Stories from Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Sign Ups for the Cherokee Youth Softball and Baseball Association (CYSBA) are going on now. On March 6th and 8th, signups at Roosevelt and Elementary and Cherokee Middle School are from 4 - 7 p.m., and on Saturday March 11th, there will be a sign up at the Cherokee Middle School from 1 - 4 p.m...

This Friday’s Chamber Coffee, at 9:30 a.m., will be hosted by Perspective Insurance, 110 N. 2nd Street.

The @#!%^&tax man cometh. At least that’s been the reaction of many Cherokee County property owners after new property valuation assessments arrived in the mail the past few weeks. After letters were mailed out by the Assessor’s Office in August 2016 and explanatory articles detailing the project published in the Chronicle Times in September/October 2016, residents would be hard pressed today to say they didn’t see this coming...

DES MOINES — The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) announced its first-ever girls basketball all-state team on Tuesday. The teams are selected by print sports writers in Iowa, and honor the top 24 high school girls basketball players in each class...

ROCKWELL CITY - Alta-Aurelia senior Lily Peterson was named to the first team of the Twin Lakes Conference All Conference girls’ basketball team. South Central Calhoun had two players named to the first team, while conference champion Newell-Fonda, Emmetsburg, Sioux Central, East Sac County and GTRA each had one player named...

The young Ridge View athletes pictured here all wrestled at this year’s AAU wrestling Tournament. Kyler Crum, Levi Else, Shane Reiss, Lucas Heilman, Blake Myrtue, Conner Jacobson, Blake Peterson, Izzy Deeds, Lucas Else, Zander Ernst, Easton Hanson, Zach Vohs, Gabe Van Houten, Watson Susie, Hayden Hawthorne, Tyler Dutler, Talan Witzke, Alex Pribble, Dustin Ressien, Aiden Myrtue, and Carson Jacobson. Photo contributed...

HOLSTEIN - Several Ridge View students have qualified for the State Archery Tournament, which will be held at the Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center. in Des Moines March 9-11. Qualifying were the High School 3D team of Cassie Allen, Arianna Parra, Alexis Clark, Rayann Volkert, Cloe Droegmiller, Brayden Stowater, Jon Madsen, Jaden Droegmiller, Brant Price and Karlo Weldon; the High School Bullseye team of Jon Madsen, Rayann Volkert, Jaden Droegmiller, Brayden Stowater, Lauren Johnson, Alexis Clark, Cassie Allen and Brant Price; and the Middle School Bullseye team of Logan Pickhinke, Caden Biede and Tyhler Kolpin.. ...

North Star Community Credit Union in Cherokee is proud to announce and welcome Carly Husman, who joined North Star on January 15th as its new Human Resource Manager & Compliance Officer. Carly will be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing human resource and compliance functions at the credit union...

CHEROKEE - The United States Air Force Band of Mid-America’s Midwest Winds will present a concert at Washington High School, 600 W. Bluff Street in Cherokee on Monday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m. Admission to the concert is free and tickets are not required...

Cherokee County Assessor Greg Zarr said his office is doing its best to answer questions amd resolve fears after new property valuations were mailed out to County residents in February. The estimated $800.000 door-ro-door project began in September 2016 and was completed in December 2017...

If you haven’t visited the Cherokee Public Library there is a new face there to greet you. Tyler Hahn has replaced Charlene Carson as Youth and Special Services Librarian. Tyler has been the Western Iowa Tech Community College librarian for the previous three and-a- half years, and he has also worked at the Sanford Museum Planetarium for the past five years...

Jesus' Last Supper was actually a Jewish Passover. Eli Birnbaum of Jews for Jesus will re-create the traditional Passover service and explain how it foreshadowed Jesus' death and resurrection in a presentation called "Christ in the Passover" at Oakdale Evangelical Free Church on Saturday, March 24th at 6 p.m. Oakdale Evangelical Free Church is located at 1207 450th Street near Meriden...

The Lenten service at Grace Methodist Church in Marcus is held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, with supper preceding the service at 5:30 p.m.   Tonight's (March 7th) featured speaker will be Kesnel, who is from Haiti. The speaker on March 14 will be Harlan Hansen, and on March 21 it will be Ed Schlenger...

Robert Matthew Carsten of Holstein, age 49 , passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 10, 2018, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Storm Lake, with Father Michael Cronin officiating, and burial will take place at the Quimby Cemetery at a later date. ...

Aaron and Mandi Schneider of Remsen are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy on February 28, 2018. Liam Joseph Schneider was born at 12:18 a.m., weighed 9 lb. 2 oz., and measured 21 inches long. He was welcomed home by his big sister, Harmony...

Alan Klein and Melissa Hunt of Cushing are happy to announce the birth of their little girl, who was born on March 1, 2018. Madison Nicole Klein was born at 11:04 a.m, weighed 7 lb. 8 oz., and measured 21 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big sister, Kennadie...

Kailab and Samantha Hendrickson of Meriden are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, who was born on February 28, 2018. Kian Duane Hendrickson was born at 10 p.m., weighed 6 lb. 2 oz., and measured 20 inches long. Grandparents are Kathy and Doug Pratt of Aurelia and Regina Short of Onawa...

Evan and Julie Andresen are happy to announce the birth of their little boy, who was born on March 1, 2018. Nolan Dean Andresen was born at 6:52 p.m., and he weighed 8 lb. 11 oz. and measured 21 1/4 inches long.

Phyllis Elizabeth Jaminet of Cherokee, Iowa , age 96, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2018, at The Gardens Assisted Living in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 10, 2018, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, with Father Randy Schon officiating. ...

Elwood Joe Lundsgaard of Cherokee, Iowa, age 83, passed away at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center following a brief illness on March 1, 2018. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 9, 2018, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Jean Morse officiating, and burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. ...

**March 6 - Chad Volkert of Clive, IA **March 7 Dan Steward of Cherokee

Floyd Rupp of Sioux City, formerly of Cheokee, will celebrate his 90th birthday on March 13th, and you can help him celebrate by sending a card to him at 5300 Stone Ave., Apt. 118; Sioux City, IA 51106. Floyd was born in Cherokee and farmed in Cherokee County for more than 75 years and each spring and fall he still goes out to the farm to help his son and grandson with planting and harvest...

Because they can. That’s the mantra recited from the cold capitalists who operate without a conscience when determining gasoline prices in Cherokee. And that may be all it ever will be, as Cherokee is considered on an island when it comes to supply and demand and competition among gasoline retailers...

This is in all likelihood my last article representing the library. I have no intention of becoming maudlin, but allow me a little leverage. I have never taken myself very seriously either. One of my favorite things to do as a child was go to the library. We had a an elderly town librarian, between the ages of 79 and infinity, who wore men’s socks and ground-gripper shoes, tweedy skirts and cardigans with dog hair on them. LOTS of dog hair. We all loved her...