelia in Hull Friday. The Wolfpack (2-1) built up a 35-8 lead after one quarter and were up 41-8 at one point. Nick Gaes and Skylar Solko each scored a touchdown on the ground and Kaleb Sleezer caught a 72 yard TD pass from Skylar Solko for the Warriors, who are now 1-2...

Rudy Giuliani argued that "anything is legal in war" in defense of an assertion that America should take oil from Iraq to compensate for America's expenses. The Geneva Conventions prohibit countries from seizing others' property, even in war, but aside from the question of legality, the question remains of how this would be accomplished...

I wrote this article in advance so I could concentrate on some VERY IMPORTANT aspects of my job. Number one being the customary withdrawal of books, the only task I find difficult to complete. It is not hard work or part of the job I do not like. It is the removal of books from the shelves that are in poor condition, outdated, unread, uncirculated. ...

Here is the updated list of vendors and the items that will be available at the Cherokee Area Farmers Marke, under the canopy at the depot, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. this Thursday, September 15, 2016. This will be our sixteenth market of the 2016 market season. Next week's market will be the final one of the season...

Dannie Edmund Zupp, 72, of Washta, Iowa, passed away Tuesday morning, September 13, 2016 in the Accura Health Care (Countryside Estates) at Cherokee, Iowa. Graveside memorial services will be held on Saturday, September 17th, at 11 a.m. at the Sunset View Cemetery in Washta, Iowa. ...

Marjorie Lucille Graverholt, 95, of Cherokee, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2016, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Marge was born October 30, 1920, in Blair Nebraska. She graduated from Blair High School in 1939 and soon married Bill, her high school sweetheart in Fremont, Nebraska, July 21, 1939. ...