Stories from Wednesday, August 28, 2019

The Grand Meadow Heritage Center will be celebrating its 43rd Annual Grand Meadow Heritage Festival on September 7th and 8th. On Saturday, the 7th the day starts with breakfast served 8:00 – 9:30AM. At 9:00AM the vendors, petting zoo and pony rides open. Lynn Anderson, Chainsaw Artist will be on site demonstrating his art...

Vendors in the Cherokee Area Farmers Market (CAFM) will show appreciation to their customers by holding a Gift Basket Drawing near the end of the market day on the last Thursday in August, and September, as they have all summer season. Each participating vendor will contribute one item to the basket on the day of each drawing. Each participating vendor will have copies of a slip of paper which has...

MMCRU Industrial Tech Center Instructor Matt Hanson and Sen. Joni Ernst pause for a photo during last week’s Marcus area tour by Ernst, that included stops at Staples and Little Sioux Corn Processors facilities. Ernst was accompanied by CAEDC officials...

While passing through central O’Brien County’s small community of Archer recently, I stopped at the Archer Co-op Grain Company elevator and chatted with General Manager Mike Schon. I asked, “What do you think about the Plymouth Energy ethanol production facility at Merrill announcing that they were suspending production operations?” “It’s getting scary,” replied Schon...

Carl  E.  Klingborg, 91, of Aurelia, Iowa, passed away Sunday, August 25, 2019 in the Sunrise Manor Retirement Home in Sioux City, Iowa.    Funeral services will be held Friday, August 30th, at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, Iowa. ...

Marina and David Stinson, Cherokee are the proud parents of a son Chayton Mathew Stinson was born at Cherokee Regional Medical Center on August 21, 2019 at 3:22 PM. He weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was 19 inches long. He is joined at home by two sisters, Kati and Harley...

Dr. Gary D. Jobe, 70, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Saturday evening, August 24, 2019 in the Cherokee Regional Medical Center after a 5 year battle with cancer.    Graveside services will be held on Thursday, August 29th, at 11 a.m. at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee, Iowa.  Pastor  Eric Wright will officiate. ...

Ron Hicks Good, age 65 of Meriden, IA passed away Thursday, August 22, 2019 at a Sioux Falls hospital. A family graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 31, 2019, at Oak Hill Cemetery, west of Cherokee on C38. Friends and family are welcome to join the family at 11:30 a.m. ...

Mary 'Pat' Patricia Helget, 85, of Cleghorn, Iowa passed away Friday, August 23, 2019 at MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.  Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 29, 2019 at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus, Iowa with Father Bill McCarthy, celebrating.  Burial will follow at Holy Name Cemetery in Marcus. ...

10-28-1942 to 8-21-2019 Sharon, was born October 28, 1942 to Joe and Edith Byerly Streed of Cherokee Iowa. She passed away peacefully at home with her family at her side, in Sun City West. AZ. Sharon graduated from Cherokee High School in Cherokee Iowa in 1961...

Colleena Reed and Jesse Thompson, Cherokee, are the proud parents of a daughter, Theia Rayne Thompson. Theia was born at Cherokee Regional Medical Center on August 20, 2019 at 5:15 PM. She weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces and was 20.75 inches long. She is welcomed home by two brothers Lucan and Marek...

Now that school has begun, we encourage Cherokee School District parents and students to have patience and understanding as the construction of the new PK-4 Elementary building is under way on the Middle School campus. With a respected and admired Principal and quality CMS faculty and staff, the CMS leadership will continue taking care of business as the new school year unfolds on the CMS campus and all safety precautions adhered to as the construction progresses...

We have been putting off writing this letter as we thought things would improve with all the pleas from parents and community members. Things appear to be festering and getting worse. Joyce taught at WHS for 19 years. Mike graduated from WHS. We have three daughters who also graduated from WHS. We have six grandchildren in the district. We love our school district. This discord is very disturbing. Cherokee has great teachers. We can not keep losing them...

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all who have who have given their time, efforts, and condolences for the loss of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, Bartolo Bustos. We would like to recognize the amazing volunteers, the Quimby fire department, and the Cherokee County Sheriffs Department for going above and beyond our expectations. We can never thank you enough for everything you have done for our family.
Thank you,
The family of Bartolo Bustos...

Public school season has started, and it’s going to be quite the adjustment in the youth department not having the banter between kiddos for a better part of my day. Now, my day rearranges to more afternoon and evening shifts when youth traditionally come to the library. ...