Stories from Monday, May 21, 2018

Every 13 minutes, someone dies on America’s roads, amounting to more than 40,000 deaths consistently each year. Traffic crashes are the leading killer of people ages 1-34, and the real calamity here is how complacent our nation has become about these very preventable tragedies...

(Warning - this article from the 1918 Cherokee Times would probably not be considered “politically correct” these days) Indians Join Camp Dodge Army About 60 Indians were in the last increment that arrived at Camp Dodge. Most of these men are from the Standing Rock Agency in North Dakota...

ORANGE CITY - The Alta-Aurelia boys played in the Class 2A District Golf tournament here Thursday on the Landsmeer Golf Club Course, and the team finished seventh with a team score of 373. Carroll Kuemper took the team title with a score of 318 and ELC was runner-up with 328. ...

The 2018 Cherokee Men’s Golf League played a preliminary week on Thursday May 17th. Here is the schedule for the second week of play: Michael Swain and Ricky Swain will play Andy Barringer and Merlin Munson; Troy Valentine and Matt Pitts play Jon Curry and Dave Peck; Chris Christensen and Chad Brown play Kelly Gooodlaxson and Brian Shea; Hank Hayes and Gary Borcherding play Jason Pigott and Jared Barkley; Curt Johnson and Karl Larson play Don Ehrich and Jim Robinson; Jeff Brown and scott Christensen meet Darren Zwiefel and Dave Lucas; Mark Murphy and Will Miller play Gene Streeter and Rick Westphal; Jim Haselhoff and Mike Letsche face Tim Jones and Kyle Shuck; and Tyler Halverson and Tanner Carlson meet Travis Wiese and Charlie Barry.. ...

DES MOINES - The State Track Meet began on Thursday, and here are some of the results of events involving athletes from schools in the Chronicle Times coverage area. Alta-Aurelia senior Lily Peterson earned her team four points with a 5th place finish in the 400 Meters, running the event in a time of 59.14. THe Warriors’ Nick Gaes finished 16th in the 2A Boys’ Shot Put with a toss of 48-6.25...

Imagine the surprise Cody Carlson had when he snagged "the big one" at Koser Spring Lake Park between 4:30 and 5 p.m on May 15th, After struggling for about 45 minutes, Carlson landed a 100 pound+ big head albino carp using a 50 poundtest line to haul this giant in. After taking pictures of his prize, Carlson released the fish...

Cherokee Trails Committee (CTC) was honored to receive $8,000 from the Cherokee County Legacy Foundation. The current CTC project is the acquisition of 55 acres of land in the historic section east of town. The land includes a scenic pond and barn that are remnants of Magnetic Lake and the Fountain House, which were a significant attraction for Cherokee in the late 1800s. ...

MARCUS - The Marcus Community Center has been undergoing updating to the building and the outdoor patio this past winter. Keeping the Community Center up -to -date is necessary for the future use of the center. Those involved have added the Handicap Area, outdoor patio, new dance floor and stage floor, updated the flooring, the kitchen, moved the bar to a new location, put in new ceiling tiles and lighting, new colored digital lighting, painting, and Thrasher repair in the basement all in the past few years.. ...

The plans are finalized for the Memorial Day celebration in Aurelia on Monday May 28, 2018. The program will be held in the Alta-Aurelia Middle School gym at 10:30 a.m. The Gettysburg Address will be read by Simon Carlson and ’In Flanders Field’ and the response will be read by Kaysha Brown and Pegan Owens...

North Star Community Credit Union proudly announces that three graduating high school seniors have each received a scholarship to assist in their pursuit of higher education. As a community-based financial institution, North Star Community Credit Union responds to the call of community involvement. ...