Stories from Monday, February 6, 2017

The Cherokee Symphony will be hosting its “Mid-Winter Concert” featuring the arts, theatre and ballet. The Concert will be held on the upper level of the Cherokee Community Center on Sunday, Feb, 12, starting at 4 p.m. Tickets are $12 per person, with season tickets honored...

The 22nd Annual Cherokee County Recognition Banquet is slated for March 25 at the Aurelia Community Center, 226 Main Street. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by the buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m. The awards and presentation takes place at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person if purchased by March 10 and $30 after that date...

It should be noted that the yeoman work put in by the City of Cherokee’s Street Department and private contractors during the last major snowfall of 12+ inches has drawn rave reviews from those who must traverse our streets in the wake of such inclement weather and its many problems...

The year was 1952, and Cherokee's basketball Braves qualified for the school's first ever appearance in the state basketball tournament. Since then, it's been slim pickins' as it would be 23 years before the 1975 Braves of Coach Dick Point showed up for the "Big Show." Point's 1984 team again made the state...

The Cherokee Youth Summer Ball Association will have sign ups on Feb. 19 and 26 at Cherokee Middle School from noon to 2 p.m. Fees will be $35 per child for t-ball through coach pitch (K-2) and $35 per child for peewee through majors (3-8) plus $40 umpire fee per family...

The busy Cherokee JV boys basketball team recently hosted Hull Western Christian and at halftime the score was HWC 28, Braves 10. Cherokee struggled to take care of the ball and committed 22 turnovers in the game which ended up with a final score of 52-39 in favor of HWC...

The Ridge View boys defeated their River Valley counterparts , 69-26, in play at the Western Valley Conference Tournament. axon Franken played very aggressively for the Raptors and led the team in scoring, tallying 24 points, including six three point baskets. ...

The Cherokee Youth Summer Ball Association (CYSBA) fields may be covered with winter snow, but it won’t be long before the baseball and softball seasons are under way. CYSBA sign-ups are Feb. 19 and 26 at Cherokee Middle School, from noon to 2 p.m. Open Gym will take place on Sundays at Roosevelt Elementary School from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 26 through April 9. Field Clean Up is April 4 at 6 p.m. Like CYSBA on Facebook for updates on season information...

Have you ever wondered what a biologist does for a career? How about a water scientist - or an archaeologist? You’ll get your chance to learn more at “Meet the Scientist Day” at the Sanford Museum in Cherokee on Sunday February 26, 2017. This is a family-fun event which will showcase a variety of scientists from around Northwest Iowa and beyond from 1 -4 p.m. Admission to this event is free and open to the public...

The buck stops here for an angry rural Cherokee man who seeks justice for the slob who cut off and stole the head of a buck deer his son had shot during January’s muzzle loader season. Adam Timmerman of rural Cherokee is offering a $5,000 cash reward for the arrest and conviction of the person(s) who used a power tool - possibly a chain saw - to remove the trophy head off the deer his son Mason had shot with a muzzle loader on their own property the previous day...

The 22nd annual Cherokee Ag Show hosted by the Cherokee County Agribusiness Committee is primed and ready for harvesting on Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Western Iowa Tech Conference Center and Auditorium in Cherokee. The day will be chocked full of valuable and current information and dusplays to appeal to today’s farmer and all who work in ag environments. ...