Stories from Friday, June 16, 2017

Everywhere in the United States today there will be a final rally for the sale of Liberty bonds, and Cherokee county will do its part to make it a memorable day in history. Every bank in the county will remain open until midnight tonight to receive subscriptions for Liberty bonds, and in this city preparations have been made for a big demonstration...

Beverly Peterson of Truesdale, 75, gave up her earthly life on Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Unity Point St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa, after a brief illness. Inurnment will be at a later date in the Elk Township Cemetery, rural Alta. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements...

Steven J. Madsen of Des Moines, formerly of Cherokee, passed away at the age of 60 on Sunday, June 11, 2017 at University Park Nursing Home in Des Moines. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 16, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with Father Dan Guenther officiating, and burial will be at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Cherokee...

Mary Ann Hartman of Le Mars, Iowa, 72, passed away on Saturday, June 10, 2017 at Good Samaritan Society in Le Mars. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 16, 2017 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, E.L.C.A. Visitation at the Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Le Mars, with the family present, will begin at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 15, 2017, with a Prayer Service at 7 p.m., all Burial will be at Waterman Cemetery in Sutherland, Iowa. ...

CONCERNING PETITION FOR REORGANIZATION OF ALTA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AURELIA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Notice is hereby given that all objections to the petition for the reorganization of the Alta Community School District and the Aurelia Community School District must be filed in the Office of the Administrator of Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency, 500 NE 6th Street, PO Box 802, Pocahontas, Iowa 50574, no later than 12 o'clock Noon on June 19, 2017...

When sorting though hundreds of e-mails each day, it is important to be able to quickly determine what is junk email and what is not. Sometimes determining what is junk is a matter of opinion. For example, I assume that anything written in Russian is junk. I don’t know that for certain. Important information can be written in Russian, but I have to assume it is junk because I have poor Russian reading skills. You’d be surprised at how poor my Russian reading skills are...

At its June 13 meeting, the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors approved, by a vote of three to one, a 2.25 percent pay increase for non-elected and non-union county employees. The wage for elected officials goes through a separate process involving an independent compensation board...

The Moving Wall Vietnam Memorial, a one-half replica of the permanent memorial in Washington D.C. arrived in Cherokee on Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by the Iowa State Patrol and the Legion Riders. The wall will remain at the Cherokee County Fairgrounds through the weekend, with Veterans Appreciation Day ceremonies held on Saturday...

Alicia Wigand and Taylor Luvaas are the proud parents of a baby girl, born on June 9, 2017. Caelor Lou Luvaas was born at 12:11 p.m., weighed 7 lb. 7 oz., measured 20 1/4 inches long, and she was welcomed home by her big brothers, Colt and Cash Luvaas...

Tom and Rachael Cronin of Harlan are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born on June 7, 2017. Henry Thomas Cronin weighed 7 lb. 9 oz. and measured 19 1/4 inches long. He was welcomed home by his siblings, Connor and Charlotte. Grandparents are Paula Cronin of Marcus and Jim and Bonnie Kohn of Cherokee...

Something’s cooking at the Cherokee Country Club - and that’s great news for club members or anyone else who enjoys fine cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. The Club, which has been without a regular food service for a few years now, began contracting with Executive Chef Kurt Chausse and his partner/ wife Liz in May of this year. Liz is a native of Cherokee, the daughter of Vern Cunningham...

This Saturday and Sunday brings the 83rd annual Sioux Valley Amateur Men’s Match Play Golf Tournament. Area golfers have been playing qualifying rounds for approximately two weeks, and the top qualifiers will be competing this weekend in Iowa’s oldest Match Play Tournament...

CHEROKEE - As of Wednesday morning, the low score for qualifying for this weekend’s Sioux Valley Men’s Match Play Tournament are a former Sioux Valley champ, Bill Mathers of Cushing, and a perennial Sioux Valley contender, Nick Dreckman of LeMars. Both golfers posted an 18 hole score of two-under par 70...

REMSEN -The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen Union boys were handed their first War Eagle Conference loss, when they lost, 6-5, in the bottom of the 7th inning agianst against defending state champion Remsen St. Mary’s here Monday. St. Mary’s threatened early when they hit four straight singles to start off the game and Derek Schorg scored the game’s first run. Royals pitcher Tristen Olson then got out of the jam after an infield fly, a strike out and a fly out...

HOLSTEIN - In non - conference baseball action here Tuesday, Pocahontas Area jumped out to an early lead over the host team, Ridge View. The Raptors fought back to take the lead at 8-7 in the bottom of the sixth inning, but Pocahontas Area pushed two runs across in the top of the 7th inning to take the lead for good and win by a score of 9-8...

ONAWA- River Valley defeated West Monona, 8-4, in Western Valley Conference softball action here Tuesday. Delaney Zahnley and Alycen Knaack each had three hits and Lauren Jepsen had two for the Wolverines and pitcher Makenna Thomas got the win, allowing five hits while striking out eight...

The Cherokee Braves picked up two victories at the Moville Softball Tournament on Saturday June 10th. In their first game, the Braves were victorious over Storm Lake St. Marys 9-1, as  they scored in every inning of the game and never looked back. Eighth grader Teagan Slaughter got the win, going the distance and allowing eight hits while striking out four.  ...

The Alta-Aurelia baseball team picked up a couple of road wins this week, shutting out South Central Calhoun 6-0 on Monday, then taking a non-conference game with Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove on Tuesday by a score of 11-4. In Monday’s game, junior hurler Alex Snyder continued his fine pitching, hurling a complete game seven inning, three hit shutout while striking out nine and walking just one. ...

The Alta-Aurelia girls continued their winning ways on the softball diamond, with two road victories this week. On Monday the Warriors took on South Central Calhoun in a Twin lakes Conference matchup, and the Warriors were dominant in rolling to a 14-1, three inning victory. ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The Alta-Aurelia Trap team finished the season by competing at the State Trap Shoot at the Cedar Falls Gun Club from June 7th - 11th.  On Wednesday June 7th the Rookies (4th and 5th graders) and the Intermediates (6th, 7th and 8th graders) competed in the Singles Trap division. ...

A pending agreement between the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the City of Cherokee is a victory for common sense, with a savings potentially in the range of $2.5 to $3 million. The Cherokee City Council was addressed at a meeting on June 13 by George Schmidt, wastewater foreman, and Gregory Sindt, senior environmental engineer for Bolton and Menk...

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay an estimated $268,233 for 20 acres of land owned by Raymond Dorr in Spring Township. The portion of the parcel with gravel is determined to be 9.15 acres and will be purchased for $21,311 per acre...