Stories from Monday, July 2, 2018

There will be no Chamber Coffee this Friday, July 6th, due to the 4th of July Holiday. Next week’s Coffee, on July 13th, will be hosted by the Cherokee County Fair Board at the Fairgrounds.

HAWARDEN - Connor Sand returned to the MMCRU lineup Thursday, going 1 for 3 with a walk and brining some much needed defense back to the team as they faced West Sioux in a War Eagle conference baseball game here.   "For the boys, its like getting a family member back.  All of us love Connor and, we are thrilled to have him back,"  siad Coach TJ Schaefer. ...

HOLSTEIN - Ridge View earned its first shutout victory of the season here Thursday behind a great pitching performance by Jake Tokheim, who went the distance, givinh up seven hits.  At the plate. Jaxon Franken had two hits and an RBI  for the Raptors and Jake Mitchell had three hits and an RBI.  ...

With two more recent wins, the Alta-Aurelia softball team, ranked third in Class 2A, pushed their season mark to 19-1 as the season winds down and heads to post-season play. In Twin Lakes Conference action at Emmetsburg on Wednesday, the Warriors scored two in the first on their way to a 6-1 win over the E’Hawks. ...

Parents and caretakers of children going into 7th and 12th grade this coming school year are reminded of the Meningitis Requirement. The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) Bureau of Immunization, has completed the administrative rules process to require meningococcal (ACWY) vaccine for students enrolling in 7th and 12 grades. The rule change was effective January 11, 2017 and was implemented at the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year...

  Take a break from your busy week and enjoy a peaceful morning on the prairie!  The “Stories from the Past” event , sponsored by the O’Brien County Conservation Board, will allow you to step back in time.  We’ll find some shade and have a glass of lemonade to savor while listening to some stories from O’Brien County’s history...

Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc. held its annual meeting on Friday, May 4, 2018 at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Cherokee. Nearly 100 Mid-Sioux employees and Board Members enjoyed a program by Stephanie Salasek, and at noon, employees, board members and special guests enjoyed a catered lunch...

ALTA - At a special meeting of the Alta-Aurelia School Board here last Tuesday, the Board approved the following transition plan for the board: The number of directors on the initial Alta-Aurelia Community School Board of Directors shall be seven (7), and they shall be selected pursuant to section 275.41, Code of Iowa - four (4) directors initially from the Alta Community School District Board of Directors and two (2) initially appointed from the Aurelia Comunity School District Board of Directors, with a seventh director to be unanimously appointed or specially selected. ...

There will be no edition of The Chronicle Times on Wednesday due to the 4th of July Holiday, but we will have a Thursday edition to compensate. The Area Advertiser will be published Tuesday as usual.

Once again, the City of Cherokee will celebrate the July 4th festivities with a stunning fireworks show at dusk Wednesday, July 4. Thanks to the Chamber of Commerce, many dedicated donors, and the Cherokee Fire & Rescue that will shoot off the fireworks, this year’s extravaganza at Spring Lake Park promises to be one of the best ever!...

The Cherokee Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) will host its annual Conservation Tour on Tuesday evening, July 24th. The tour will begin at the USDA Service Center, located at 314 Lake Street in Cherokee. Registration will be from 4 – 4:15 p.m...

Roger M. Sassman of Cherokee, Iowa, 64, passed away Monday afternoon, June 18, 2018 at Accura Healthcare in Cherokee, Iowa. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, July 7th, at 11 a.m. at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee, Iowa, with Pastor Tom Lewis officiating, and burial will be at the Poland Township Cemetery in Marathon, Iowa. Visitation at the church, with the family present, will be on Saturday morning July 7th from 10 a.m. until service time...

Yvonne  Lee  Amundson, 84, of Cherokee, Iowa, formerly of Remsen, Iowa,  passed away Thursday morning, June 28, 2018 at Accura Healthcare in Cherokee, Iowa. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 6th, at 11 a.m. at the Memorial Presbyterian Church in Cherokee, Iowa, with Rev. ...

The republican county convention held at the court house Saturday morning took on more the appearance of a patriotic meeting than a political convention. Patriotism was the keynote of all the speeches, and the resolutions adopted ran strong with patriotic sentiment and pledges of loyalty and earnest support to every war movement...

A serious gap is developing for the baton to appropriately pass to incoming military veterans to keep alive the nationally appreciated, beloved organizations such as the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) and American Legion. The time-honored clubs that have served so well throughout much of our country’s history are dwindling in numbers and supporters, as younger soldiers are failing to join for a myriad of reasons...