Stories from Friday, October 4, 2019

The Cherokee Public Library has received a $500 grant from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists to purchase books and educational materials on medical imaging and radiation therapy. The grant program is part of National Radiologic Technology Week®, an annual event that recognizes the vital work of medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals across the nation. ...

Cherokee Regional Medical Center is working to update their 2016 Cherokee County, Iowa Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). The goal of this assessment update is to understand progress in addressing community health needs cited in the 2016 CHNA report and to collect up-to-date community health perceptions. ...

The children’s Chamber Trick or Treat parade down Main Street will be Saturday, October 26. In recent years as many as 400 kids have participated. Thank you to the businesses who set up along Main Street to hand out goodies. Every child is also given a bag of “goodies” when the parade is over. ...

John  J.   Hare  Jr. 71,  of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Wednesday evening, October 2, 2019 at Mercy One in Sioux City, Iowa.   Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 8th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee, Iowa.  Pastor Jean Morse will officiate. ...

Marlene  M.  Witcombe, 80, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Friday evening, September 27, 2019 at Unity Point Health-St. Luke’s in Sioux City, Iowa.   Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, October 9th, at 11 a.m. at the St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cherokee, Iowa. ...

October Art Wall: Area 4-H Projects

October West Gallery: Rural Photography by John Snapp and Mary Loughlin
  October 2: The Red Planet: Mars is our solar system neighbor, and yet, it is still so mysterious. This month, we will travel to mars, land on the surface, and learn the basics of the red planet. ...

SIOUX RAPIDS - Sioux Central’s Rebels raced to a 35-0 Class A District football win here Friday night over a winless Ridge View Raptor squad. It was all the Rebels, now 3-2, in this district opener. The visiting Raptors never got untracked and fell to 0-5 on the season...

Kylie Christensen and Jada Timmerman both were 11 of 12 with six aces in serving up a hard earned 2-1 win over a determined LeMars Community squad here Monday afternoon. Cherokee lost the first set 20-25, but were able to regroup and collect a tough 25-22 second set and finish the Bulldogs off with a 15-11 final set and match...

STORM LAKE - Cherokee’s “A” and “B” teams recorded 3-0 wins over Storm Lake volleyball teams here Thursday. Cherokee’s “A” team improved to 4-0 on the season with set wins over Storm Lake of 25-18, 25-14 and 16-14. Paris Frederickson was perfect in serves at 17-17 and logged five aces to lead Cherokee’s serving statistics...