Lucas: “It’s going to be a tight year” The Cherokee City Council voted to increase wages for city employees by 1.5% for the next fiscal year, a lower rate than previous years …
A juvenile who made a "verbal threat" at Aurelia Elementary and the Alta-Aurelia Middle School has been taken into custody by Aurelia police following a brief school lockdown. Students and staff …
“Jungle” Jim Gano might leave Cherokee. He’s never seriously considered it until this year. The Vietnam War veteran has witnessed more than half a dozen floods at his …
A Cherokee man was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly inflicting blunt-force trauma on his four-month-old infant, who was later declared deceased at a hospital in Omaha, Neb. …
The Cherokee Wastewater Treatment Plant is close to decommissioning all of its flood-damaged electrical infrastructure. The Cherokee City Council approved $72,000 to decommission the wastewater …
The Cherokee City Council approved a library employee’s request to offer partially reimbursed memberships to the city wellness program for all regular city part-time workers. The …
The Iowa Department of Natural Relations has approved a temporary emergency bypass for the Cherokee Wastewater Plant to transport treated wastewater from the city’s lagoons into the Little …
Citing safety concerns and miscommunication at the wastewater treatment plant, the Cherokee City Council voted to ensure ISG Engineering of Storm Lake approves all final decisions regarding the …
Mayor Craig Schmidt cautioned the Cherokee City Council to remain professional and on task during meetings. At the outset of Tuesday’s council meeting, Schmidt told an overflowing …
The City of Cherokee is awaiting approval from FEMA to appraise and likely demolish 10 homes severely damaged by the record-breaking flood in June. The Cherokee City Council finalized an …
The Cherokee Wastewater Plant is applying for a temporary emergency bypass to transport treated wastewater from the city’s lagoons into the Little Sioux River. The lagoons at the wastewater plant are full. The city needs to …
A Ten Corp employee is suing the Marcus-based company, alleging he was incorrectly classified as a salaried worker and hasn’t received overtime pay since 2017. Attorney Mary Hamilton …
Registered Democrats have nearly halved in Buena Vista, Cherokee and other counties across Northwest Iowa over the last eight years. There are 2,633 active registered Democrats in Buena …
A month after Recreation Director Dave Ellis started his leave of absence, the Cherokee City Council stalled conversations on increasing pay for his replacement, who assumed more …
The Cherokee City Council denied Chris Horton’s claims that he was passed over for a promotion to parks superintendent. Horton, the city’s cemetery sexton, claims …
A Holstein man died and his two elementary-aged daughters were injured in a crash in Ida County Wednesday evening. Josh Fowler, 29, was pronounced deceased at the scene of the collision …
Tuesday’s Cherokee City Council meeting ended in a shouting match between two councilmen over attendance at interviews for a new city administrator. Councilman Tim Wych lambasted …
Jolene Puhrmann faces 36 criminal charges for allegedly forging checks and keeping money from vendors in her store, Mojo’s Antique Barn at 900 North Second St. in Cherokee, totaling over …
An Ankeny architect sued a corporate entity that owns the Wilson School in Cherokee for refusing to pay nearly $57,000 from a design services contract issued four years ago. Elevated …
Lawsuit moved to federal court — Two Cherokee sheriff’s deputies sued for mistakenly entering 510 N. Fifth St. without a warrant last December claimed in federal court that qualified …