Stories from Wednesday, May 6, 2020

At last week’s Cherokee County Board of Supervisors meeting, Sarah Tracy, County Engineer, presented five quotes received for purchasing a new motor grader with trade in of a 2003 140H motor grader. Quotes with trade in value were: •2019 Caterpillar 12M3AWD (new unit) $357,060.00 less $54,000.00 trade in for $303,060.00 total...

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds allowed numerous businesses to begin reopening to the public on April 27. Library Staff are not considered essential staff per city handbook and do not have adequate access to PPE nor sanitation materials. Therefore, the Cherokee Public Library will remain closed to the public and continue to offer curbside pickup through May 31...

At Superintendent Kim Lingenfelter’s urging, the Cherokee School Board seeks input from CSD stakeholders for school names for the new PK-4 Addition to Cherokee Middle School. A Google form is available on Cherokee School's Facebook, or you can email: tnaslund@ccsd.k12.ia.us with your response. Deadline for submission is May 13th...

Gerald Floyd Dunn “Jerry”, age 89 of rural Marcus, IA, passed away Friday, May 1, 2020, at his residence surrounded by family. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 8, 2020, at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Marcus, IA. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, everyone in attendance is required to practice social distancing. ...

Gerald “Jerry” Dunn, age 89 of rural Marcus, IA, passed away Friday, May 1, 2020, at his residence surrounded by family. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 8, 2020, at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Marcus, IA. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, everyone in attendance is required to practice social distancing. ...

Trent D. Stowater, 54, of Marcus, Iowa passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at Unity Point Health in Sioux City, Iowa. A private family funeral service with a burial at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Marcus, Iowa will take place at a later date. ...

It was just a matter of time before the monotony of self quarantine in a shut-down world would begin to fester for some husbands and wives forced to cohabitate 24-7. As the walls close in and toleration and understanding give way to frustration and conflict, and dilutes those fond memories and wedding vows that kept the love on simmer all these years, we ask, “What’s a person to do?”...

—The undefeated, rampaging Aurelia Bulldogs took another step toward the state tourney with a 93-58 win over Ocheyedan’s Mounders in district semifinals at Spencer. Senior Tim Hills led the Bulldogs in scoring with 18 points, while Alan Hallquist added 14, Brian Winterhof 14, Mike Tolzin 10 and Randy Tietgen 10...

I'm not sure how many have read the press release by now, but the Cherokee Public Library was not able to open on the May 1 date we were given by the governor. There's a few reasons behind this, and this is by no means political. At the library, we have been working for well over the last year on various projects to help the library's long term plan of being a place in the community to gather, as well as learn. ...