Stories from Friday, August 2, 2019

The Cherokee Area Young Leaders continue positively impacting this community with a Glow Ball Golf Tournament fundraiser scheduled for Friday, Aug. 23 at the Cherokee Golf Course. There’s a Social Hour beginning at 7:30 p.m. (or sooner!) and a 9 p.m. shot-gun start. For those who haven’t had the pleasure, night-time Glow Ball golf is incredibly fun, entertaining, challenging and amazing to participate in...

The Cherokee Police Department and the Cherokee Fire Department are teaming up to host a National Night Out event at the Cherokee County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, August 6, from 4-6 p.m. Stop by and see a police cruiser or a fire truck and get to know the dedicated men and women who help keep our community safe!...

Officer Kris Alesch of the Cherokee Police Department displays the department’s new Tasers recently purchased thanks to a $4,000 grant from the Cherokee County Legacy Foundation, represented here by CCLF Chair Tammy Johnson. The company that manufactures Tasers ceased production on those the CPD previously carried as they began to malfunction and it was no longer possible to repair or replace them. ...

Lois Pingel of St. Charles, MO, passed away at the age of 78 on Monday, July 29, 2019. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eitel and Frieda Mohn. Lois is survived by her loving husband, Carroll Pingel; her children, Doug (Dana) Pingel, Denise (Michael) Scoffic, and Dora (Scott) Hyslop; her grandchildren, Sarah (Aaron) Stephens, Matthew Pingel, Alex (Andrew) Capestany-Kress, and Nicholas Hyslop; her great-granddaughter, Analee Stephens; her siblings, Jim (Connie) Mohn and Myrna (Jon) Hamann; her sister-in-law, Lila (Don) Beck; Lois was also preceded in death by her brother-in-law, Lorrell (Kathy) Pingel. ...

Along with many others in this community, we wonder what it’s going to take to halt the steady departure of valued, long-time employees from the Cherokee School District. Before Jeff Miller, Superintendent of Buildings & Grounds resigned, several other teachers, including four long-time, standard-bearer elementary teachers, unexpectedly quit their positions...

Alta-Aurelia led the way in landing four players on prep baseball’s Northwest All-District teams released by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association earlier this week. In Class 2A, Alta-Aurelia’s Warriors, who finished 17-10 on the season, placed junior Logan McCoy on the All-District First Team, and three players - sophomore Trey Engelmann, junior Michael Ryherd and senior Aric Stephan, on the All-District Second Team...