Stories from Monday, June 17, 2019

(Editor’s note: This 10-part series, a collaborative effort of the newspapers of Rust Publishing, NWIA, examines the myriad issues surrounding the mental health care crisis in Iowa. Reporters/editors from the Spencer Daily Reporter, Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune and Dickinson County News contributed to the report.)...

The Cherokee Community Theater has been rehearsing with joy and dedication the past few months polishing the smash hit musical, “Mamma Mia!” The popular production that has enthralled and entertained millions globally for years is being tackled by the adept CCT and its talented members young and old...

May's warm temperatures bring in the blooming flowers along with the end of the school year. We have celebrated teachers, support staff, administrators, and school board, but Angela Carver's second grade class thought of one other thank you needing addressed. ...

Earlier this spring, 4th grade students from Cherokee, MMCRU, Aurelia, and River Valley had an opportunity to participate in the Cherokee County Soil & Water Conservation District’s poster contest. The theme of this year’s contest was “Life in the Soil: Dig Deeper”. ...

We salute fathers everywhere on the heels of Fathers Day this past Sunday. In today’s world, good, hard-working, devoted, Christian dads putting family and others first are an invisible species as politics, bad guys, women, Black, immigrant’and LGBTQ issues ambush the headlines and kidnap the focus...