Stories from Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Cherokee Schools COVID-19 statement: With the Iowa Governor’s recommendation to close school for the next four weeks, and after continuing to closely monitor the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the earliest we would potentially resume school is Tuesday, April 14.  It is possible this closure could last longer. Future communication about the start of school will be sent at a later date. ...

Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a State of Public Health Disaster Emergency. All Iowa restaurants and bars must suspend on premise service as of noon Tuesday. Carry out and delivery will be allowed. All Restaurants and Bars are hereby closed to the general public except that to the extent permitted by applicable law, and in accordance with any recommendations of the Iowa Department of Public Health, food and beverages may be sold if such food or beverages are promptly taken from the premises, such as on a carry-out or drive-through basis, or if the food or beverage is delivered to customers off the premises.. ...

CRMC forming volunteer medical corps

Christopher D. Wester, age 23, of Minneapolis, MN, and formerly of Cleghorn, IA, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Minneapolis earlier this week. A memorial service was held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 7th at Grace United Methodist Church in Marcus, IA. ...

We think the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors should take another look at the proposed F Avenue paving project designed to better accommodate the heavy truck traffic to and from the Little Sioux Corn Processing Plant. At present, there’s $6 million pegged in the 2020-21 FY budget for paving the three-mile stretch of gravel road that runs north from the LSCP to County Road C-16...

Hello again, Cherokee readers! As promised I have a bit of a wrap-up of my experience and take-aways from my Nashville trip to the Public Library Association (PLA) national conference. I wanted to note that Cherokee in no way paid for my attendance to the conference. ...

Regrettably, only a handful of Northwest Iowa basketball players made the Iowa Sports Writers Association All-State teams released this week. The six schools in the Chronicle-Times coverage area, Alta-Aurelia, Cherokee, MMCRU, South O”Brien, Ridge View and River Valley, had just one player recognized - senior Jackson Louscher of South O’Brien as a second team pick in Class 1A. A well deserved honor...