Stories from Monday, October 2, 2017

There are seven entrants in this year’s Cherokee Chamber of Commerce Scarecrow Contest. The Cherokee Chamber, along with the Cherokee Industrial Corporation and the Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation, have also a scarecrow that isn’t entered into the competition...

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

On Friday, Sept. 29, Kim Rupp cut the ribbon at Careage HomeCare. The business moved to a new location at 203 East Bow Drive (on the North end of the Robinson Furniture building). The business provides a variety of services for people who need assistance in the home. The ribbon cutting occurred at a Cherokee Chamber of Commerce Coffee...

Nick and Lisa Livermore of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their son, who was born on September 26, 2017. Sawyer Rex Livermore was born at 4:52 a.m., weighed 8 lb. 10 oz., and measured 21 inches long. Grandparents are Martin and Linda Livermore of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and John and Kristin Yeske of Granville...

STORM LAKE - The Storm Lake High School girls’ swim team hosted a double dual format meet here Thursday, and the Tornadoes nearly got an upset over Spencer, losing to the Tigers by a final score of 45 to 49. The Tornadoes also swam against Algona and won that dual, 74 to 20...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia volleyball team won a Twin Lakes Conference volleyball match with West Bend-Mallard in straight sets here Thursday on Senior Night. The Warriors won by game scores of 25-7, 25-16, 25-15 to improve their season record to 16-3...

Kurds in a region of Iraq known as Kurdistan overwhelmingly voted for independence in a referendum that the U.S. government has criticized as “provocative and destabilizing.” Really? Iraq is otherwise stable? Following the fall of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi Kurds took advantage of the power vacuum by creating a semi-autonomous region...

Last week, a North Korean official stated that he felt the words used by President Trump in a recent speech were a “declaration of war.” Trump spokesmen were quick to refute this, saying his comments were no such thing. Well, that’s true, technically. A President cannot, in fact, declare war. It has to be an act of Congress - and let’s face it, that group of people are having trouble making any decisions these days...

SHELDON - Two Cherokeans received awards at the Northwest Iowa Development 2017 Partner Meeting last week at the Northwest Iowa Community College here. Northwest Iowa Development (NWID) presented outgoing Cherokee Economic Development Corporation (CAEDC) Executive Director Mark Burschkamp with an Award of Appreciation for his contributions to NWID during his tenure with the organization...