Stories from Monday, December 2, 2019

Settlement reached with former employee

The Friends of the Library’s 20th annual Book Basket Project continues as area library supporters have been bringing in their basket projects for the Friends to wrap, but there is still time to bring a book basket in! The baskets will then be on display at the Library until Saturday, December 7. Bidding closes at noon Saturday, Dec. 7...

Joseph “Joe” Kohn, the son of Marvin and Martha (Nilles) Kohn, was born November 15, 1945, in Cherokee, IA. His childhood years were spent in Cherokee where he attended school and graduated from I.C. High School in 1964. After high school, Joe worked at Perrin Fur Farm for a short time and then worked for Lubeck Oil in Cherokee for 44 years until its closing...

It was a joy this past weekend to journey downtown Cherokee and struggle to find a place to park. The stores were open for the annual Cherokee Holiday Open House featuring holiday hours and Christmas shopping specials, and from the looks of things, many area residents (and several vehicles from surrounding counties!) were in town obviously to shop our friendly, dependable, well-stocked Cherokee merchants...

South O’Brien, Alta-Aurelia and Cherokee featured football players respresented on the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) 2019 football all-state teams released recently. Leading the way locally with a spot on the Class A first team offense is South O’Brien’s talented running back, senior Tristan Wilson, the only first team selection in the Chronicle-Times six-school coverage area...