Stories from Friday, February 21, 2020

The Cherokee Symphony will present its second concert of the season Sunday, March 1st at 4 p.m. at the Cherokee Community Center, 530 W. Bluff St..  The 55-member orchestra under the direction of Ted Hallberg, Le Mars, will celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday with an all-Beethoven program...

Cherokee Washington High School Principal Wade Riley has accepted the Superintendent’s job at South O’Brien Schools effective July 1, 2020. Riley, a Cherokee native and 2005 WHS grad, has served as WHS Principal the past three years, arriving here after serving as 7-12 Principal at River Valley Schools in Correctionville from 2015-17...

Services for Emily Otte, age 89, of Sutherland, Iowa who passed away on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Good Samaritan Society in Denton, Texas. Her funeral service will be 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Grace Lutheran Church in Primghar with Pastor Kim Wermersen ~ officiating...

Sara and Mike Dosen of Cherokee are proud to announce the birth of their new daughter. Kiley Jo Dosen was born on February 17, 2020 at 5:05 p.m. She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 20 inches in length. She has one brother named William and one sister named Jolyn. Her grandparents are Jim and Ann Robinson of Cherokee, and Michael and JoAnne Dosen of Edina, Minnesota. Her great grandparents are Bill and Mary Mcintosh of Cleghorn, Lois Goth of Cherokee and Connie Dosen of Edina, Minnesota...

The February Rotary Student of the Month is Dustin Kohn.  Dustin is the son of Gerard and Donna Kohn and is a senior at Washington High School.   Dustin participates in Spanish Club, Spanish Honor Society, student council, Braves Achievement Club, FFA (where he is an officer), 4-H, County 4-H Council and National Honor Society.  ...

Add insubordination to the continuing allegations of job malfeasance against Cherokee Schools Superintendent Kim Lingenfelter and Roosevelt Elementary Principal Valery Fuhrman. With recent reading and math (growth) test scores significantly low for a Roosevelt elementary grade, School Board members Angie Anderson and Jodi Thomas specifically requested that Lingenfelter and Fuhrman attend Monday’s regularly scheduled monthly meeting to discuss the issue and discern what steps are being taken to remedy the low test scores, why such academic failure is occurring in that group of students, and how to prevent similar issues in the future. ...

Teagan Slaughter experienced one of those nights she won’t forget. You know the kind where your dialed in and the shots drop no matter where you are on the court. How sweet is. The Cherokee junior lit it up here Wednesday night early and often, making baskets from everywhere in the gym except the balcony, netting 27 points in the first half and sparking a Braves’ 80-56 Class 2A regional semifinal win over MOC-FV’s Dutch...