Stories from Friday, December 8, 2017

(Third in a series on the 2018 Cherokee Jazz & Blues Festival) King of The Tramps is an original roots-rock group, based in Auburn, Iowa, whose sound calls upon influences from modern roots rock, rhythm and blues, and southern and country rock. Their sound has been described as “whiskey gospel.”...

The next Cherokee Community Blood Drive is scheduled for Tuesday, December 26, 2017 from 12 noon - 5:30 p.m. at the Cherokee Community Center, 530 W. Bluff.

Each month, the Sanford Museum features an artist who has been invited to display his or her work in the museum's East Gallery. For the months of December and January, the Sanford Museum will be showing the amazing cityscapes of Amber Deerr. "I love to use warm earth tones in my pieces to make them welcoming and inviting,” says Deer, who earned her BA in Art Education from Grand View University. ...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia boys rolled to their third win without a loss Tuesday with a 55-39 victory over Twin Lake Conference foe Sioux Central. Three Warrior seniors - Jaden Henrichs, Alex Snyder and Tayler Gano - scored 12, 11 and 11 points, respectively, to pace the Warriors. Another senior, Jordan Gano, added five points and six rebounds for the experienced Warrior crew, and junior Tyler Hanks dished out six assists...

MARCUS - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen Union boys held the lead throughout the first three quarters of their basketball game here with Trinity Christian Tuesday, but the Tigers outscored the host Royals by a 23-5 margin in the final quarter on their way to a 66-53 War Eagle Conference victory...

MARCUS - Trinity Christian grabbed a 4 point lead in the first quarter and hung on to score a 44-41 win Tuesday over Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen Union in War Eagle Conference girls’ basketball action here. MMCRU was led by Aliyah Jackson’s 17 points, while Haley Schwarz and Aspen Woodall each scored nine for the Royals, now 1-3...

PAULLINA - A 12 point advantage in the third quarter helped the South O’Brien boys to post a 70-54 War Eagle Conference basketball win over Harris-Lake Park here on Tuesday. Peyton Brasser scored 26 points to lead the Wolverines, but he was ably assisted by Jackson and Carson Louscher, each of whm scored 19. Brasser’s 12 rebounds gave him a double-double on the night for South O’Brien, which evened its season record at 2-2 with the win...

LAKE VIEW - The Ridge View wrestling team competed in three dual matches here Tuesday. The Raptors first faced off against East Sac County, and Raptors’ Coach Caleb Christensen said, “I feel like we wrestled hard. East Sac has some tough kids. We saw some good things in the wrestling room this week that transferred on to the mat. We still need to work on being more aggressive and physical, but the kids are showing that they are working on putting some things together.”...

The Ridge View boys led from the start on their way to a 53-34 victory in a Western Valley Conference basketball matchup with River Valley Tuesday. Jaxon Franken scored 24 points, including four three point baskets, to lead the Raptors’ scoring attack, and Jacob Tokheim added 18 points. Franken, Klint Blum and Ezra Miller each grabbed five rebounds to lead the team in hat category...

What happens when sexual offenders have served their prison term, but are deemed likely to commit further violent sexual offenses? The Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders (CCUSO) at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute provides a secure, long-term, and highly-structured setting to treat sexually violent predators (SVP) who have served their prison terms, but who, in a separate civil trial, have been found likely to commit further violent sexual offenses...

The Cherokee Chronicle Times welcomes Mari Bauer to their staff. She will be working the news desk and joins Editor Paul Struck and writer Dan Whitney in the editorial department. Mari joins us from the Pilot Tribune in Storm Lake. Prior to that, she owned and operated the Holstein Advance for 22 years. She grew up in Quimby, and is a graduate of Cherokee Washington High School...

Delbert William Biberdorf, 70, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away on November 23, 2017 surrounded by family. A memorial service will take place at Greenwood Schbert Funeral Home, December 9th, 2017 at 2:00 PM in Cherokee, IA.. Pastor Larry Ostercamp will officiate. ...

The Cherokee Chronicle Times welcomes Mari Bauer to their staff. She will be working the news desk and joins Editor Paul Struck and writer Dan Whitney in the editorial department. Mari joins us recently from the Pilot Tribune in Storm Lake. Prior to that she owned and operated the Holstein Advance for 22 years. She grew up in Quimby and is a graduate of Cherokee Washington High School...

Nominations are being accepted for the 28th Annual Citizen of the Year Award, which is presented by the Mayor of Cherokee to recognize an “individual who has made a significant contribution to the betterment of the entire community of Cherokee, outside their chosen trade or profession”...

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on Tuesday with members Rick Mongan, Gary Lundquist, Duane Mummert, and Jeff Simonsen present. Dennis Bush was attending a state mental health meeting and joined via telephone. Paula Ellis, Engineer's Administrative Assistant, presented a wage authorization for consideration and the Board approved...

ESTHERVILLE - The undefeated Cherokee Washington High girls team took to the road to pick up their third win in the young season and improve to 3-0 over all and 1-0 in the Lakes Conference with a 90-53 victory on Tuesday in Estherville against Estherville Lincoln Central...

ESTHERVILLE - The Cherokee boys basketball team was on the road on Tuesday to take on a senior-laden Estherville Lincoln Central team and ELC was able to get a great 27 point performance from senior Trevor Freisner on their way to a 48-28 victory over the coldd-shooting Braves...