Stories from Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Ludvigson Chiropractic of Cherokee welcomes a new doctor to their practice. She is Dr. Sara Schany, specializing in Micro needling, Acupuncture, Pediatric care, and Women’s Health. Her first full day at the Cherokee office will be April 22. Currently she works in Cherokee and Emmetsburg. She will work full time in Cherokee...

CAEDC Director Bill Anderson, and CAEDC Board Chair Brian Freed presented an overview of economic development projects and goals for the continued growth of Cherokee County. Anderson thanked the Supervisors for their continued financial support and reviewed a new development partnership that is currently being pursued with Plymouth County to combine resources and promote both counties...

The Sanford Museum has named their Artist of the Month. She is Sara Burrier from Des Moines, Iowa. Her medium of choice is watercolors accented with a touch of the treasures of life. She will have her art displayed at the Sanford during the month of April...

Sarah  “Sally”  (Haller)  Oswald, 88, of rural Cleghorn, Iowa, passed away Saturday morning, March 30, 2019 in Unity Point-St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa.   Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 3rd from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. with the family present from 5 p.m. ...

Final preparations are underway for the second annual KeeCon, a miniature comic and popular culture convention. 
 KeeCon is a collaborative program between the Cherokee Public Library, Washington High School, and this year Western Iowa Tech Community College. ...

Ridge View High School will be hosting a presentation on e-cigarettes and vaping in the Clausen Fine Arts Auditorium on Monday, April 15 at 6:00 p.m. in Holstein. E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product among middle and high school students. ...

Iowa Senator Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) recently attempted to force a merger of the Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, but his legislation did not survive to win committee approval. Iowa is the only state in the country with two governing bodies for high school athletic programs - boys and girls. ...

With April being national poetry month, I feel that this is a good topic to write about. Poetry is actually fairly well suited and represented in children’s literature and comes in many different varieties such as nursery rhymes, limericks, haikus, and many more. ...

After reading the article about the recent school board meeting, Jim Shima’ letter to the editor, and Paul’s “Our Opinion”, I feel compelled to reply. You will not find more dedicated, hardworking teachers than you find at Roosevelt Elementary School. I know this for fact because I taught in the Cherokee district for 24 years and with most of them during that time. After retirement I subbed there for about 10 more years...

South O’Brien’s Rachel Sohn stroked a 43 medalist round to lead her squad to an opening season two stroke win, 201-203, over West Sioux Monday night. Sohn, who is captain the Wolverine squad, is a determined golfer and qualified for the state meet last season. “It was great to see her set the tone for the season,” said SOS Coach Kristine Faust. “She earned the medalist honors after a one-hole playoff.”...

MARCUS - Kingsley-Pierson/Woodbury Central tracksterss ran away with team titles on a crisp and cool night at the MMCRU Coed Relays here Monday night. Early in the meet, Lonnie Boekhout, MMCRU athletic director, meet director and girls’ head track coach, predicted the team outcome. “It will be everybody chasing KPWC,” he said. “They’re really strong in both boys and girls.”...