Mrs. James’ Class Dear Santa,  Merry Christmas. How is Mrs. Clause doing? I want a Barbie house, a toy Barbie car, and barbies. Are the elves tired yet? Your friend, Paige …

Congratulations to Logan Stowater, CWHS Rotary Student of the Month for December -- Logan is a hard worker and looks to challenge himself.  He has a great attitude with his peers.  He …

The CWHS Speech Team collected $5,025 during their annual Lip Sync event.  The students chose to give the money to local food pantries.  The food banks that benefited were CAP Christian …

Christmas Trivia By Grant Prescott   In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, what was Scrooges’ first name? Answer: Ebenezer   Which U.S. state was …

NEW YORK  (December 9, 2024)— The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is offering scholarships of up to $5,000 to college-bound high school seniors affected by Alzheimer’s …

Bella Gunn The December Reader of the Month is Bella Gunn. Her favorite books include “The One and Only Ivan” and “The One and Only Bob.” She also enjoys reading the …

  (December 4, 2024) - Keep Iowa Beautiful awards three $1,000 scholarships to Iowa high school seniors who plan to enroll in an Iowa college or university.  These annual scholarships honor …

The Cherokee Special Olympics bowling team traveled to Omaha to compete in their state competition at Maple Lanes bowling alley. The state competition houses the athletes that advanced from the area …

KTIV’s First Alert, Meteorologist, Jacob Howard, paid CES 2nd grade classrooms a visit on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The students learned about the causes of many types of weather. Some interesting …

Mrs. Woock took the Government students to Des Moines to visit the State Historical Museum of Iowa and the State Capitol Building. Student got to see many of the museum exhibits covering all sorts of …

Heap of the Week #7 By Brody Jackson and Noah Hart  We had the pleasure of interviewing Benjamin Tentinger about his truck. Tentinger owns a single cab 2003 Chevy GMC. He received this …

The November Reader of the Month is Katie Wells.  Her favorite books are the Wings of Fire Series, Keeper of the Lost Cities Series, Spirit Animals Series and the Divergent Series. Mrs. …

On Monday, Nov. 18, Cherokee Washington High School National Honor Society inducted 18 new members.  NHS is a group of students whose mission is supporting the community and making an …

Students in Mrs. Anderson’s Biology class are performing an organic compound mystery lab as part of their Biomolecules unit. They tested known organic compounds in order to determine the …

Teacher’s Undercover By Andrea Torhus Last week the MMCRU High School teachers had an “Undercover Dress-Up Week.” The teachers planned different dress-up days that …

Iowa Lakes Community College has been awarded a $1,986,637 grant through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Training and Assessment Centers (ITAC) expansion initiative. This funding …

By Mila First, I wold hunt It down. Next, I will wash It. Then, I rip the guts out. Last, I will cook ft 10,000 degrees for ten days.   By Cambria First, I bought my …

The Cherokee FFA presented information on their group activities to the Cherokee School Board in November. FFA officers explained their various programs including Feed the Farmer, where they bagged …

Congratulations to Ava Agnew and Mei Li Forbes on their selection to the NWIBA Honor Band! Both students, clarinet players, auditioned on November 9th at Sioux Center High School. This will be their …

Royal Buddies Halloween Trick-Or-Treating By Haydn Aduddell To celebrate Halloween at MMCRU, the elementary students came up to the high school to participate in Royal Buddies …