Stories from Friday, February 23, 2018

Libertad De LaPaz and Daniel Romero of Storm Lake are happy to announce the birth of their babt girl, born on February 17, 2018. Emily Itzel DeLaPaz- Romero was born at 2:55 p.m. , weighed 8 lb. 8 oz., and measured 20 1/2 inches long, and she was welcomed home by her big sister, Sophia De LaPaz...

Marcus Fire Department representatives Dan Erickson, Paul Wilkens, Jim Rassel, and Russ Hansen provided details of the department’s annual fire and ambulance calls with 104 responses and 3115 total on-duty hours for their 26 member unit. The supervisors thanked the Marcus Fire Department for their commitment to providing vital services to residents and applauded them for their professional administration of the volunteer department...

STORM LAKE - The Alta-Aurelia boys edged Pocahontas Area by a single point. 74-73, in Class 2A District basketball action here Tuesday. The one-two punch of seniors Carson Kruger and Alex Snyder led the Warriors’ offensive effort, with Snyder contributing 24 points and Kruger 22. Kruger also led the Warriors on the boards with nine rebounds, and dished out six assists, while Snyder had seven assists. Tyler Hanks had eight points, five rebounds and three steals for the Warriors...

PAULLINA- Peyton Brasser scored 20 points as the South O’Brien boys beat Harris-Lake Park, 69-40, in Class 1A District tournament action here Tuesday. Carson Louscher also scored 20 points for the Wolverines (18-5), while Jackson Louscher added 12...

ROCKWELL CITY - The Twin Lakes Conference sent 11 wrestlers from conference schools to the recent State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines, and 10 wrestlers placed in their weight classes and one won his weight’s championship. The champion was Pocahontas Area’s Shea Ruffridge, who won at 126 pounds. ...

At the Archery Tournament held in Ridge View on February 17th, the top two teams were Sergeant Bluff-Luton, with a team score of 3366, and Ridge View, which shot a team score of 3023. Individual Champions included : Boys - Adam Larson, Lawton-Bronson, 293 and Girls - Lauryn Jansen, (Sergeant Bluff-Luton)SB-L, 288 ...

  The 2018 Barnes Bull Riding Challenge tour is heading to Ames, Iowa on March 2-3, 2018. Current students and Iowa State rodeo alum are working jointly on the fundraiser for the rodeo team.   Stock Contractors Marty Barnes and Westin Barnes are producing the event and hired bullfighter Luke Moore and announcer Jeff Lucas.   ...

The Early Childhood Learning Center (ECLC) and Roosevelt Elementary schools in Cherokee hosted their very own Winter Olympic games last Friday, held during "Winter Spirit Week," a time of preparation for ostudents' upcoming Iowa tests. The focus of these games was on goal setting, having a positive attitude, teamwork, and doing your very best...

Destiney  Rain  Gritten of Cushing, Iowa, 22, formerly of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Sunday evening February 18, 2018 in the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa due to injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. Memorial services and a time of sharing memories with family and friends will be held on Saturday, February 24th at 10:30 a.m. ...

At this week's Cherokee School Board meeting a public hearing was held in regards to the school calendar for 2018-2019 year. There were two options for the calendar that were put before the staff and the public. The first option was to remove spring break and have school get out on May 24. ...

Des Moines, IA – John Norris, Democratic candidate for Governor of Iowa, thas announced his 'Every Iowan Tour: Northwest' that will highlight Norris’ solutions-based policies to improve the lives of every Iowan in evey Iowa community. The tour will include a stop in Cherokee this from Sunday, February 25, 2018, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Family Table Restaurant, 745 N 2nd Street in Cherokee...

WHS culinary students were able to participate in a culinary event about oils recently, sponsored by the Iowa Soy Council and the Iowa Restaurant Association at WIT in Sioux City. The students were able to taste different oils, watch cooking demonstrations, sample foods and learn how oils are used in cooking...

Larry Eugene Orr, 71, of rural Rolfe, Iowa, passed away peacefully with his family beside him on February 22, 2018, at Cherokee Specialty Care. Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 26th, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cherokee, Iowa, with  Rev. ...

The Cherokee County Pheasants Forever Chapter will be taking applications for its 2018 Cherokee PF- Les Licklider scholarship program. This $1,000 scholarship is for graduating high school seniors who are residents of Cherokee County and are pursuing a career in a conservation, environmental education, conservation law enforcement, agricultural biology or other related fields at an accredited institution of higher learning...

The Cherokee County Pork Producers will again be taking applications for their 2018 scholarship program. These scholarships are for county residents that are or will be enrolled in full time college course work in an agricultural field or major. Applications for the scholarship will be available from area high schoo guidance counselors or from the CCPP scholarship committee members upon request. ...

Due to the weather an event at the Sanford Museum, 'From the Stars to our Spinal Cord: A Journey in our Planetarium' , originally scheduled for Friday Feb. 23rd has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 8. The Sanford Museum and Planetarium is excited to show off the amazing educational tools the new planetarium projector is capable of! This program will be a sampler of the three new programs: 'The Layered Earth', 'Zygote Body', and 'Starry night'. ...