Stories from Monday, April 10, 2017

Nicole Peterson of Cherokee, Iowa, age 15, passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017, as the result of a motor vehicle accident near Cherokee. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 10th at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Jean Morse officiating, and burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee at a later date. Visitation will begin at 1:00 on Sunday, April 9th, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, with.the family present from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m...

Donald Keith Mummert of rural Aurelia, 85, passed away Thursday morning, April 6th, 2017 at the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 10th, at 10: 30 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee with Pastor Jon Riggert officiating, and.burial will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery inAurelia.  There will be military rites at the cemetery. ...

The Cherokee Community School District Board of Education held Public Hearings last week and approved the proposed 2017-2018 Budget and 2017 Summer Facilities construction projects. The Fiscal Year budget totals an estimated $15.4 million in Total Requirements (certified maximum ceiling), and Total Expenditures of an estimated $14.8 million...

It is no mystery why Jean Miller's grandchildren called her "grammar." I called her the Boss's Lady, and when someone asked me at Jean's funeral last week if I was going to write about knowing Jean for nearly 50 years years that I responded pointing to my heart and saying, "It's already half done in here."...