Stories from Monday, August 10, 2020

Do you look meteor showers? Do you like movies? Well, your in luck, because the Sanford Museum will have both fairly soon. The Sanford Museum in Cherokee will be holding a meteor shower and movie on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. The meteor shower in question is the Perseids Meteor Shower, one of the best meteor showers to observe, producing up to 60 meteors an hour. While the meteor shower is happening, they will also be playing the movie "Monsters vs. Aliens."...

Cherokee Schools are committed to supporting students, families, and staff in the “Return to Learn” format as school is scheduled to reopen Aug. 24. Staff deliberated on three models as directed by the Iowa Department of Education. With guidance and support from the IDE and Northwest Area Education Agency, the models are a Required Continuous (Virtual) Learning model, a Hybrid Learning model, and an On-site Learning model...

(Part 2 in a series of local law enforcement activity) The Iowa State Patrol District #5, located northwest of Cherokee on Highway 3 was established in 1937. Known then as District #4, it is one of the original 10 Iowa State Patrol (ISP) offices. District #5 is comprised of Iowa’s northwestern Counties Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Sac, and Woodbury...

Evan Mattioda of Cherokee has received the WITCC TRIO-Student Support Services Achiever of the Month Award for August. This award recognizes Western Iowa Tech TRIO students for demonstrating qualities of leadership and citizenship while  achieving collegiate academic success.  Evan began taking classes on the Cherokee WIT Campus in the Fall of 2017 and soon joined the TRIO program, participating in educational workshops and supplemental academic advising sessions. ...

Truth and the President of the United States go together like cloistered monks and painted ladies; Baby pools and sharks; George Lloyd and David Duke. Especially perilous to us all are the hundreds of damaging, possibly deadly lies Donald Trump has publicly foisted upon the American people in regards to the coronavirus pandemic...

Amanda and Josh White of Aurelia are proud to announce the birth of ther new daughter. Elodie Marie White was born on August 3, 2020 at 6:08 p.m. She weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and was 21 inches in length. She has one sister named Evelyn. Her grandparents are Cindy Nelson of Aurelia, Mark and Vicki White of Cherokee, and Brad and Chris Nelson of Cherokee...

Maria Ross and Angel Catarino of Cherokee are proud to announce the birht of their new son. Mateo Antonio Catarino was born on July 31, 2020 at 12:44 p.m. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 20.5 inches in length. His grandparents are Amanda and Brandon Drenner of Alta, Lily Catarino of Storm Lake, and Tomas Vasguez of Storm Lake...

Pastor Curtis E. Benson, age 83, of Holstein, passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at the Unity Point Health - St. Luke's of Sioux City. A private family funeral service will be held at the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of Holstein with Pastor Bob Lewis officiating. ...