Stories from Wednesday, March 22, 2017

The Cherokee Track & Field Braves dusted off their cleats at the recent Lakes Conference Indoor and Buena Vista High School Elite Indoor Meets in Storm Lake. At Friday’s BVU Meet, Cherokee’s Ben Lingenfelter claimed first place in the shot put with a heave of 46-03, and Mason Timmerman won first in the 60-meter high hurdles in a time of 8.84...

Betty L. Stewart of rural Larrabee, 85, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, March 21, 2017, surrounded by her family, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 25th, at 11 a.m. at Memorial Presbyterian Church in Cherokee, with Rev. ...

The Cherokee Washington girls have run in a pair of indoor track meets already. On Tuesday March 14th, the Braves ran in the Lakes Conference Indoor Meet in Storm Lake. THe WHS 4 x 400 Relay team of Alexa Timmerman, Maddie Weiland, Ashlynn Samsel and Megan Brown finished 6th in a time of 4:43.23, and the 4 x 800 team of Aangel Stevens, Katrina Carlson, Megan Boger and Ashlynn Samsel was 4th, with a time of 11:36.61. ...

With the previous cold temperatures and the dramatic rise in some heating fuel costs, families may be in need of help with their utility bill. The Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program (LiHEAP) through Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc. may be able to help...

The schedule for City yard waste pick-up, City-wide clean-up and garbage day, and City hazardous waste days in Cherokee have been finalized, according to City Hall. Yard waste pick-up is on March 23 and 24; recycle days, April 20 and 21, and April 27 and 28...

It’s Spring. I don’t care what the snow on the ground says, I don’t care what the calendar says, I don’t care what the weatherperson says. It’s Spring because I spent a weekend in shorts recently, so there. Indisputable proof of Spring. With Spring, comes Spring Cleaning! While I was cleaning my cabinets, I grabbed the old newsletters on a whim. ...

Today's teens find themselves facing more pressures than ever before. The advent of new technologies, the pitfalls of social networking sites, and an economy that has many parents taking extra jobs just to make ends meet may leave teens more on their own than ever before...

The Cherokee Fire & Rescue staged a controlled burn Sunday morning at the old, vacant house on the Cherokee County Landfill property on Linden Street. Twenty Cherokee volunteer firefighters and two from Larrabee Fire Department participating in the training involved with the controlled burn of a large structure...

 DENISON, Iowa – The Denison Job Corps Center has launched a Certified Nursing Assistant Apprenticeship Program that will give its students hands-on training and better prepare them for jobs in health care. The designation by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship allows the center’s CNA students to obtain a certification accepted at any Iowa hospital, nursing home or care center...

DENISON - Cherokee Police Sergeant Brett Gannon and his Drug Detection Dog “Ike” placed 2nd in the United States Police Canine Association Region 21 Trials here March 13-15. Region 21 consists of all of Iowa and parts of Minnesota and Illinois, and the trials included 43 dogs competing from various Midwest law enforcement agencies...

** March 21 Charles Rosenthal of Cherokee ** March 22 First Abstract & Loan of Cherokee

Donna Wilmot Witcombe Gadke  of Waterloo, 89, formerly of Cherokee, entered  into eternal rest Friday morning, March 17, 2017 at Pinnacle Specialty Care in Cedar Falls, Iowa.   Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 22nd at 2 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. ...

Larry Alan Sievers, 67, died unexpectedly at his home in Aurelia on March 11, 2017. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Larry Lemke officiating, and Inurnment will be in the Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery, in Storm Lake. Visitation at the church.will be one hour prior to the memorial service...

Marvin F. Zoch of rural Cherokee, 92 , passed away Monday morning, March 20, 2017 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 23rd, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Jon Riggert officiating, and burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee, with military rites by L.A. ...