Stories from Monday, November 21, 2016

Three Roosevelt Elementary students recently submitted their artwork to the Sioux City Journal's Kid Scoop News Newspaper. All the names of students who submitted artwork were placed in a drawing, and Kenda Smith from Cherokee won two free painting sessions at Poppin Bottles in Sioux City...

Students age 8 through 12th grade from the Cherokee, East Sioux City and Dennison school districts participated in a Unified Sports Clinic on Thursday, Nov. 17 at Washington High School in Cherokee. Several WHS varsity athletes assisted in coaching the clinics that prepared students to participate in the upcoming Special Olympics...

Finding yourself wanting to try a new recipe for the holidays coming up? Try one of these from the first grade students at River Valley! --- First kill it. Next put it on the stove for 17 minutes. Then cut it. Last put vechtabls around it. Chloe Ebert...

The Cherokee Washington High gymnasium's recent paint job is a superb backdrop for the stunning new Championship Banners now adorning the entire east wall, thanks to the Nate and Dinny Phipps family. Longtime Cherokee Veterinarian Nate died Oct. 27, 2014 and the family recently decided to purchase new Championship Banners with memorial money and family contributions in memory of Nate, his wife Dinny, and their six children, each of whom passed through the hallowed halls of WHS...

The holidays upon us should be a time filled with joy and love, yet for some it can be a season of great sadness and regret. Some things to consider in the days ahead. Leave the ghosts of holidays passed in the past. Certainly, many of us have unhappy memories from childhood or adult disappointments and losses during the holidays. As the years go by, acknowledge the past—grieve for awhile—and then go on each and every year to create new memories now. Take back the power from your ghosts...

Diane Young credits her success to a diverse education and work background, a great staff, and great customers. Dianeis the founder, owner and chief executive of Foundation Analytical Laboratory, Inc. of Cherokee and the 2016 winner of the Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership award during the Technology Association of Iowa;s Women of Innovation ceremony Nov. 9 in Des Moines...