Stories from Monday, November 2, 2020

On Thursday night the Cherokee Public Library hosted an online gamer brigade event featuring the popular internet multiplayer game Among Us. Created in 2018, the game gained tremendous popularity last summer as people were looking for new ways to entertain themselves while stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of people now play this game and/or watch others and it has gained a lot of attention as a platform for collaboration, advocacy, and education...

The Cherokee Regional Medical Center (CRMC) recently pledged $50,000 and Mongan Painting $25,000 which brought the ongoing Cherokee football field turf project fundraising total to $819,000. according to WHS Activities Director Josh Landhuis, who’s spearheading the effort along with Adam Timmerman and a select committee of boosters...

On Saturday, October 24th, some members of the Cherokee Fire Department did training in a structural mobile live burn simulator. Instructors Kevin West and Jim Carpenter from the Milford Fire Department educated the 11 men present for the burn simulation. Explaining that fire does not burn fast now, but instead that household materials are made differently now and burn quicker than in the past...

The Friends of the Library have organized and collected donations from community members, which will be put up for their 21st annual silent auction. Each basket is themed around a book and features a variety of goodies. From toys to blankets, baking supplies to Hawkeyes gear, there is a basket for nearly every interest. The basket auction is set to begin in early November, with a Chamber Coffee scheduled for November 13th...

Marlene Lucille Cave, age 87 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Wednesday, October 07, 2020, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are currently pending at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.greenwoodfuneral.com...

The value and promise of the daily efforts of the Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation (CAEDC) to keep the Cherokee area on potential developers’ radar can’t be overstated. Along with those efforts of Director Bill Anderson and the CAEDC Board staffed with community boosters willing to give back and make a difference, are many peripheral activities that strengthen the core and thrust of CAEDC and, therefore, our community...