Stories from Monday, October 28, 2019

In a brief Cherokee City Council meeting last week, City Administrator Eric List explained that a proposed ordinance eliminating all overnight parking, year-round, on the 100 and 200 blocks of Main Street between 1st and 4th Streets during the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.is being considered by the City to allow for more efficiency to sweep the street and remove snow...

Did you know that 333,000 accidents a year are due to texting and driving? Shockingly 11 students die every day while texting and driving. Recently, students at Cherokee WHS, had a speaker come to talk about a very important subject, texting and driving. ...

Lois Ann Hobson, age 90 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at Careage Hills in Cherokee. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 26, 2019, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee. Pastor Jean Morse will officiate. ...

The Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Planning Council (SIMPCO) is developing a Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan for the Iowa counties of Cherokee, Ida, Monona, Plymouth and Woodbury, which includes the unincorporated areas, cities and school districts within each respective county. When complete, the Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan will replace the current County Multi-Jurisdictional Plan for participating counties and their jurisdictions...

Ms. Steckelberg's Introduction to Agriculture classes are starting to learn about drones. To kick things off, Justin Pritts, Cherokee County Emergency Management Coordinator, came to discuss how he uses drones in his area of work. He talked about the drone they have and what attachments they can use with it. ...

(Editor’s note: We received this Letter to the Editor from Cherokee parent and School Board candidate Angie Anderson. Well-written and timely, we decided it would make a good editorial addressing many district residents’ current thoughts.) Cherokee is an exceptional community with exceptional people that has a history of an exceptional school system. That’s why Bill and I made a decision to move here...

I feel compelled to share some personal observations about what happens every fall in Chariton, our Hy-Vee sister city located in south central Iowa. Most folks here know Chariton and Cherokee share some commonality. Both cities rely heavily on Hy-Vee for employment opportunities with warehouse facilities in both locations. ...

ORANGE CITY - Bryce Kremer smiled and was glad to pose for a group picture with six very giddy-happy Cherokee lady Braves. Kremer will join the Cherokee girls’ cross country team at the state meet on Saturday, Nov. 2, in Fort Dodge after qualifying for the second consecutive year here Thursday afternoon...