Stories from Monday, November 26, 2018

The Cherokee Board of Education met at their regular meeting on November 19. A discussion was held about donations for the Kenny Bern baseball field artificial turf. After reviewing the plans for varsity baseball field the Board acknowledged receiving the donation...

MARCUS - The MMCRU Royal Scholarship Dinner will take place on Saturday, January 19, 2019, with Social and silent auction beginning at 5:30 p.m. and dinner served at 6:00 p.m. Their mission is to have a fun evening, show appreciation to those who have donated a designated family or group scholarship, and welcome anyone who would like to help raise funds for senior scholarships and classroom grants...

The Cherokee Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the return of the Celebrity Scrooge Contest.  This year’s Celebrity Scrooge will kick off the Lighted Christmas Parade, scheduled for Thursday, December 6. Four Chamber members have been nominated as scrooge contenders, but the public will have the final say as to which of these community members will have the honor of being Grand Marshal during the Lighted Christmas Parade...

State Savings Bank is proud to announce their commitment to expanding Cherokee’s trail system by contributing $25,000 to Cherokee’s Trail Expansion Project. The first stage of the Trail Expansion Project is to purchase the 50-acre parcel of land located on the east side town, referred to as Magnetic Park. This is the last real estate needed to build a connected trail system...

For the 23rd consecutive year, Cherokee Regional Medical Center Hospice will have lighted Christmas trees in Cherokee, Marcus, Aurelia and Holstein during the holiday season. These trees are a special way of remembering your friends and loved ones. You may help light the trees through a tax-deductible donation of any size. ...

Clayton and Billie (Kriens) Schuett will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on November 28th. They were married on November 28, 1953 at St. Louis Church in Royal, Iowa. The couple has four children: Ramona (John) Nitz, Michael (Pat) Schuett, Mark (Julie) Schuett and Thomas (Becky) Schuett...

The Cherokee Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is now accepting scholarship applications from High School seniors residing in Cherokee County who will be pursuing programs of study in any field of conservation or agriculture. The SWCD commissioners will award local scholarships and forward the top application to the Conservation Districts of Iowa Regional Director for consideration. ...

Linda Burkhart, Director of the Sanford Museum and Planetarium, announced today the celebration of of the Festival of Trees Exhibit will open this Friday. An added feature this year will be three planetarium pop-up shows. Burkhart encourages area residents to bring friends and family to view the trees and also to enjoy one or all of three planetarium pop-up shows...

Front Row: Brelee Henke, Aubree Anderson, Braxton Cresap, Kaden Fuhrman, Jakob DeVos, Aubrey Lucas, Landen King, Ryder Uit De Flesch, Isaac Campuzano. Middle Row: Colton Hill, Naomi Riggert, Taelyn Reuter, Karalina Stephens, Diandray Sriharath, Kyleigh Curtis, Paxton Robinson, Rocco Reinert, Connor Gordon, Justin Million. Back Row: William Pigott, Anna Frohling, Dreleigh Johnson, Karsen Benson, Eli Riedell, Bryn Lewis, Joseph Jackson, Lincoln Mortenson, Addy Wolfswinkel, MeiLi Forbes...

As environmental protection concerns rage, more businesses are looking for ways to turn waste into a resource, or making expired products useful in different forms. Recycling anchored the environmental awareness movement in the 1960s and ‘70s, and companies climbed on board, repurposing materials as a way to showcase environmentally-friendly practices. For example, shoe company Nike, using recycled polyester, says it has preserved 3 billion plastic bottles since 2010...

A balanced scoring attack helped propel Cherokee’s junior varsity Braves to a 59-28 opening season win here last week. Molly Pitts led the Cherokee charge with 12 points, followed by Camille Zwiefel with nine, Lexi Pingel eight, and Anna Paulsrud with seven...

I sit in amazement about the NFL moving the bally-hooed Kansas City Chiefs/L.A. Rams football game Monday night from its original Mexico City location to the L.A. Coliseum. It seems the turf at the Mexico City field was damaged and “hazardous” because of repeated use and patching from a series of soccer games, rain, and concerts...

The annual Cherokee County 4-H Award’s Day was held at the Cherokee Community Center on Sunday, November 11th 2018. Over 200 4-H’ers, leaders and volunteers and 4-H Donors were recognized for their efforts from the past 4-H year. Sr. Visual Arts - Emily Morse; Sr. ...