Stories from Friday, March 31, 2017

Last week, five Cherokee Washington High School students boarded a Suburban to meet other students from northwest Iowa at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City as the students made final preparations to head to NASA in Houston, Texas. There, the students will compete in a Mercury Space Settlement Design Competition NASA will be working with the students from northwest Iowa as well as with students from around the Houston area...

AURELIA - On Wednesday, April 5th, Cherokee Regional Clinic in Aurelia will host a come and go Open House from 9:30-11:00 a.m. to introduce Rebecca Mogensen-Kruger, ARNP-C, as the new clinic provider. Mogensen- Kruger will start seeing patients at the Aurelia Clinic on Monday, April 10th as current provider, Judy Johnston, ARNP-C, will be retiring after the first week of April...

Joann I. More Townsend of rural Aurelia, Iowa, 83, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, March 28, 2017 at the Sanford Health Senior Care Facility in Sheldon, Iowa. Visitation and a time of sharing memories with the family will be held at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa on Saturday, April 8, 2017 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.. It was Joann's wish to be cremated, and disposition of the ashes will be at a later date. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

Teresa M. Dalton of Cherokee, 60, passed away Tuesday evening, March 28, 2017 in Unity Point Health-St. Luke's in Sioux City, Iowa. Visitation at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, with the family present, will be held on Saturday, April 15th, from 2 p.m. ...

Phyllis Catherine Cosgrove of Cherokee, age 100, passed away Monday March 27, 2017 at Accura Health in Cherokee. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 31, 2017 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with Father Dan Guenther officiating, and burial will be at Mt. ...

Arlene Minnie Konopisos was born Dec 21, 1919 in Cherokee, Iowa, to Benjamin and Martha Peck (Ladwig), and she passed away on March 26, 2017 in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 97 years. Visitation at Jeter & Son Funeral Home in Dallas took place on Thursday March 30th from 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m., and Arlene was then laid to rest at Dallas / Fort Worth National Cemetery...

Joann I. More Townsend of rural Aurelia, Iowa, 83, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, March 28, 2017 at the Sanford Health Senior Care Facility in Sheldon, Iowa. Visitation and a time of sharing memories with the family will be held at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa on Saturday, April 8, 2017 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.. It was Joann’s wish to be cremated, and disposition of the ashes will be at a later date.  Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

Teresa M. Dalton of Cherokee, 60, passed away Tuesday evening, March 28, 2017 in Unity Point Health-St. Luke’s in Sioux City, Iowa. Visitation at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, with the family present, will be held on Saturday, April 15th, from 2 p.m. ...

VERMILLION, S.D. - Three Cherokee Washington High girls relay teams placed at the recent Dan Lennon Track & Field Invitational at the Dakota Dome at the University of South Dakota. The 4x200 relay of Madison Hodgdon, Brianna Sleezer, Payton SZlaughter, and Kassidy Pingel placed second in a time of 1:57; and the 4x400 relay of Lily Anderson, Sleezer, Slaughter, and Maddie Weiland placed third in 4:36...

This week is a “funnel week,” so committees in the House were busy considering Senate bills last week. There was also some floor debate, as House files moved over to the Senate, but most of the bills were non-controversial. Next week’s activity will determine the fate of many bills. That is okay, because it is time to finish policy work so we have more time to spend on the State budget. It is time to go home...

Already into college but not yet out of high school. That is the burden of more than a few 12th graders struggling to reconcile the increasingly incongruous tasks of finishing childhood and starting adulthood – perhaps making senior spring feel to them like the duration of childhood all over again.  ...

The 135th annual Cherokee Firemen’s Dance will be held Saturday, April 8 , 8 p.m. to midnight, at the Cherokee VFW Club on East Maple Street. Music will be provided by the popular Damon Dotson, Tickets are just $5 per couple, and they are available from any volunteer firefighter at the Cherokee Fire & Rescue Station, or at the door the night of the Dance...

The City of Cherokee and the Cherokee Police Department are in the process of addressing Spring clean-up with nuisance abatement notices to offending properties in town. “The weather is warming up and it’s time to remind people in town that we need to keep the town looking nice and keep the yards clean,” said Police Chief Nate James...

The Kossuth County CARE Team is hosting a Quilt Show on Saturday, April 22.   It will be held from 1PM - 4PM at the Trinity Life Center, Trinity Lutheran Church in Algona, IA.  There will be a $10 Admittance charge with all proceeds going to the Kossuth County C.A.R.E. team.  ...

Last week, five Cherokee Washington High School students boarded a Suburban to meet other students from nortwest Iowa at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City as the students made final preparations to head to NASA in Houston, Texas.  There, the students will compete in a Mercury Space Settlement Design Competition NASA will be.working with the students from northwest Iowa as well as with students from around the Houston area. ...

AURELIA - On Wednesday, April 5th, Cherokee Regional Clinic in Aurelia will host a come and go Open House from 9:30-11:00 a.m. to introduce Rebecca Mogensen-Kruger, ARNP-C, as the new clinic provider. Mogensen- Kruger will start seeing patients at the Aurelia Clinic on Monday, April 10th as current provider, Judy Johnston, ARNP-C, will be retiring after the first week of April...

Western Iowa Tech Community College in Cherokee will host a Community Reception Monday, April 10, from 3-4 p.m. Hosted by the WITCC Board of Directors, the college invites the public to join them for refreshments, cookies and conversation at 200 Victory Dr. in Cherokee...

The Cherokee City Council Tuesday adopted a resolution authorizing the abandonment and removal of various sidewalks in the Ccty’s flood plain. The following sidewalks will be removed by City personnel: •Maple Street (both sides) from Reddington to Roosevelt Avenue...

**March 30 - Trudy Hinkeldey of Alta **March 31 - Emerson Lucas of Cherokee

Arlene Minnie Konopisos was born Dec 21, 1919 in Cherokee, Iowa, to Benjamin and Martha Peck (Ladwig), and she passed away on March 26, 2017 in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 97 years. Visitation at Jeter & Son Funeral Home in Dallas took place on Thursday March 30th from 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m., and Arlene was then laid to rest at Dallas / Fort Worth National Cemetery...

Phyllis Catherine Cosgrove of Cherokee,age 100, passed away Monday March 27, 2017 at Accura Health in Cherokee. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 31, 2017 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with Father Dan Guenther officiating, and burial will be at Mt. ...