Stories from Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Simonsen Rendering of Quimby announced Tuesday that it is ceasing its rendering services as of Friday, February 23rd. After that date, the company will no longer pick up and remove dead farm animals. Eleven employees are affected by this announcement, and they will be offered the opportunity to apply for jobs at Simonsen Manufacturing in Quimby, which will continue its normal operations...

Several Cherokee WHS students participated at the Northern Festival of Bands last week in the Great Hall on UNI’s Cedar Falls campus. Front row, left to right, Rylie Bainbridge (concert band), Alexa Timmerman (wind orchestra), Kendra Husman (concert band), Josh Lauck (concert band), Alisanne Struck (wind orchestra). ...

The Cherokee Symphony Mid-Winter Concert, the second of this Symphony’s 62nd season, will be performed at 4 p.m. Sunday, February 18, at the Cherokee Community Center. A full orchestra, members representing 20 communities, will be under the direction of Ted Hallberg of Le Mars...

At last week’s Cherokee County Board of Supervisors meeting, Ben VanEngelenhoven of the VanEngelenhoven Agency, and Rick Angell, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Representative in Cherokee, presented Cherokee County's notice of health insurance renewal rates, which include a 5.92% rate increase for coverage beginning FY July 1, 2018...

Happy Valentine’s Day, Cherokee! There is so much to love about this world: family, dogs, cats, babies, the Internet, having coffee with your friends, eating a really greasy burger after craving it for weeks. Too many to list! Of course, we also love our library. Here are some things to love about our library:...

Stanley T. Crum of Holstein, age 71, passed away on Thursday, February 08, 2018 at UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s of Sioux City.  A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 10 a.m. at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of Holstein with the Pastor Jay Wallace officiating, and burial will be at the Holstein Cemetery, with military rites conducted by the American Legion Dessel - Schmidt Post #225 of Holstein. ...

Rickey D. Monroe of Cherokee, Iowa, 66, passed away suddenly Saturday afternoon, February 10, 2018 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 14th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa, with Rev. ...

Lola Kay Paeper of Cherokee, age 66, passed away Thursday, February 8, 2018, at her residence surrounded by her family. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 12, 2018, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cherokee, IA. Pastor Cris Decious will officiate. ...

The cherished 90-year old man sat in my office with tears trickling down his cheeks and after he said what he said, I also had tears running down mine. “How can there be so much love in Cherokee and so much hate out there in the world?” asked everyone’s best friend, Kenny Bern. “I don’t understand.”...

SIOUX CENTER - Cherokee’s Mason Hill at 106 pounds, and Tyler Zeimen at 170 earned berths in the Iowa State Wrestling Tournament after winning 2A District titles here Saturday. For Zeimen, it’s his fourth consecutive trip to Des Moines as a State qualifier...

MANSON - Alta-Aurelia’s Nick Gaes won the 220 lb. division at the Class 1A Disreict Westling Meet here Saturday, and advances to this week’s State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines. Gaes improved his season mark to 48-0 with a win by fall, in 0:53, over Eagle Grove’s Joel Mendoza in the Championship Match. Gaes also won his semifinal match by fall, in 1:14, over Lakes Mills’ Max Johnson...

MARCUS - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn.Remsen Union girls beat Remsen St. Mary’s, 65-30, in opening round Class 1A Girls Regional Basketball action here Thursday. Madison Treinen scored 17 points to lead the Royals’ attack and Haley Schwarz added 11 points, Aliyah Jackson scored nine and Gretchen Ruba eight for MMCRU, now 11-11...

MOVILLE - The Alta-Aurelia girls played Woodbury Central in first round Class 2A Regional Bsketball here Saturday and the Warriors fell to the host team by a score of 71-52. Erin Lockin led A-A with 19 points, while Laney Stanton had 14 and Mary Barnes and Lily Peterson ecah scored eight. The Warriors concluded their season with an overall mark of 8- 13...

The Cherokee girls hosted the OABCIG Falcons Saturday in the opening round of 3A Regional basketball, with Kassidy Pingel leadingd the way for the Braves with a big double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds as the Braves took down the Falcons, 85-45...

ESTHERVILLE - Paced by lone senior Jack Benson, the young Cherokee Braves showed their potential and grit here Monday night with a hard-fought 68-52 2A District Tournament opener over Sibley-Ocheyedan. Point guard Benson fired in a career-high 25 points after regaining form from a lengthy bout with mono that benched him much of the season. ...

This Friday's Chamber Coffee, starting at 9:30 a.m., will be hosted by the Cherokee General Store, 116 East Main Street and hosted by Sarah Cook and Tim and Patti Greenwood

The Cherokee Fire Department was called to the scene of a fire at the home of Eric and Sarah Erschen of 430 W. Cherry St.in Cherokee at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The family, Eric, Sarah and their three children, escaped without injury. The four-plex was in the process of being turned into a single family dwelling...

CORRECTIONVILLE - The Alta-Aurelia boys defeated River Valley, 69-35, in the regular season finale for both teams. Aric Stephan had 13 points for A-A, while Carson Kruger added 12 points. Kruger also had eight rebounds, four assists and three steals to lead the Warriors, who finished the regular season with a 16-4 record...

Henry Hayes received the Citizen of the Year award Saturday evening at the County Recognition Banquet. Hayes was nominated for the award for his many years of community service Henry served 35 years as a volunteer fireman who actively sought grants for need and equipment over the years. ...