Stories from Friday, March 15, 2019

A blizzard in late February followed by freezing rain and a rapid thaw with more snow, followed by rains this week have caused devastating flooding of area streams, fields, road ditches and countless Cherokee basements. Cherokee Emergency Management Director Justin Pritts said on Wednesday it was a watch and see state as the water in the Little Sioux River continued to rise. ...

The 23rd annual Tastes & Sounds of Cherokee is 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21 in the Washington High School gymnasium. Tickets are $8 at the door and $4 for children age 4-10. The popular Cherokee tradition was formerly held at Western Iowa Tech Community College Conference Center in Cherokee, but has relocated to the WHS gym after WITCC began transforming the Conference Center into lab and classroom space to accommodate new educational programs...

Audrey A. Dushinske, age 83 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Tuesday, March 12th at her home in Cherokee. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 18th, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee. Monsignor Kenneth Seifried will officiate. ...

Kenneth Edwin Kistenmacher, age 63 of Cherokee, IA, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 11, 2019, in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 15, 2019, at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. Kim Kistenmacher will officiate. ...

Ladies of the Wa Tan Ye held their annual 10 days of celebration this past week. Their celebration including hosting a chamber coffee at Danny’s and decorating the window at the American Theater. Wa Tan Ye has been in existence since September 17,1923. ...

The news out of Sioux City regarding a series of stores closing in the Southern Hills Mall is certainly not good for Siouxland, but just might portend a brighter future for small town business in the area. The mall has lost anchor stores Younkers and Sears, and the word is out that JC Penney’s is next to go. ...

Last Friday, if you were confused and ticked off, we’re on the same page. I excitedly tuned to Iowa Public Television, expecting to watch our prep boys’ basketball championship games. Nothing. I frantically surfed TV channels, searching for our Iowa boys’ high school basketball championships. Where could they be?...