Stories from Monday, February 24, 2020

Noggin Water, 117 S. 2nd St. in Cherokee, is planning to relocate to a new building om East Main Street in downtown Cherokee. The building in question is currently owned by Creative Cutters located at 102 E. Main St. With Creative Cutters going out of business, Noggin Water is planning to purchase the property...

The owner/operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) announced early in 2019 their intent to double the volume of Bakken shale oil now flowing through the DAPL without increasing the normal daily maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of 1,400 psi that currently exists...

Marcus, Iowa – Dwight Wayne Moats, 83, of Marcus, Iowa passed away following a brief illness on Thursday February 20, 2020 at the Heartland Care Center in Marcus. He was surrounded by his family and was taken home to be with his Lord and Savior for his final resting place. ...

Cherokee High School had four groups of students selected to perform at the Speech All-State Festival in Ames, Iowa on the ISU campus.  The four groups selected included, TV-News: Mom News; TV-News: Wild West News; Radio Broadcasting: 36.0 Par Radio; and Readers Theatre: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Siblings.  This is an exciting accomplishment for these students.  To be selected to perform at the All-State Festival is a high honor...

It’s tragically sad that the Boy Scouts of America are filing for bankruptcy protection because of a number of lawsuits relating to child abuse. The reality is that there is a need to protect children at all times and a number of organizations have failed to do so. It is logical that most of these cases have involved organizations where children are there in numbers, with priests, ministers, teachers and sports coaches frequently involved as offenders...

HAWARDEN - Cherokee’s Braves got their 16th win of the season, a 64-47 win over Rock Valley here Thursday, advancing to Tuesday’s Class 2A District Final against West Sioux at LeMars. Game time, 7p.m. A solid zone defense coupled with some effective individual performances by seniors Ryan Hurd and Kobe Grell were key in Cherokee tourney win. ...

PAULLiNA - South O’Brien’s No. 3 Class A ranked Wolverines hammered Akron-Westfield 73-29 to advance in the tourney against Kingsley-Pierson (12-11) here Tuesday at 8p.m. K-P defeated LeMars Gehlen 52-43 to advance. In the other half of this district, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn (10-13) eliminated Hinton (14-9) 79-53. HMS will play George-Little Rock (11-11). The two winners will face off at sioux Center on Thursday at 7p.m. for the 1A district title...