Stories from Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Summer Reading is far from over, my friends! We may have completed our scheduled events at the Sanford Museum for the summer (thank you, thank you, Sanford Museum, for loaning us your perfect space, your paper towels, and your shiny floor for all our noise and activity!), but we do have more plans up our proverbial sleeves...

Catholics were tumbling off their kneelers, Presbyterians were singing off-key, Methodists were cancelling pancake breakfasts, Lutherans were friending the Pope, Mormons were opening craft breweries, Muslims were bowing to the West, Jews were denying the Fiddler on the Roof had shingles, and Christian Reformists were booking hotel rooms in Des Moines with the news that Le Bron James was leaving Cleveland and taking his talents to 5th Street in Hull, Iowa, to join forces with the Western Christian Wolfpack basketball team.. ...

The Cherokee Braves baseball team looked to stay hot and keep their post season momentum rolling this past Saturday against Sioux Center in a 2A district final. The Braves were able to continue to pitch solid and produce timely hits to come away with a 6-2 win and reach their second consecutive sub-state game...

CARROLL - The 2017 baseball season came to an end here Saturday for Twin Lakes Conference co-champion Alta-Aurelia in a Class 2A district final game, as host team Kuemper Catholic took a 6-0 lead before A-A could get on the board. Once they said, though, the Warriors chipped away at the lead, but in the end, it was a case of too little, too late, as Kuemper edged the Warriors by a single run, 8-7...

ALGONA-The Cherokee Swim Team ended their regular season meets by travelling to Algona for a long meet against Conference rivals Algona and Fort Dodge. Algona is usually the top team in the Conference and they had many strong swimmers, although Cherokee did win 18 of the individual events and five of the relay events. Cherokee had one triple event winner, four double winners and seven single event winners in the individual events...

Tim Reusch, age 58 of Meriden, Iowa, passed away Thursday, July 13, 2017, at the St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 20, 2017, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. Jason Bollinger will officiate. ...

The Cherokee School Board, at its July 17 meeting, approved putting a 10-year extension of the 85 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation Physical Plant and Equipment Levy on the school election ballot in September. This is the same amount that has been in place in the district...

The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) recently announced that Cherokee Regional Medical Center (CRMC), an affiliate of UnityPoint Health- St. Luke’s, is one of the 20 highest ranked critical access hospitals (CAHs) in the country, as determined by iVantage Health Analytics. CRMC will be formally recognized in September at an awards ceremony during the NHRA’s Critical Access Hospital Conference in Kansas City, Mo...

The Cherokee School Board was informed at its July 17 meeting that the Cherokee Regional Medical Center Board is interested in acquiring the property on which Roosevelt Elementary School is located, likely for new construction following demolition of the building, Construction of Roosevelt occurred in 1960 and 1961 and there was later expansion of the building...

Work has been taking place this week on improving the Elm Street RR Crossing in Cherokee. Work is expected to be completed on Friday.

The Twin Lakes Conference has released its All - Conference baseball selections. Alta-Aurelia was co-champion with Sioux Central, with each team posting a 9-1 conference record. A-A had a final overall mark of 18-12 and Sioux Central’s final record was 16-12...