Stories from Wednesday, April 25, 2018

As some of you may know, I love books. Books are the best. They can take you to magical worlds, down to the deepest depths of the oceans, to faraway lands, or put you in the mind of your favorite character. Reading and books have been a huge part of my life since birth, and I am so glad that I am passing this down to my kid. ...

Something appears to be left unsaid and dare we say nefarious in Woodbury County’s persistence to not only leave the Sioux Rivers Regional Mental Health and Disability Service group, but also calling for its total dissolution while making a bold plea to the DHS to stand on its own as a “regional” supplier of mental health care services for the needy and disabled...

Much of what I did this week was behind the scenes as we continue working on tax cuts and the balancing the budget with the House and the governor’s office. I am working towards being finished by our deadline of April 17, but we need to work together to accomplish this goal. ...

NEWELL - The Alta-Aurelia boys dropped a Twin Lakes Conference dual match to Newell-Fonda Monday on the Newell Golf Course, 179 - 184. Alta-Aurelia’s Alex Snyder was medalist. Snyder shot a round of 42 , then won medalsit honors in a playoff with Newell-Fonda’s Bryce Coppock...

NEWELL - The Alta-Aurelia girls played a golf dual with Newell-Fonda Monday on the Newell Municipal Golf Course, and the Warriors’ varsity team posted a 194 - 228 win over the host Mustag team. Alta-Aurelia’s Annika Patton was medalist with a round of 46, and teammate Erin Lockin was runer-up with a 48...

PHOENIX - Native Cherokean Matt Koch pitched six strong innings in his start against the San Diego Padres Friday night. Koch gave up one run on two hits, with one hit being a solo home run. He struck out four and walked two and was not involved in the decision in a game which his Arizona Diamondbacks lost 4-1, as Arizona managed only one hit...

The conditions were absolutely perfect Monday for South O’Brien’s conference golf meet at Hinton. The Hinton boys defeated South O'Brien 160 to  192. Jeremy Struve once again led  SOS with a 44, a three-stroke improvement from last time. Alec Wheeler carded a 46 in his first meet of the season. ...

HOLSTEIN- The 2018 Raptor Co Ed Relays were run here Monday in beautiful weather. The Alta-Aurelia girls took the girls’ team title, scoring 179 team points to ruuner-up Manson NW Webster, 90. Ridge View placed third with 84 points. The Alta-Aurelia boys placed a close second in the boys’ team standings, scoring 138 team points to champion OABCIG’s 140. Ridge View placed fifth...

The Cherokee Braves Boys golf team finally got a chance to get outside and play some golf Friday night in Hinton.  It was their first time outside this year and their first meet... all in one.  Cherokee Coach Jams DeVos commented, "It was great to finally get our season going with a meet.  Given the weird situation of having our first practice and meet on the same day, I'd say our boys responded very well to the challenge.  Our team score of 212 was already comparable to our lowest scores of last year, and the boys are excited to finally be able to get outside and practice.  Carson Jenness played very well for his first varsity meet and Jake Zwiefel did a nice job playing the number one position.". ...

UNDERWOOD - The Cherokee girls’ track team rtaveled a couple of hours south to compete at a meet in Underwood on Friday, and the Braves finished 8th in the team standings with 46 points. Coach Travis Schipper commented, “ Coach Hoskinson and I were happy with our girls' overall effort again, but there are definitely some things we need to work on to get better.  We are getting down to the last couple weeks of the season, and we need to clean some things up to be where we want to be at the conference and district meets.  We will hopefully get fully healthy in the next couple of weeks and be ready to make this push towards the end of the season.  I thought Lily Anderson ran one of her best races anchoring our Distance Medley to a firts place finish, She had one of the best splits in the 800 for her career.  Megan, Bri, and Kassidy put us in a good position, but Lily really ran a tough and smart race there.”. ...

Andy and Ashton Bierman of Aurelia are happy to announce the birth of their daughter on April 16, 2018. Vivian Mae Bierman was bron at 7:01 a.m. weighed 7 lb. 8 oz., and measured 19 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Chris Wunschel and Denise Waters of Nemaha and Dick and Judy Bierman of Cherokee...

Elaine Juanita Hollenbeck of Cherokee, Iowa, 89, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday evening, April 20, 2018. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, April 24th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Meriden Evangelical Free Church, with Pastor Chris McComic and Pastor Larry Ostercamp officiating, and burial will be in the Liberty Township Cemetery rural Meriden, Iowa on Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. ...

Ronald E. Dreyer 79, of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, originally from Cherokee, Iowa. passed away at his home on Friday, April 20, 2018   Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 24th, at 2 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Rev. Cris Decious will officiate. ...

Trenton and Kirsty McClaren of Cherokee are the proud parents of a baby boy, born on April 17, 2018. Ezekiel Wayne McClaren was born at 2 a.m., weighed 8 lb. 10 oz., and measured 21 inches long. Grandparents are Paul and Trish Isom and Harl and Tina Haskins...

The Cherokee Historic Preservation Commission is staging an event to sharpen ypeople's knowledge of historic Cherokee by presenting the “Cherokee Historic Preservation Celebration, to be held Friday, April 27 through Sunday, May 6th. The week will be filled with interesting museum tours and events. It is free of charge and welcome to the whole family...

This Friday’s Chamber Coffee, at 9:30 a.m., is sponsored by the Cherokee Historic Preservation Commission and will be held at the historic Cherokee Railroad Depot, 119 S. 4th Street. The event will kick off a week-long Historic Preservation Celebration in Cherokee, and the Cherokee Trails Committee’s display of the proposed paved trail and nature park in the historic Fountain House area will be on display during the coffee...

Cherokee WHS featured 12 FFA members competing in Leadership Career Development Events at Sub Districts in Lawton in February: Ag Sales, Jaden Ducommun: Bronze; Job Interview, Sydney Woltman: Sliver (Alternate to Districts); Public Speaking, Bailey Engelke: Sliver (Alternate to Districts); Ag Broadcasting, Whitney Wiemold: Bronze; Creed Speaking, Katlyne Pitts: Bronze; Conduct of Meetings, Kendra Husman, Avery Knipper, Rebecca Cowan, Carson Fuhrman, Austin Wilkie, Jared Woltman, and Dakota Meyer: Silver.. ...

After a motion to table any action failed on a 3-2 vote, the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors last week approved a Resolution by that same vote that would potentially admit Woodbury County as a member of the Rolling Hills Community Services Region, of which Cherokee County is a member...