Stories from Monday, December 19, 2016

What would you say if you had to explain Christmas to someone who knew nothing about it? You might begin with the shepherds in the fields by night or Santa at the North Pole, or even the druidic appeal of a winter festival that comes just when the sun seems most meager...

Funeral services for Helen Davis, 99, will be held on Tuesday, December 20th, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee, with Pastor Tom Lewis officiating. Burial will be in the Cherokee Memory Gardens Cemetery. There will be a family prayer service at the church at 10:15 a.m. ...

Brian and Amanda Cresap of Cherokee announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born on December 12, 2106. Emmett Solomon Cresap was born at 7:08 a.m., weighed 10 lb. 4 oz., measured 21 inches long, and he was welcomed home by his big sister, Adelynn...

Finn Riedell was at the Sanford Museum on Thursday evening, visiting Santa, along with sister and brother Scarlet and Eli.

According to the Sanford Museum and Planetarium, the Winter Solstice arrives at 4:44 a.m. Central Standard Time on Wednesday December 21, 2016.

On Tuesday, Dec. 20, the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors will vote on two bond resolutions regarding the Cherokee County Landfill. One is a $525,000 bond to create a new cell for trash disposal. The other is refinancing for approximately $1.9 million remaining on a bond passed in 2007...

Mid-America Publishing, a Hampton Iowa- based publisher of weekly newspapers and shoppers, recently announced the purchase of the Aurelia Star from Marci Brown of Cherokee. Among the over 30 publications of Mid-America are weeklies in Ida Grove and Holstein...

The Music Clinic for area students will officially kick off the 17th Cherokee Jazz & Blues Festival on Friday January 20, 2107. The Clinic will again take place in the Band Room at Cherokee Middle School (CMS), 206 East Indian Street in Cherokee, and will likely last from about 9 a.m. ...

WOODBINE - Ridge View wrestled two dual meets here on Thursday. and the young Raptors’ matmen came out on the short end in both - losing to West Monona, 62-12, and Woodbine, 46-30. Trenton Miller, at 220, and Evan Else, Heavyweight, got the only Raptor wins against West Monona, with Miller pinning Hunter Davis in 0:22, and Else pinning Jonathan Fritz in a mere 0:07...

CORRECTIONVILLE - River Valley’s boys jumped out to a convincing 34-12 halftime lead on the way to a resounding 67-20 defeat of Whiting here last week. Tucker Zahnley paced the winning Wolverines with 21 points, while Ashton Lichtenberg added 17, and Matthew Sniderhan 11. ...