Stories from Wednesday, March 8, 2017

DES MOINES - Just one opponent stood between the Cherokee Washington High girls and the Class 3A State Championship game last Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The Braves had the tough task of facing off againt top-ranked and undefeated Sioux Center in the semi-final game and the Warriors defeated the beat-up Braves by a score of 81-56 after pulling away down the stretch...

DES MOINES - Payton Slaughter, a 5-5 sophomore from Cherokee, has been selected to the Class 3A first-team All State girls basketball team by the Iowa Newspaper Association. Slaughter put up impressive numbers for the Braves, who reached the 3A state semifinals for the second consecutive season. She averaged 15.9 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, tied for first in Class 3A in steals with 164, and trailed only Elle Ruffridge of Pocahontas Area in assists with 162...

DES MOINES - Nicholas Ruden scored 26 points, Jacob Wesselmann added 19 points. and both players also grabbed seven rebounds each, as the pair combined for seven three-point field goals in leading the third seeded Hawks to a 59-52 win over No. 9 New London in a matchup of teams who were each playing their first-ever Class 1A state basketball tournament game...

I’ve been having "theatre on the brain" lately. For the first time since my Junior year of college at UNI, I am going to be onstage performing. I will be playing Biff in' Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller here in Cherokee and I am beyond excited about it. ...

Joseph “Joe” Karl Beals of Cherokee , age 78 , passed away Saturday, March 4, 2017, at his residence , following a lengthy illness. Public visitation will be held from 5 - 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee, followed by a memorial service at 7 p.m., with Father Dan Guenther officiating. ...

Kim Jeanette Powers of Meriden, 60, passed away Saturday morning, March 4, 2017 at Cherokee Specialty Care.  Visitation and a time of sharing memories will be held on Saturday, March 11th, at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa from 10:30 a.m. until 12 noon with the family present at that time. The family would like to invite everyone to the V.F.W. for lunch following the visitation. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

Services for Lois Van Wyk of Sheldon, age 75, who passed away on Monday, March 6, 2017 at her residence in rural Sheldon, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at the First Christian Reformed Church in Sheldon, with Pastor Gregg Johnson officiating, and burial in the Liberty Township Cemetery in rural Meriden will follow the service...

Scott and Jessica Bohnenkamp of Remsen are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, who was born at 1:43 p.m. on March 2, 2017. Brooklyn Lee Bohnenkamp weighed 7 lb. 12 oz. and measured 20 inches long, and she was welcomed home by her big brother Brayden...

Jesse Warnke and Marlene McCormick of Primghar are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born on March 1, 2017 at 2:24 p.m. Malcolm Scott Martin Warnke weighed 7 lb. 10 oz., measured 20 inches, and was welcomed home by his big brothers - Corbin Warnke, Brandon McCormick and Parker Warnke, and his big sister, Denae Warnke...

SIOUX CITY -The Sioux City School District is without its chief financial officer during the crucial final weeks of finalizing a budget for the next academic year. Chief financial officer John Chalstrom was placed on paid administrative leave Feb. 13, district spokeswoman Alison Benson confirmed Monday. ...

This Friday's Cherokee Chamber Coffee, at 9:30 a.m., will be hosted by Veterans Affairs, 228 1/2 W. Main St.

**March 7 - Jeanine Valentine of Cherokee **March 8 - Roger Seel of Cherokee

The Art Wall Artist of the month at the Sanford Museum in Cherokee for March is Julie McCullough from Urbandale, Iowa. McCullough comments, “I have been an artist for more than 40 years, first as a weaver and spinner, next as a soft sculpture dragon lady, a doll maker and pattern designer. ...

Members of the Washington High School FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics group, the “Molten Sprockets,” displayed at a recent 8th grade Science Fair at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Cherokee the robot they designed, built, and programmed for competition this year...