Stories from Monday, October 3, 2016

Several months have passed since my old Storm Lake St. Mary's high school basketball and baseball coach passed away in January at age 87 and I meant to write a tribute to him before illness impacted my life and job for a few months. Well, I'm back more or less, but my old coach John Murray isn't and won't ever be. And that brings sadness to me and brother Giles every time we think of him...

Natalie Barkley, Linda Ducommun and Jan Tjeerdsma are excited about their new role in the Cherokee School system and excited about the future of education in the district. Just a month into a new program, they believe they are making a difference in the educational environment...

Cherokee State Bank President/CEO Curt Johnson presented checks to the Cherokee Community School District in the amount of $10,000 for the 1:1 technology program for TK-2nd grade students as well as $2,500 to the newly created Ag Program.

Colonel Jack Perrin, United States Marine Corps, a native of Cherokee, IA and a 1987 graduate of Cherokee Washington High School was promoted to Colonel on August 25, 2016, and assumed command of DCMA Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut. In 1994 Jack graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. ...

Brandon Erwin Mogensen and Heidi Rose Schaff of Orono, Minnesota were married on June 18th, 2016 at the Wayzata Free Church in Plymouth, Minnesota. Brandon is the son of Delmer and Cindy Mogensen of Cleghorn. He is a 2006 graduate of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn High School and a 2011 graduate of Iowa State University, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Brandon is now employed by Medtronic, as a research and development engineer...

Dennis and Laurie Gerstandt of Cherokee announce the engagement of their son, Tyler Gerstandt, to Heidi Renter, daughter of Stephen and Carol Renter of Fremont, Nebraska. Tyler, a 2005 graduate of Cherokee Washington High School, graduated from the University of Iowa in 2009 with a degree in accounting. He is currently employed as a Senior Audit Manager at LWBJ in West Des Moines, Iowa...