Stories from Wednesday, April 10, 2019

The Iowa Food Group meat processing plant in Cherokee, in production since early February, has reportedly shut down after informing employees Tuesday morning. The story being told by employees is that they were informed Tuesday morning that a major investor (or investors) had pulled out and the plant was being shut down because of that lost revenue. ...

Iowa Food Group (IFG) is proud to have taken the Cherokee plant from shut down for four years to completely operational with full USDA approval within 120 days. The plant passed its GMP Food Safety Audit (Good Manufacturing Practices_ with an A+ score on April 4, 2019...

Hawkeyes began in Cherokee elementary school in the 1960’s with students participating in shooting sports and hunter safety activities. After a short hiatus a few years ago, it was brought back and re-vamped to include hands-on activities in conservation and outdoor recreation...

We don’t know, we’re not going to look further, and frankly we could care less that the City of Cherokee selected three finalists that morphed into one for the vacant City Administrator position. This perceived shell game really means diddly-squat. What matters is that the Recruitment Committee and ultimately the City Council did their homework and dug deep and diligently to provide us the best possible candidate for this vital municipal position as Cherokee forges ahead with a dwindled population, infrastructure needs, and a business climate that demands helping hands.. ...

QUIMBY - Cherokee’s varsity golf lady Braves carded a 466 finish here Saturday, good enough for a third place team finish behind champions Westwood at 368 and MVAOCOU at 409. Sami Kirk paced Westwood with a 87 medalist performance, while runner-up medalist honors went to teammate Makenna Harding with an 89...

Sunshine and a slight breeze greeted athletes representing 20 area girls’ teams competing in the 75th running of the prestigious Tomahawk Relays here last Friday. Emmetsburg edged host Cherokee in final Class 1A team standings 120.5 to 104.5, while Spencer ran away with the 2A team crown with 166.5 points to runner-up LeMars with 117...