Stories from Friday, January 16, 2015

Richard Waterbury, a former committee member on a project to place a Freedom Rock on the Cherokee County courthouse grounds, spoke to the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 regarding placement of the rock. Freedom rocks are being put in counties throughout Iowa. These are boulders painted in patriotic themes, honoring military personnel in an area that has been landscaped to highlight the rock...

The resignation of Steve Schuck as police chief, and Schuck's retirement from the police force was announced at the Jan. 13 meeting of the Cherokee City Council. Schuck joined the Cherokee police department in March of 1984 and was appointed chief in January of 2001...