Stories from Wednesday, October 2, 2019

The Cherokee County Conservation Board (CCCB) is hosting a Halloween Hike on Saturday, October 12th at Silver Sioux Recreation Area. The night will be filled with activities for everyone from 7:00pm-8:30pm. The evening will begin with trick-or-treating in the campground. ...

At last week’s Cherokee County Board of Supervisors meeting, Cole Kruizenga, ISG Field Services, reported that six punch list items with two landowners in Cherokee County have not been closed out by Dakota Access Pipeline, however, terms may have been agreed upon by both parties and the documents have not yet made it through the system...

Ridge View will be celebrating their Homecoming this week The parade will be Thursday, October 3 followed by Homecoming at 7:15. The Raptors will be playing Alta-Aurelia. This year’s Homecoming candidates are Hanna Blackmorm Alex Moval; Kate Kofmehll; Jared Vohs; McKenna Albers; Dawson Blum; Kenzee Wunschel; Connor Pickhinke; Katlyn Wiese; Dylan Wood...

Washington High School will choose their Homecoming court at Coronation on Friday. This will be followed by the parade at 2:00. Front row: Megan Boger, Courtney Aden, Emma VandeLune, Jordyn Hildebrand, and Aliyah Graybill. Back row: James Creel, Ryan Hurd, Bryce Kremer, Levi Lundquist, and Carson Mongan...

A team of educators have partnered with Hy-Vee to create the Braves Food Pantry to help better serve our student population. Cherokee Community School District has a 40% free and reduced population for school lunch and the high school’s percentage is 34%.    WHS Principal Wade Riley brought the idea of a food pantry to Matt Hoskinson-WHS Success Coach, Melinda Hammen-Seasons Youth Services Worker, Jolleen Heater-High School Guidance Counselor, Jenn Nixon-WHS TAP Coordinator, and Dawn Henke-STAR. ...

Dwayne  H.  Hempel, 78, of Quimby, Iowa passed away Friday morning, September 27, 2019 at Floyd Valley Healthcare in LeMars, Iowa.   Visitation was  held on Monday, September 30th from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Private family graveside services were held at the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee, Iowa. Dr. Robert Stout officiated. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

Marcus, Iowa – Charlie Anne Nelson, 31, of Marcus, Iowa, passed to her heavenly home on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Sanford Sheldon Medical Center in Sheldon, Iowa. Funeral services will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at Peace Lutheran Church in Marcus. ...

Denise Eileen Theisen, age 62 of Spencer and formerly of Marcus, IA, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019, at the Heartland Care Center in Marcus. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 3, 2019 at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus. ...

Virginia 'Ginny' M. (Derksen) Fenner, 82, died Monday, September 23rd, 2019, at Torrance Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was a resident of Vista, California at the time of her death. No services or memorials are planned. Ginny was born in Ida Grove, Iowa, on January 5, 1938 to John T. ...

Forms for the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors are available at the Chamber Office. Please take a moment to consider the impact you could have by helping your community through leadership in this important position. If you have any questions, please contact a current board member or call the Chamber at 225-6414...

Beau & Amy Rose of Larrabee have received the WITCC TRIO-Student Support Services Achievers of the Month Award for October. This award recognizes Western Iowa Tech TRIO students for demonstrating qualities of leadership and citizenship while achieving collegiate academic success.  This couple does a great job supporting each other as they pursue their academic programs at WIT Cherokee Campus.  Since joining the TRIO program, Beau and Amy have taken advantage of many of the campus visits and cultural trips offered including visiting the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Buena Vista University & attending the Winnebago Pow Wow and Clay County Fair.   Through a combination of traditional and online classes, both are working towards graduating with their Associate of Arts degrees.  Amy also has completed Advanced CNA coursework and Beau finished a diploma in Professional Photography.  Great job Beau & Amy!. ...

How far are we willing to let Donald Trump go? The White House is in turmoil. The United States is a global embarrassment. He uses taxpayer dollars to recruit aid from America’s most feared rivals to further his cause. He lies and then lies about the lies. And if he loses in 2020, it’s all his supporters’ fault. He said so!...

The Christian Action Program (CAP) food pantry wishes to thank all those in the community of Cherokee that donated to our food drive Sept.25th.  Youth from Immaculate Conception Parish and adult chaperones collected almost 2,000 food items and several cash donations to help refill the shelves at the food pantry which serves Cherokee County.  We have less time to drive the neighborhoods now, so we hope we didn’t miss too many places that were expecting us. Your donations may be dropped off any time at Immaculate Conception food pantry on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10:00 and 2:00.  Every bit is appreciated as we work to lend a little help to people in our community! . ...

“October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!” – Rainbow Rowell, Attachments October is a great month in the Freking-Smith household. We’ve got pumpkins, Funfetti cake with orange frosting, leaves, skeletons, Halloween movies, and lots of sweaters. October is the gateway to Fall and we celebrate it so hard...

MARCUS - MMCRU’s Royals forfeited their game last Friday with LeMars Gehlen due to several circumstances. However, the Royals are still on tap to play South’OBrien at Paullina this Friday. On Monday morning, MMCRU Coach Kyle Oswald issued this statement:...