Stories from Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Virginia (Roberson) Williams, 89, former long-time resident of Washta, Iowa, passed away, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 in Bellevue, Nebraska, surrounded by her family.  Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the Washta United Methodist Church with Rev. ...

PETERSON - The Alta-Aurelia girls continued their track season success here Monday with a team title in the Sioux Central Relays, totaling 171 points ro runner-up Sioux Central and Pocahontas Area, both of whom scored 115 points. First place finishes for Alta-Aurelia included the Sprint Medley team of Grace DePuma, Rowan Kolpin, Brittany Turnquist and Lily Peterson, timed in 1:54.08; Jess Flaherty in the 100 m. ...

SPIRIT LAKE - The Lakes Conference held its Conference Track Meet here Thursday on a drizzly day, when It didn't stop raining until the last couple of events. The Cherokee girls finished 6th in the Team Standings and were able to come away with one conference championship, with Bri Sleezer winning the 400 meters in 1:02.80, making her a two-time conference champ in that event. ...

The Cherokee boys’ tennis team hosted Spencer on Monday for a Lakes Conference dual. In varsity singles, the Tigers won all six matches, and Spencer also won all three varsity doubles matches. The Braves won one j.v. singles match, a 9-8 win by Cael Lundy...

STORM LAKE - The Cherokee finished second at last week’s Lakes Conference Golf Tournament, finishing 16 team strokes behind champion LeMars’ team total of 423 strokes. Cherokee had two girls who scored well enough to be on the Lakes All Conference Team - Paityn Hagberg, who was 4th individually with a 101, and Addie Cosgrove, who was 7th with a 105...

EMMETSBURG - Cherokee’s girls finished 4th in the Team Standings at Monday’s E-Hawk Relays here, scoring 65 team points. Spencer finished first with 190.5 points and host Emmetsburg was second, with 179 points. For the Braves, the Sprint Medley team of Megan Brown, JeMae Nichols, Brianna Sleezer and Kass Pingel finished second, in a time of 1:56.33, while the Distance Medley (Teagan Slaughter, Alexa Timerman, Grace Anderson and Lily Anderson) was 3rd, in a time of 4:43.03, as was the 4 x 400 team of Grace Anderson, Teagan Slaughter, Lily Anderson and Alexa Timmerman, in a time of 4:36.08.. ...

The final preparations are underway for the first annual “KeeCon”, billed as a mini ComicCon, a celebration of pop culture. KeeCon is the result of a collaboration between the Cherokee School District and the Cherokee Public Library. The library hosted a similar event last year and had a very good response so Library Director Zach Freking-Smith and WHS English teacher Briana White joined forces to work with a team of students to plan this year's bigger and better event. ...

Republicans are assured victories in Cherokee County in the June Primary and the November Election as no Democrats are in the field. An interesting twist has occurred in the Cherokee County Recorder’s race where former Recorder and former Democrat Dawn Miller is running as a Republican against incumbent Republican Recorder Mark Murphy, who defeated Miller four years ago...

Friday’s Cherokee Chamber Coffee will be hosted by Mother Hen, 113 E. Main St., and there will also be a red ribbon cutting for the new downtown business.

We are taught as children that telling the truth is always the best option. For instance, Catholics are taught that lying - big or small - is a sin and must be confessed, proper penance dispensed by a priest, and a promise made to God you will try not to do that again...

Nate and Leah Graham of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, born on May 3, 2018. Clara Janelle Graham was born at 1:21 p.m., weighed 9 lb. 3 oz., and measured 21 1/2 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big brothers, Nolan and Danson. Grandparents are Suzan Graham of Cherokee, Steve Graham of Quimby and Bruce Volkert of Washta...

Lois Timmins of Cherokee, Iowa, age 98, passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Visitation at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 12th. The family then invites you to join them in sharing stories and memories of Lois at 2 p.m. The Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee is assisting the family with the arrangements. Condolences may be directed to the family at www.greenwoodfuneral.com...

Weather permiiting, the State Qualifying Track Meets will be run this Thursday, May 10th. In Class 2A, Cherokee will compete at the meet in Sheldon, along with Estherville - Lincoln Central, Hinton, KP-WC, Okoboji, Sheldon, Sibley-Ocheyedan, Sioux Center, Unity Christian, West Lyon, West Sioux, and Western Christian...