Stories from Monday, February 5, 2018

(3rd in a series) The Cherokee Regional Medical Center (CRMC) Ambulance Department is proud to provide care to all of Cherokee County and the surrounding area. The team consists of 15 full-time and part-time paramedic’s and EMT’s along with four part-time drivers to assist with transports. One ambulance is staffed with paramedics and EMT’s at all times...

They don’t make the headlines. Their names are not in the box scores. They don’t make the all-star teams. But some of the most important individuals in high school sports are the contest officials. These individuals are so important that, in fact, there would be no organized competitive, school sports without the men and women who officiate these contests every day across the country. ...

CLIVE, Iowa - Tyler and Jessica Kannegieter of Aurelia are now Master Pork Producers. The Iowa Pork Producers Association bestowed the honor on the couple last week. IPPA presented the couple with the coveted brass belt buckle, emblematic of the award, at the Iowa Pork Congress Banquet in Des Moines. The honor included a brief multi-media presentation of the Kannegieter's pork enterprise...

Something wonderful happens when skin touches skin and people connect. People feel something. They express love, compassion, understanding and comfort through touch. This is especially something to consider as Valentine's Day arrives next week and we “officially” express our love for our loved ones...

A proposed urban watershed initiative by the City of Cherokee was supported by the Cherokee County Board of Sypervisors at last week’s Board meeting. Supervisor Duane Mummert, the City’s Parks Director, explained details of the City’s grant application for watershed funding to create a retaining pond along Railroad Creek northeast of the Cherokee Community Center designed to hold a three to four inch rain and release it into the creek at a slower rate to avoid furture flooding as has occured in the past.. ...

Joyce M. Mueller of Loveland, Colorado, 66, formerly of Cleghorn and Cherokee, Iowa, died Saturday morning January 20, 2018, following a four-month battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held on Saturday February 10, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Living Water Community Church, 610 2nd Avenue in Sheldon, Iowa. It was Joyce’s wish to be cremated...

Dorothy Jean Heinen of Cherokee, Iowa, age 73, passed away Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at an Omaha hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with Father Randy Schon officiating, and burial will be at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Cherokee. ...