Ocheyedan Senator Dave Johnson discussed development of Bogenrief Studios in Cherokee and Northwest Iowa with Jeanne Bogenrief, middle, and employee Patricia Rachuy at Cherokee County Capitol Day in Des Moines.

Mark Buschkamp, CAEDC director from Cherokee, thanked Department of Human Services director Kevin Concannon during Cherokee County Day at the Capitol.

Five Cherokee Washington High students were part of the group participating in Cherokee County Day at the Capitol Tuesday. They are, left to right, Chris Johnson, Tom Comstock, House Speaker Christopher Rants of Sioux City, Brittany Benson, Jen Conover, and Bryon Kroger.

Those attending Cherokee County Day at the Capitol Tuesday listened intently to all speakers. They are, left to right, Randy Wilkinson, Terry Graybill, Duane Mummert, Ron Strickland, Ron Johnson, Kent Wenck, Barry Johnson, Larry Clark.

State Representative Dan Huseman of Aurelia, left, listens to House Speaker Christopher Rants of Sioux City expound on a topic at Cherokee County Day in the Capitol.

Mark Wandro, director of the Iowa Department of Transportation and a former Cherokee resident, is sympathetic to concerns about four-laning U.S. Highway 20 in Western Iowa.

Senator Ron Wieck of Sioux City visited with Larry Schlichting and Bill Troth during Cherokee County Day in the Capitol Tuesday.

Senator Mark Zieman gave his step-mother Bev Zieman of Cherokee a hug at Cherokee County Day in the Capitol Tuesday. Doug Woods, left, and Stuart Smith, right, were part of a large Cherokee contingent.