Stories from Wednesday, June 26, 2019

On June 21 at 2:39 p.m. a 2011 Lincoln Town Car driven by Lorene Madge Mugge, 85, of Cleghorn crashed through the front of Carey’s Furniture Store on Cherokee’s East Main Street. Police said Mugge meant to step on the brake but stepped on the accelerator instead, lurching the car forward across the sidewalk into the store. There was moderate damage to the building and vehicle. Local law emforcement and Cherokee Fire & Rescue answered the call...

The Cherokee FFA Chapter was named the Champion Team in the annual Iowa FFA Veterinary Science Career Development Event held at Iowa State University in Ames on June 20. Members of the first place team included: Maggie VandeLune, Malorie VandeLune, Avrey Knipper, and Noah Bouchard. Their agriculture education instructor and FFA advisor is Hannah Barnes. They will represent Iowa at the National Veterinary Science Career Development Event at Indianapolis, Indiana, in October...

Demaris  Faye  Witcombe, 89, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Friday evening, June 21, 2019 at Accura Healthcare in Cherokee, Iowa.   Memorial services will be held on Saturday, June 29th, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cherokee, Iowa. ...

Donna Jeanne Anderson passed away in Santa Barbara, California, where she resided for 45 years.   “Tootie”, as she was lovingly called, was born during the raging blizzard on November 11, 1940 at her grandparents’ home in Remsen, Iowa. She was welcomed by her parents, Erwin and Lucille (Nitzschke) Anderson and a brother, Gary...

Kenneth File, age 89 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2019 at Accura Health in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 24, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Pastor Jean Morse will officiate. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. ...

Joyce  B.  Chapman, 76, of Cherokee, Iowa and formerly of Sioux City, Iowa passed away Sunday morning, June 23, 2019 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center.   Memorial services will be held on Monday, July 1st, at 11 a.m. at the Salvation Army Church at 1415 Villa Ave. ...

Nicole Reese and Kenny Borders are proud to announce the birth of their son Matthew James Borders. Matthew was born at Cherokee Region Medical Center on June 21, 2019 at 10:08 PM. He weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and was 21 inches long. He is welcome home by his sister, Kailyn Borders...

Each year district and Iowa FFA officers plan and facilitate Chapter Officer Leadership Training (COLT) Conferences for FFA members in the Northwest district. Dordt University welcomed FFA chapters from all over the Northwest district, including Cherokee FFA’s officer team, on June 4. The 2019-2020 Cherokee FFA Officer team includes: President Dustin Kohn, Vice-President Becca Cowan, Secretary Kendra Husman, Treasurer Madison Stief, Reporter Jessica Tuttle, and Sentinel Sara Williams...

As are many. we are sad to see Jeff Miller, the Cherokee School District Buildings and Grounds Director, announce his resignation last week. By all accounts, Jeff was the man for the job, armed with a vast expertise on infrastructure needs and what makes them tick...

Today marks the official day back to work full time although I did work a couple of days last week. I must say it feels good to be back. For those of you that haven’t noticed I have been out of the office for six weeks due to shoulder surgery. I would have loved to have been off to do all those things that I have wanted to do. ...

The Girl Scout Troop 127 is selling artwork every Thursday at the Cherokee farmer’s market to support their next big project as well as earn their silver award. Girl Scout Troop 127 consists of five 8th grade girls, or cadets, with a passion not only for helping the community, but for art. Thus when it came time to decide on the project they would be taking part in, they choose to create an art trading card station, and to sell their own artwork as a fundraiser...

How’s everyone doing on Book Bingo? I’m positive that you just answered your newspaper as if it actually said it to you, right? Your kids are sitting at the kitchen table with you, eating breakfast, there you are, reading the paper. All of a sudden, your kids hear you say “Oh, I’m struggling a bit with some of the squares, but I’ll get there”. The kids look at each other, wondering if mom is okay. They shrug, finish their breakfast and go play Fortnite...

ALTA - Alta-Aurelia’s gals improved to 15-5 going 2-2 over the weekend, while the AA Warrior boys went 2-1 and improved to 10-6 on the season. AA girls’ softball rundown: AA 13, Sioux Central 3: AA got a balanced offensive performance led by freshman Angela Lopez’ home run and Jessica Flaherty and Alainia Westphal with triples on the way to a 10-run-rule win...

Cherokee teams stayed busy over the past few days on the diamond, with the lady Braves going 1-1 and the Braves showing a 1-3 mark. The lady Braves defeated state-ranked Spirit Lake last Thursday and then lost to Western Christian via the 10-run-rule Monday night. The baseball Braves notched a 5-4 win over Spirit Lake last Thursday, and then suffered three consecutive losses to Newell-Fonda 1-0, Unity Christian 16-1 and Western Christian 13-2...