Stories from Monday, May 20, 2019

The Cherokee Chamber of Commerce Rodeo Committee has been hard at it in preparation for this year’s 53rd annual Cherokee PRCA Rodeo set for Thursday through Saturday, May 30-June 1. To cut to the chase and find all the fun and frivolity planned in this year’s Northwest Iowa spectacle, hop on the website www.cherokeerodeo.com...

If you’re stuck in a rut during your workday lunch, then here’s a great opportunity to do something different. Cherokee County Conservation Board’s naturalist, Laura Jones, is inviting you to spend your lunch break with her at Gillette Park in Cherokee...

(Editor’s note: This “End of the Bench” column was published in 1978 about the late, great New York Yankee player and manager, Billy Martin, about his 1968 visit to our town) Being s sportswriter for a small-town daily newspaper in Cherokee, Iowa, has its ups and downs just like every other position in any other profession...

Rodney Lee Sorensen, age 56, died unexpectedly on May 10th in Denver, Colorado. Rodney was born on August 7, 1962 in Alta, Iowa. He lived in Aurelia, Iowa and graduated from Aurelia High School in 1980. Shortly after graduation, Rodney went to live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was employed for a siding company installing residential siding for many years...