Stories from Wednesday, June 27, 2018

This Friday’s Chamber Coffee, at 9:30 a.m., will be hosted by Cherokee MHI/CCUSO in the May Room at the MHI.

The Ridge View softball team ran into a hot hitting Woodbury Central Friday night., dropping a 12-1 game.  Taking the loss for the Raptors was Katie Brinkman, who threw four innings, allowing nine earned runs on nine hits, walking two.  Leading the Raptors at the plate were: Beth Pickhinke, 2-2 with a double and Kara Richard, 1-2 with a double and RBI. ...

HOLSTEIN - In Western Valley Conference baseball action here on Friday, Ridge View scored one in the bottom of the 1st inning for the early lead against Woodbury Central but after four innings, the visiting Wildcats had a 4-1, then increased their lea to 6-2 entering the 5th inning.  The Raptors scored three runs in the bottom of the 5th and anotherin the bottom of the 6th to tie it up, 6-6. ...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia softball team saw its unblemished record come to an end her Friday as Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire scored three runs in the top of the first inning and made it hold up for a 3-1 win over the Warriors. Alta-Aurelia hurler Abby Kraemer also suffered her first loss of the season following 15 straight wins. The junior alowed three runs (two eaned) on just three hits in seven innings, and she walked three and struck out 18...

ALTA - Senior hurler Alex Snyder spun a one-hitter as Alta-Aurelia scored a 10-0 win here over Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Friday night. Snyder, who threw a no-hitter earler this season, walked no one and fanned 12 in his latest gem. Kaleb Sleezer and Logan McCoy each had two hits and drove in two runs for Alta-Aurelia, and Michael Ryherd and Snyder also had two RBI apiece...

Carol J. Beck of Cherokee, Iowa, 79, passed away Friday afternoon, June 22, 2018 at Unity Point Health-St. Luke’s in Sioux City, Iowa. Visitation and a time of sharing memories were held on Sunday morning, June 24th,  at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., and online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

Jeanette E. (Ludwig) Wilson of Cherokee, Iowa, 87, passed away Saturday evening, June 23, 2018 at Cherokee Specialty Care. Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 29th, at 10:30 a.m. at First Congregational Church in Aurelia, Iowa, with Pastor Bruce Rapp officiating, and burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Aurelia, Iowa. ...

Marilyn J. (Kolb) Rooney, 77, of Lincoln, Nebraska passed away on June 23, 2018. Private family memorial services will be held at a later date. It was Marilyn’s wish to be cremated and there will be no visitation. Memorial contributions may be made to the family for future designation. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared online at Roperandsons.com...

Albert W. Glienke. 95, died Sunday, June 24, 2018 at the Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake, Iowa.Funeral services will be Thursday, June 28, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Hanover, with Pastor Ryan Roehrig officiating, and b urial will be at the Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church in Hanover. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements...

In a rescheduled game, the Cherokee softball team played an early game on Friday afternoon against Spirit Lake.  The Braves held the lead the entire game but timely hits for the Indians in the 7th inning gave Spirit Lake the victory, 5-4.  With two outs in the top of the first inning, Teagan Slaughter drew a walk and Kassidy Pingel singled, Sarah Kach was hit by a pitch and Teagan Slaughter scored on a passed ball for the Braves to take a 1-0 lead.  The Braves scored again in the fifth inning when Kach was again hit by a pitch and JeMae Nichols doubled and Alexus Jones singled to score Kach and Nichols. In the 6th inning, Teagan Slaughter hit a home run for the Braves to take a 4-1 lead, but in the bottom half of the 7th inning, the Indians strung together four hits and two fielder’s choices to score the necessary runs to win the game. . ...

The Cherokee Braves baseball team had a packed schedule at the end of last week with two games on Friday and another two games on Saturday. Three of the four games were part of the Spalding Catholic Invitational and the other game was a conference game...

The National Weather Service Tuesday reported that the Little Sioux River level is predicted to crest past 24 feet Thursday in the Cherokee area, categorizing the development as a major flood. The heavy rain predicted for overnight Tuesday that would further impact Cherokee’s flood waters was predicted to go south of the City, adding further water woes in the Corrctionville vicinity...

DOON , Iowa - A train derailment spilled 230,000 gallons of crude oil into an already-flooded Iowa river Friday, endangering area residents and downstream drinking water. Thirty-two cars of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train derailed, 14 of which leaked crude oil into the Rock River in Doon. The cause of the derailment is unknown, but officials attributed it to heavy rain Wednesday and Thursday which led to flooding...

The Cherokee Area Farmers’ Market will hold its fourth market of the 2018 season Thursday)from 4 - 6 p.m. under the canopy at the Cherokee Depot. Here is the updated list of vendors and the items they will have available for sale this week: Cindy Juhl will have green onions, kale, lettuce, Swiss chard, freshly baked breads, assorted jams/jellies, and handmade zipper pouches; Wayne Nafe will have snap peas, radishes, onions, kohlrabi, rhubarb, beets, zucchini, cabbage, and broccoli; Vicki Wood will have heirloom and beefsteak tomatoes; Loyd Reineke of The Flying Honey Bee will have Honey, Creamed Honey, Soap, Lotion Bars, and Pollen.. ...