On Jan. 23, eight choir students from Cherokee-Washington High School attended the Northwest Iowa Choral Director's Association Honor Choir at Dordt College in Sioux Center. The students rehearsed during the day under the... >>
The Cherokee County Work Services recently received a $500 donation from the State of Iowa Knights of Columbus to help with on-going improvement projects at the CCWS. Pictured, left to right, are, Tom Wittrock, KC Past State... >>
Megan Deichmann will be traveling to Tanzania, Africa in June of 2012 with her nursing instructor and the STEMM (Siouxland Tanzania Educational Medical Missionaries) organization. She will be in Tanzania for two weeks and... >>
On Tuesday, the members of the cast of the Cherokee Community Theater's Children's Theater production "Disney's Alice in Wonderland" gathered at the Cherokee Community Center for a rehearsal of their upcoming play. The cast... >>
The 2011 edition of the Cherokee County Ag Show will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Western Iowa Tech Community College Conference Center. There is no admission charge for this event. The Ag Show has... >>
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) -- Two key Iowa education leaders warned Friday that Gov. Terry Branstad's plan to overhaul the state's schools relies too heavily on increased testing and does little to help teachers perform in the classroom....
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Criminal investigators looking into the suspicious circumstances behind a now-withdrawn claim for a $14.3 million Iowa Lottery jackpot will have numerous layers of complexity to unravel, stretching from a wealthy New York suburb to Belize....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa-based grocery store chain that fired a 43-year-old mentally disabled man over 20 cents in bottle deposit receipts has offered him another job....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A Woodward man has been accused of knocking out his 81-year-old grandmother and punching his father at a home in Des Moines....