Stories from Wednesday, February 13, 2019

After a fellow military veteran talked him into attending the annual Cherokee County Recognition Banquet in Marcus last week, Joe Draper was shocked and surprised when Mayor Craig Schmidt introduced him as the 2019 Cherokee Citizen of the Year. Draper received the honor at the Marcus Community Center Friday night after the Banquet was postponed from Thursday night due to inclement weather...

A semi loaded with hogs over turned near the intersection of C-38 and L-51 during Monday afternoon’s snow storm which produced slick roads and low visibility throughout the area. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department investigated the accident. According to reports, the semi is registered to Dreesen Transports of Hull and was driven by Jordan Leusink of Hull. ...

National FFA Week is February 16-23 and chapters around the country are making plans to celebrate in their own creative ways. The Cherokee FFA Chapter is preparing for an impressive roster of FFA Week festivities. “Last year was our first year as a chapter, and we wanted to start off our new program right,” says Hannah Barnes, Washington High School agriculture teacher and FFA advisor...

The Peterson Farm Brothers are from Kansas who create social media content to promote agriculture. Their YouTube videos have received over 50 million total views and they have a large online following. They are Greg (28), Nathan (25), and Kendal (22)...

  Celebration of life services for Zackary Newlon, 40, of Anthon, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 16, 2019, at the Anthon Community Center in Anthon, with Pastor Karen Handke officiating. Inurnment will be in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery, Anthon, at a later date...

On a recent college visit, the basketball coach described Coach Buttenob, as a “legend” — coach and educator that both his mentor and his father spoke fondly of. I am sure we all have similar stories of the man we affectionately called, Nobby, whose legacy has and will transcend decades and generations...

Harold  Monteno   Leonard, 86, of Washta, Iowa, passed away Friday, February 8, 2019 in the Good Samaritan Society of Holstein.   Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 12th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Washta United Methodist Church in Washta, Iowa. ...

Saturday, February 23, marks the date for the 14th Annual Cherokee Educational Foundation dinner. This popular event will be held at the Little Sioux Event Center (former Cherokee Bowl), with the doors opening at 5:00 pm, and dinner beginning at 6:30 pm. The CEF is proud to host this event, which provides our school system and students with perks for the classroom!...

As we splinter families and cage the wailing children, maybe we all need a reminder about what this country stands for. Perhaps Neal Diamond’s song, “America” triggers some conscience in our sorrowful powers that be and their pitiful treatment of immigrants...

Love is in the air! Can you feel it? It’s super cold, yes, but there is love out there somewhere. Here’s a few things going on at the library that I love: We have new receipt printers at our service desk! We are replacing our stamped cards with something that is personal to you and is way easier to read. No more hunting for the actual due date. The receipts will show you what you have checked out, what holds you have, what fines you still have to pay, and doubles as a handy bookmark...

ORANGE CITY - Dreams do come true. It happened here Saturday for Cherokee 138-pound senior Hunter Shaw. In the Class 2A, 138-pound finals, trailing 5-0, a determined, relentless Shaw remained focus and pinned Spirit Lake Park’s Isaac Dixon in 3:20 to punch his ticket to the State Wrestlng Tournament in Des Moines this week...