After four long years of rampant rumors and this community twisting in the wind, the future of the shuttered Cherokee Tyson Deli Plant has been established with the announcement today that Iowa Food Group will begin operations here in January.
Iowa Food Group has purchased the sprawling Cherokee facility located on a prime 59-acre tract on the southwest edge of the City, and plans to convert the 55-year-old structure into a protein processing company producing specialty beef, pork, and poultry meats for a large variety of restaurants, groceries, and other food customers around the world.