Stories from Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Friday’s Chamber Coffee, at 9:30 a.m., will be hosted by Western iowa Tech Community College at the WITCC Conference Center.

An exciting new educational initiative with immense potential for Cherokee County will be announced today at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Cherokee. That breaking news concerns the “Cherokee County Promise.” Starting in the fall of 2018, Cherokee County residents will be able to take free college courses through the WITCC Cherokee campus. This initiative is called The Cherokee County Promise, and comes in response to statistics defining the business economy of the County...

The eighth market of the 2018 Cherokee Area Farmers' market season will take place under the canopy the Historic Cherokee Depot from 4 - 6 p.m. on Thursday July 26th. Cindy Juhl will have cucumbers, zucchini, cabbage, broccoli, potatoes, Swiss chard, freshly baked breads, jam, and handmade zipper bas...

The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA) has announced its selections for the 2018 All District baseball teams. Athletes from the Chronicle Times coverage area who were selected for the All Northwest District Team include: catcher Jaxon Franken of Ridge View on the Class 1A First Team; pitcher Joel Johnson of MMCRU on the Class 1A Second team; pitcher Alex Snyder and outfielder Kaleb Sleezer of Alta-Aurelia on the Class 2A First Team; and shortstop Logan McCoy and utility player Aric Stephan of Alta-Aurelia and utilty player Jack Benson of Cherokee on the Class 2A Second Team.. ...

At the July Cherokee School Board meeting, the petitions calling for a District School Bond election were presented to the Board with 89 signatures. After Board Secretary Joyce Lundsgaard verified that the signatures met the state requirements, 67 were valid to put the Bond issue in the September election. ...

Richard Lee Schallau, age 82, passed away on July 19, 2018 at Longhouse Residence in Spencer, Iowa.  The son of Irvin and Joye (Tripplet) Schallau, Richard was the sixth of ten children, born on February 6, 1936 at the family home west of Sutherland, Iowa.  He attended Quimby School from kindergarten to 10th grade, then transferred to Meriden, graduating high school in 1954. ...

Nancy Ann Knapp of Cherokee, Iowa, 73, passed away peacefully Sunday evening, July 15, 2018 in Careage Hills. Memorial services are currently pending. The Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

Donna Jean Hammond of Cherokee, Iowa, 69, passed away suddenly at her residence on Friday morning, July 20, 2018.  A luncheon and time of sharing memories will be held on Friday, July 27th at Jobies Pastime Lounge in Cherokee from 12 Noon until 2 p.m. The Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa is assisting the family with the arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

Robert Luverne Hartwig of Aurelia, Iowa, 93, formerly of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away peacefully Friday morning, July 20, 2018 at Sunset Knoll Care & Rehab Center in Aurelia, Iowa. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, July 25th, at 1 p.m. at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee, Iowa, with Pastor Tom Lewis officiating, and burial of the cremains will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Aurelia, Iowa, with military rites by the American Legion and the V.F.W. ...

At the federal level, the impeachment process is a two-step procedure. The House of Representatives must first pass, by a simple majority of those present and voting, articles of impeachment, which constitute the formal allegation or allegations. Upon passage, the defendant has been "impeached.”...

With summer reading season having reached its end and August on the horizon, the youth department is regaining a sense of normalcy. Don’t get me wrong, as there are still a TON of activities going on in the youth department such as our guest reader story time, to maker Mondays, to the ever-popular gamer brigade. ...

DES MOINES - For the fourth time in school history the Alta-Aurelia Warriors looked for a victory at Principle Park in Des Moines on Monday, but a late rally by the Van Meter Bulldogs in the sixth inning would end the Warriors season. The Bulldogs, who came into the game with a 29-8 record, scored the first run on the game in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly by catcher Brett Berg to go up 1-0...