Stories from Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Last Friday, on October 18, 2019, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig stopped in Cherokee county to see the growth and expansion of the Foundation Analytical Laboratory’s new facility on the City’s north side. During an interview with the Chronicle Times, when Naig was asked about the recent EPA Renewable Fuels proposal, he had this to say, "As it is, this isn't acceptable. If we were to fix it, we need to deliver on what the President said and they (EPA) need to hear what is being said."...

On October 22, 2019, MYRNA  JANE  GOODWIN,  loving sister, mother, and grandmother, passed away at Careage Hills at the age of 81, after a courageous, decades-long battle with an illness.   Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 26th, at 10:30 a.m. ...

               Funeral services for Sharon L. Miller, 51, of Winder, GA, will be Thursday, October 24, 2019, at 10:30 A.M., at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Derek Evans officiating. Burial will be at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 Wednesday, with the family present, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church. The Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia is in charge of arrangements...

Cherokee County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Kris Glienke, has announced that election updates and results will be available on a new elections website at www.cherokeecountyelections.com. The new user-friendly website features tools and information for voters and candidates to quickly and easily find the election information they seek...

Every working day, Diane Young walks through the door of her thriving, unique Cherokee business with family on her mind and the Lord at the wheel, steadfastly strengthened in the structure of a stellar stable of studious STEM stars. Properly fortified by such relished nutrition, this dynamic, achieving Cherokee woman then sets out directing her acclaimed enterprise and its beloved family of fellow staffers at the Foundation Analytical Laboratory (FAL) now in spiffy new confines adjacent to the Iowa Highway 3 by-pass on the north side of the City.. ...

Hello again, readers! I figured today I would talk about some of the Halloween events we have going on at the library since we’re so close to the spooky day! Halloween has always been my favorite holiday of the year. I grew up loving mystery and horror literature, and Halloween embodies the entire eerie mystique I craved from authors like R.L. ...

Cherokee’s dedicated senior weightlifter football lineman Kaleb McGee is capable of carrying a lot of weight around Washington High School hallways here. McGee recently established two new Washington High School lifting records and hence a unanimous selection for our weekly Chronicle Times ”Prep of the Week” honors...

HOLSTEIN - Manson NW Webster improved to 2-6 and spoiled Ridge View’s senior night here last Friday, clipping the host Raptors 29-12. Ridge View, 1-7, cap the 2019 football season at IKM-Manning (5-3) this Friday. “We played well at times, but were a little inconsistent on both sides of the ball,’ said Dale Tokheim, Ridge View head coach. “It was a close game throughout and we just didn’t make a big play when we had the chance.”...

At a fiery, emotional Cherokee School Board meeting Monday night, Cherokee School Superintendent Kim Lingenfelter was depicted as a menacing presence ruling the district through intimidation, blatant retaliation, and threats of termination to employees crossing or confronting her, no matter haw trivial or significant the issue...