Stories from Thursday, June 1, 2017

Mass of the Christian Burial services for Dr. Edmund R. McGuire, D.V.M. of Cherokee, 72, was observed at 10:30 a.m.Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with Father Dan Guenther officiating. Interment was in the Afton Township Cemetery, rural Cherokee. ...

Agnes Day of Cherokee, age 81, passed away Friday, May 26, 2017, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31st at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with Father Dan Guenther officiating. ...

Brenton Lysaght Barnett of Fairfax, Iowa, 74, died Friday, May 26, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service was at 11:30 am on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Stonebridge Church, 1829 Stoney Point Road SW, Cedar Rapids, with visitation beginning at 9:30 am. Private Family Inurnment was at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery...

Gina Ann Kinney, 40, of Meriden, Iowa, departed this world on Thursday, May 25, 2017, after nearly a year long battle with AML cancer with her fiancé, Travis Sandahl, at her side where he had been throughout the whole battle. Memorial Service will be at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Le Mars, Iowa with Pastor Steve Martens officiating. ...

V. Elaine Mahoney of Cherokee, 94, passed away Thursday evening, May 25, 2017, at Cherokee Specialty Care. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 1st, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Cris Decious will officiate. ...

William Kimberley Cadwallader 68, of Carlsbad, California, passed away Friday night, April 21, 2017, at his home, following a short battle with metastasized lung cancer. Bill was born March 16, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to William Edward Cadwallader and Marjorie Phyllis (Teets) Patrick. ...

Kim Keleher has been named the Interim CEO of Plains Area Mental Health, effective May 1, 2017. Keleher will succeed Patrick Schmitz, who has been the CEO for the past 13 years and has accepted a position in Lawrence, Kansas as the CEO of Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center...

Two special events will take place at the historic Cherokee Depot this Saturday. as part of the celebration of the 51st annual Cherokee PRCA Rodeo. A Western Cookout will take place from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., featuring a grilled hamburger or hot dog, chips, beans, lemonade and homemade bars, for a cost of $6...