Stories from Wednesday, April 18, 2018

With just some tweaking and touch-ups remaining, The City of Cherokee nears completion of the downtown Facade Project that provided facelifts to the facades of 14 participating buildings in the downtown area. The joint project, which included grant monies and contributed funds from the City, Coiunty, CIC, CAEDC and Chamber of Commerce, and involved building owners, will be closed out July 1. ...

A busy skid loader, idled basketball hoop, and snowed-in vehicles are symbolic of this Iowa springtime dilemma after Saturday’s April 14 blizzard dumped several inches of snow and ice. propelled by fierce 50-mph winds All area events were cancelled and the City declared a Snow Emergency for the weekend...

Friday’s Chamber Coffee, at 9:30 a.m., will be hosted by the ISU Extension and Outreach Office at 209 Centennial Drive.

One of the most appreciated, redeeming qualities of this community is how it comes together for a common cause simply because it’s the right thing to do for the betterment of us all. That outstanding characteristic is prevalent throughout Cherokee City and County and was put on display front and center with the Downtown Revitalization Facade Project soon nearing completion...

The difference between something being created and something being made is that when something is created, it is brought into existence out of nothing. But, when something is made it has been formed out of something else that already exists. With that being said, I love technology more than anything else intangible in this world and hope to share that love and creative spark within the Makerspace at the library. ...

HINTON - Despite temperatures in the low 50's and gusty conditions, the Cherokee girls track team was ready to compete last Thursday in the 28th Annual Hinton Blackhawks Girls Invite. In class “A” Hinton placed fifth with 92 team points, South O'Brien placed fourth with 104 points, West Manona placed third with 121 points, Cherokee placed second with 131 points, and Kingsley-Pierson Woodbury-Central won the meet with 225 team points...

SPIRIT LAKE - The tradition-tough Spirit Lake girls showed more of the same against a young, inexperienced Cherokee squad here Thursday night with a resounding 9-0 Lakes Conference tennis win. In varsity singles for Cherokee, Courtney Aden lost 10-0 to Casie Barba at #1, Isabel Gebers lost 10-0 to Ashley Thorn at #2, Megan Kellen lost 10-0 to Lauren Goth at #3, Alisanne Struck fell 10-2 to Anna Ascherman at #4, Natalie Peterson fell 10-0 to Lily Hughes at #5, and Kalina Schubert lost 10-2 to Emily Samuelson at #6.. ...