Stories from Monday, February 17, 2020

Saturday, March 7, 2020, marks the date for the 15th Annual Cherokee Educational Foundation dinner to be held at the Little Sioux Event Center. The doors will open at 4:30 pm, with the event beginning at 6:00. The CEF is proud to host this event, which provides our school system and students with perks for the classroom!...

Cherokee Regional Medical Center’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department is pleased to announce that Aurelia native, Tayler Van Berkum, has joined their team as a speech-language pathologist. Van Berkum passed her board exams and started at CRMC in January. ...

Andrew Perry of Alta is the third generation to work on the farm started by his grandfather. Andrew’s dad returned in the 1980s, and Andrew came back after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Mo., in 2011. Perry Livestock LLC in Aurelia is a wean-to-finish operation that includes three finishers and one nursery. They finish about 7,500 hogs annually...

Francis (Frank) Joseph Gilmore, 66, of Cherokee, Iowa left this life on February 4th, 2020. He was surrounded by his immediate family.   He is survived by his daughters, Erica (Mitchell) Turner & Jenny (Steven) Roosa & his son Brian Gilmore all residents of Cherokee; grandchildren Shelby, Harley, Paige, Kyle, Oksana, Austin, Ariel, Serenity, Trinity & Lincoln; along with many great-grand children, family & friends...

The Cherokee WA TAN YE Club met Monday evening, February 10 at Danny’s Sport Spot for their monthly dinner and business meeting. President Jane Johnston presided over the business meeting. A thank you note was received from the Sanford Museum Association for the club’s membership renewal...

Last year, a raging blizzard couldn’t phase them. Together they’ve plugged over $400,000 into Cherokee Schools in 15 short years of existence, sustaining the momentum through will and caring while producing multiple benefits for our oh-so-fortunate kids, teachers and their classrooms...

I could have stood the shackles if it wasn’t for the rattling of the chains… And so goes the Country song I’m reminded of at every Cherokee Braves basketball game I’ve attended the past few years. Parents and grandparents, caretakers, babysitters, guardians, school administrators, parole officers, do your jobs and tell the young kids at the ballgames to SIT THE HELL DOWN!!!...