Dan Winchell has been accused of withholding information from shareholders of the defunct Holzhauer Motors in Cherokee. Robin and Tony Jenness, a Marcus couple who used to own shares in …
A jury will be empaneled next November to hear Citizens First National Bank’s lawsuit against Holzhauer Motors’ shareholders, alleging they owe $5.1 million on a loan on which the defunct …
Casey Herwig was released from prison earlier this month. Cherokee County District Court Judge Charles Borth approved a request from Herwig’s attorney, Justin Reininger, to release Herwig …
Citizens First National Bank of Storm Lake has filed two more lawsuits against franchises affiliated with Holzhauer Motors. The bank is now seeking Holzhauer’s real estate at its Storm Lake and Cherokee Ford dealerships. A 24-page lawsuit the bank filed …
Cherokee County Sheriff Derek Scott and Jackie Stephens, a former deputy, are embroiled in an employment dispute that has spurred litigation. Stephens, a deputy who worked at the …
The Iowa Court of Appeals is expected to hear oral arguments next month on an appeal by a civilly committed sex offender who claims he was manipulated into an emotional affair by the former clinical …
A judge allowed Holzhauer Motors’ countersuit against Citizens First National Bank to survive. Iowa Business Specialty Court Judge Michael Schilling gave a mixed ruling to the Storm …
An architect who has done drawings for the developer who renovated South School in Storm Lake believes Cherokee taxpayers should be nervous about the prospects of the Wilson School. …
The Cherokee County Sheriff failed to locate dozens of vehicles and inventory that were supposed to be at the defunct Holzhauer Motors. Sheriff Derek Scott told The Cherokee Chronicle …
Donald Trump notched 4,398 voters, or 72% of the 6,105 votes cast. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Hull, notched 4,411 votes, or 67.5% of the vote, over challenger Ryan Melton, D-Ames, who notched …
A Cherokee HVAC company and a Cherokee woodworking company sued the owner of a Main Street residence for failing to pay for its services in a remodel last January. Denny’s Heating …
The State of Iowa has abandoned its attempt to sell nearly 100 acres on the Cherokee Mental Health Institute campus — for now. Cherokee City Councilman John Nitz told the Cherokee …
Gravel and grain dust have created clouds denser and larger this harvest season, creating public health concerns in an area that receives little or no real-time air quality monitoring by state and …
A judge dismissed Holzhauer Motors’ bankruptcy petition in its entirety, leaving the dealership and its owners exposed to state court lawsuits that seek damages in excess of $12 million. Judge Thad Collins dismissed the dealership’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in an order …
Representatives with Lopez Dorada announced plans to add 100 jobs at its Cherokee meat processing plant on Hwy. 59 after a $45 million expansion to the plant’s southwest corner. …
Kading Properties of Urbandale is expected to build a group of four-plexes and six-plexes in Cherokee as early as next year. Representatives with the property management company told a …
A judge assessed over $18,000 to the owners of farmland near Meriden who refused to pay a Marcus construction company who built a slate of farm-over terraces on the land in the spring of 2022. …
Holzhauer Motors and one of its minority shareholders are warring over the fate of its liquidation, a development that has raised “tremendous risk” for what remains of its three …
Holzhauer Motors and its two Ford franchisees have asked to convert its bankruptcy case under a different chapter because the dealership is “administratively insolvent.” The …
A Lee County District Court judge denied Jeff Goodwin’s request to be discharged from the Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders in Cherokee. District Court Judge Wyatt Peterson ruled …