Stories from Monday, April 2, 2018

Cherokee’s City Council at last week’s meeting approved the second reading of a revised Ordinance stipulating an increase in monthly garbage rates from $14.50 to $15.00, and bringing forth the Sanitary Services contract for negotiation with the third reading of the ordinance...

Hannah Weier and George Johnson of Calument are the proud parents of a baby girl, Olivia Pam Johnson. Olivia was born on March 21, 2018 at Cherokee Region Hospital. She weighed 10 pounds and 7 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long. She is joined at home by her four brothers Payton, Jaxon, Jordy, Edgar and three sisters Lennie, Lilly, Vayda...

Courtney and Joshua Powell of Galva are the proud parents of a baby boy, Jaxon Joshua Powell. He was born March 20, 2018. He weighed 9 pounds and 6 ounces and was 22 inches in length. He is joined at home by his sister Nikita Powell. Also welcoming Jaxon is his grandparents Mike and Denise Vander Broek of Sioux Center and Mike and Trish Powell of Kingsley, IA...

Drew and Shana Wieland are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Delta Drew Wieland. She was born on March 18, 2018 at 8:20 a.m., weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz. and measured 21 ½ inches long. Delta was welcomed home by her big sisters, Reese and Evie...

Jessica Fisher and Shaun Monroy of Ida Grove are the proud parents of a daugher, Mekenna Grace Monroy. She was born March 22, 2018 at Cherokee Regional Medical Center. She weigh 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 inches long. She is joined at home by siblings Dakota Monroy, Hailey Reed, Kyra Fisher and Khloie Fisher. As greeting MeKenna is her grandparents Tersa and Alam Piambeck of Council Bluffs and Michele Reed and Kevin Howell of Ida Grove...

Chamber hosted a ribbon cutting for Dessel Tax located at 211 West Willow Street, Cherokee. The business is run by Allan Dessel with the help of his mother, Hallie, father Kevin and his sister Lisa.

At last week’s City Council meeting, City Administrator Sam Kooiker reported on two variance applications recently considered by the Board of Adjustment. An application for square footage and a side yard setback variance for construction of a garage at 425 Gillease was recommended for approval by the BOA with stipulations, including one board member voting against approving the application, as well as a neighbor expressing opposition...

The Western Valley Conference Visual Arts Show was held here recently with 10 schools displaying artworks created during the school year for judging. Destiny VanBeek, a senior at Ridge View High School, won 1st place medals in both the painting and the drawing categories. Sophia Mendoza, a sophomore, won 1st place in the digital media category, while senior, Sierra Deck placed 3rd in digital media...

KC Calendar winners March 31 - Jim Fassler of Quimby April 2 - Phil Simmons of Cherokee

On March 29, 2018, the Cherokee Police were called to an incident of a vehicle that collided with a residence at 322 Sumner Street. Police determined that the vehicle belonging to Sara Peterson, 31 of Cherokee, travelled off the road at the intersection of North Sherman and East Bluff Street and struck the back of the residence of 322 Sumner. ...

Iowa law guarantees that every child in the state receives an “equal” amount of money to fund his/her education. A district’s budget is basically derived from the number of children enrolled in the district multiplied by the district’s cost per child. ...

On April 22, millions of people around the world will celebrate the 48th anniversary of Earth Day. The idea behind the day began back in the "hippie culture" of the 1960’s, but was not officially observed until 1970. Earth Day is certainly a deserving holiday that recharges and encourages us to recycle and honor the planet and all living things that inhabit it...

AURELIA - The students in the Aurelia building of the Alta-Aurelia district, which houses the Junior High and Aurelia elementary, participated in their 21st Annual Jump Rope for Heart Event on March 28th.  The students in grades 3-8 formed teams and packed the gym, most trying for best participation, costume, attitude, and all around fun.  Not solely just for fun, though - they also raised more than $4,300 for the American Heart Association...