Stories from Friday, June 30, 2017

President Trump held a rally in Cedar Rapids last week where he praised fossil fuels and ridiculed an important developing industry in Iowa — wind power. "I don't want to just hope the wind blows to light up your homes and your factories," Trump said...

As noted in last-week’s column, both the Democrats and Republicans have doomed strategies to deal with health care. Democratic leaders believe Obamacare can work, or at least could work with some minor tweaking. In contrast, Republican Senators who secretly crafted a bill that is similar to the deeply unpopular House of Representatives replacement bill know that such a bill cannot pass. ...

Leon Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W- Mitchell, who lives near Marcus, and who brought fame to Cherokee county last year by winning high honors in the boys' beef contest of Iowa- and also second place in the junior international live stock feeding contest at Chicago, gives promise of eclipsing his splendid record of 1916...

CORRECTIONVILLE - Last weekend, River Valley traveled to Alta for the Alta-Aurelia Tournament, and the Wolverines split a pair of close games, losing to host Alta-Aurelia by a score of 6-4,, and beating Storm Lake 7-6. Makenna Thomas took the loss in the A-A game, hurling six innings and giving up six runs (five of them unearned) on seven hits. ...

DES MOINES - The Alta-Aurelia baseball competed in a tournament here Saturday and it was a learning experience for the Warriors. In their game against Carlisle, Coach Dan Wendel said pitcher Alex Snyder “pitched well enough to win this game, and we out-hit the number 6-ranked 3A team in the game. ...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia softball team picked up two wins at the Alta-Aurelia Invitational Tournament here last weekend, besting Ridge View 8-2 and River Valley 6-4. Alta-Aurelia ace Abby Kraemer picked up bth wins in the pitcher’s circle. Adainst Ridge View, Kraemer allowed two uneraned runs on two hits in six innings, waked four and struck out 14, while versusthe River Valley Wolverines, the sophomore allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits in seven innings, walking two and fanning 15...

The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen Union baseball team played a pair of exciting games this week. On Monday they hosted West Sioux in Remsen. MMCRU played well in the first seven innings, leading most of the way vs. #9- ranked West Sioux, but they could not finish. ...

The Cherokee Braves hosted Lakes Conference opponent LeMars on Monday night and despite mounting a comeback late in the game, the Braves fell just short, losing to the Bulldogs by a score of 7-6. The Braves took an early 3-0 lead after two compete innings but LeMars was consistent scoring two runs in the top of the third innings, one run in the top of the fourth, two runs in the top of the fifth, and one run in top of the sixth and seventh innings, to lead the Braves 7-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh.. ...

The South O’Brien softball team was never in the game against Akron-Westfield on Monday June 19th, as they lost 12-0 in three innings to a very good team. Said Wolverine coach Heather Struve after the game, “A-W is ranked #2 in Class 1A for good reason. They are a very disciplined hitting team. They can execute a variety of bunts and slaps, yet still hit for power if needed. “...

The Ridge View Softball Team continues to grow and show improvement as the season progresses.  Ridge View defeated Woodbury Central by the score of 7-6 in an exciting ball game Friday night. Getting the win on the mound for the Raptors was sophomore Emerson Else, who threw all seven innings, giving up six runs (three earned) on nine hits, walking two and striking out one. Leading the way at the plate for the Raptors were Kinzey Dutler, who went 2-5 with a triple and one RBI; Kennedy Mason, who went 2-3 with a double and an RBI; Beth Pickhinke was 2-4; Kara Richard was 2-5 with a double and two RBI; Emerson Else went 1-3 with a double and two RBI; and Beth Meyer went 1-4 with an RBI.. ...

The Ridge View baseball team went 1-2 on the diamond this week. On Thursday, the team traveled to Mapleton for a Western Valley Conference tilt with Maple Valley/Anhon-Oto, and four runs in the bottom of the 5th by MVAO broke open a 3-3 game. Ridge View came back to tally twice in the top of the 7th, but it wasn’t enough as the Rams scored a 7-5 win over the Raptors. ...

Roger and Carrie Howard of Ankeny are pleased to announce the birth of their baby girl on June 2, 2017. Thea Corinne Howard was born at 12 noon, and she weighed 8 lb. 5 oz. and measured 21 1/2 inches long. Thea was welcomed home by her two sisters and three brothers...

Eight dilapidated residential properties will be demolished in Cherokee this summer at a total cost of $95,248. This cost only covers demolition and asbestos removal with landfill fees being an additional expense. Most of the cost will be paid for through federal and state grants with a local cost of 15 percent on some projects that do not qualify for specific grants...

Because of the Independence Day holiday, there will be no edition of the Chronicle Times on Monday, July 3. Carriers will deliver the Area Advertiser that day, and the next edition of the Chronicle Times will be Wednesday July 5th.

The Cherokee City Council took a major step at the June 27 meeting towards voluntary annexation of 126.6 acres south of Cherokee into the city limits. The council approved, by resolution, a petition by Adam and Jana Timmerman to annex the property, zoned agricultural, into Cherokee...

Cherokee County Fair Books can be found at all the county libraries, the extension office, the banks in the city of Cherokee and Quilt ‘N’ Kaboodle. The fair book is also available online at cherokeecountyfair.org. You may also contact Pam Bezoni ,712-225-2164 or Chris Nelson,712-261-0445 for more information. The county 4-Hers have a separate fair book this year...

Iowa State University Extension will host a series of six field days this summer at demonstration gardens across the state. The field days are free and open to the public. The main focus of the field days will be donation gardens. This is the second year ISU Extension and Outreach’s Master Gardener program has collected produce grown in the demonstration gardens and donated it to local food pantries. ...

Jade Stark of Cherokee has received the WITCC TRIO-Student Support Services Achiever of the Month Award for July. This award recognizes Western Iowa Tech TRIO students for demonstrating qualities of leadership and citizenship while achieving collegiate academic success. ...

On Tuesday, Jesse Randall from ISU’s Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management came to Cherokee’s ISU extension office to give the basics of spotting and combatting the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), an insect that kills all species of ash trees...

Brent  A.  Appleby of Cherokee, Iowa, 38, passed away Thursday morning, June 29, 2017 at Baum Harmon Mercy Hospital in Primghar, Iowa. Funeral services will be Monday, July 3rd, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cherokee, with Rev. ...