Stories from Friday, July 26, 2019

It was learned at Tuesday’s Cherokee City Council meting that the former River’s Edge Disc Golf Course in Spring Lake Park has been relocated to the MHI grounds and will soon feature 27 holes of play. City Recreation Director Dave Ellis told the Council that the disc gold course is now up and running on the MHI grounds and open for public use...

A shocked, emotional Rebecca Cowan was crowned the 2019 Cherokee County Queen at the ceremony held Sunday at the Cherokee County Fair. Rebecca is the daughter of Wade and Mary Cowan of Cherokee and will be a junior at Washington High School this fall...

The crowning ceremony at the Cherokee County Fair Queen Contest included, Malorie VanderLune, 1st Runner up, Queen Rebecca Cowan and Miss Congeniality Katherine Stines.

Cherokee’s City Council Tuesday approved first reading of an Ordinance increasing household fees $2 per month for solid waste and recycling collection in Cherokee. 
Eric Lundell of Sanitary Services had previously requested the increase increase for the solid waste and recycling collection service they provide. Lundell said the last increase was over five years ago and costs for fuel, labor, equipment, maintenance and insurance continue to rise...

O’Halloran International invited the public to assist in celebrating Steve Hirschman’s and Kevin Schmillen’s 40 years in the truck repair industry. As part of this celebration the business is having a donation of backpacks and school supplies for Cherokee/Ida Drug Endangered Children's Alliance...

Turbine components for the 200 Megawatt (MW) Glaciers Edge Wind Project in northwest Cherokee County have started arriving within the past two weeks. Due to be operational in November of this year, the EDF Renewables wind farm is to utilize 80 General Electric 2.5 MW nacelles assembled in Pensacola, Fla. for the 30,500-acre wind farm...

Morey Allen Carlson, age 57 of Cherokee, IA passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, July 21, 2019, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 25, 2019 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee. ...

Cathy  Renee  Robinson, 57, of Calumet, Iowa, formerly of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away Wednesday morning, July 24, 2019 in the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.   Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 27th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. ...

James  Wesley  Draper  Jr.  70, of Sioux City, Iowa and formerly of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Monday evening, July 22, 2019 in Unity Point Health-St. Luke’s in Sioux City, Iowa.   Memorial services will be held on Monday, July 29th at 10:30 a.m. at the First Church of Christ in Cherokee, Iowa. ...

We wish Cherokee residents would consider the big picture when protesting the City deliberating making standardized garbage carts mandatory as requested by Sanitary Services, the City’s local, long-time, exceptional garbage hauler. Cherokee’s City Council Tuesday approved first reading of an Ordinance increasing household fees $2 per month for solid waste and recycling collection in Cherokee. ...

FORT DODGE - When this high school softball season opened in May, Alta-Aurelia’s wasn’t on anybody’s radar to play for a state championship. Hmmmm, someone forgot to tell the Warriors. On Wednesday, the Warriors eliminated No. 2 seed East Marshall 2-1 to gain a berth in last night’s Class 2A Championship game against No. 1 seed North Linn (41-4)...