Stories from Monday, September 25, 2017

The Cherokee Washington High School Homecoming Queen were announced at an assembly at the school on Friday September 22nd, prior to the Homecoming parade. Kylie Mongan is the 2017 Homecoming Queen, and the Homecoming King is Tyler Zeimen.

The Cherokee Middle School and Washington High School have announced the dates for the Cherokee Hoops Festivals. The Girl's festival will be held Saturday, Jan. 20. and the Boy's festival will be held Saturday, Jan. 27. There will be divisions for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades...

Trenton and Cheyenne of Calumet are the parents of a baby girl, born on September 18, 2017. Ellie Renee was born at 4:50 p.m.,weighed 8 lb. 4 oz. and measured 21 1/4 inches long.

The annual Fall Family Festival takes place this Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Cherokee Depot. Events begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 2 p.m. Free coffee will be served at the bake sale inside the depot. Lunch for $3 includes a tavern or hot dog, chips and lemonade (or a coney dog for $3.50)...

Listening to the radio this morning, I heard Bob Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” (better known as “Everybody Must Get Stoned”), and it got me to thinking - No matter what your opinion of the lyrical content is, this is a great “sing-along song!” By that I mean, it’s hard not to sing along (at least in your head) with the song...

MARCUS - The 2017-2018 Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen Union homecoming is this Friday, Sept. 29th. Members of the Homecoming Royal Court are pictured here: front row (from left) : Riley McDaniel and Rylee Gannon. Middle row: Kaylee Colling, Megan Loutsch and Aspen Woodall...

FORT DODGE-The Storm Lake High School girls’ swim team took to the water recently in their first full meet of the season. The meet was a prelim/final format and featured two top 15 teams, two more in the top 20, and several other strong teams. The Tornadoes placed 8th of the ten teams competing with their total of 102 points. ...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia girls hosted Manson Northwest Webster for a Twin Lakes Conference volleyball match here Thursday, and the Warriors posted a straight set win, winning by game scores of 25-17, 26-24, 25-13. Setter Annika Patton dished up 28 assists to set up hitters Laney Stanton, Erin Lockin and Lauren Rohwer, who responded with nine, eight and eight kills, respectively, for the Warriors. Stanton was also 19-20 serving, with five aces...

As fall arrives, there is a an uptick in activities prior to the Thanksgiving lull which precedes the Christmas season. There are lots of summer celebrations, but fall activities are special in their own way. We have a respite between the sweltering summer and the frigid winter. This time of year can be great to be outside...

The O’Brien County Conservation Board will host Iowa actor Tom Milligan portraying 'Ding' Darling in the “Art of Conservation,” on Sunday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. at the Prairie Heritage Center, 4931 Yellow Avenue. The program is FREE and open to the public...

The Cherokee Knights of Columbus’ annual Outreach Project for people with disabilities is now underway. Anyone who received a letter about the program from either the Knights of Columbus or Crossroads of Western Iowa can send their donation to: Knights of Columbus; P.O. Box 265; Cherokee, IA 51012...

John and Brittany Erickson of Sutherland are happy to announce the birth of their son, who was born on September 18, 2017. Kiplin Bryce Ercikson was born at 9:09 p.m., weighed 9 lb. 9 oz., measured 22 inches long, and was welcomed home by his big brother, Kanon, and his big sister, Karianne...

A few months ago, it was learned that handling problems at a central recycling location in Le Mars caused Cherokee County Landfill (and others) to come up with another option for the recycling of glass bottles and jars. According to Brent Kach, Cherokee County Landfill Manager, the Landfill is now partnering with Ripple Glass out of Kansas City, Missouri to recycle our glass. ...

The Cherokee County Conservation Board (CCCB) is hosting a Hallowe'en Hike on Saturday, Oct. 14 at Silver Sioux Recreation Area. The night will be filled with activities for everyone from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The evening will begin with trick-or-treating in the campground. ...

On Sunday, Oct. 1, at 2 p.m., Chris Ballard will be giving a presentation on the history of a section of Marcus Main Street at the Marcus Historical Society Building, located next to Mt Pleasant Church, just west of the Marcus Fairgrounds. This presentation will cover a section of the downtown business district and Ballard will also talk about the history of the Gund house, currently the home of Bill and Jeanette Woodall...