Voting continues in the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce annual scarecrow contest. There are 22 of them set up around town and they’re in a race to see who can get the most likes, comments and shares …

Nature Decker, a 2009 Cherokee Washington High School grad, released her second children’s book, “Halloween Is For Everyone” on Oct. 7, based on her non-verbal son, Cash. Her books are part of …

The Sanford Museum is looking forward to its very popular “Festival of Trees” display in the West Gallery of the museum. Sanford would like to invite all businesses and organizations to decorate …

When emergencies strike, Justin Pritts is often among those coordinating the response behind the scenes. That commitment to public safety was recognized recently when the Cherokee County emergency …

Cherokee Community Theatre presented the   comedy “Southern Hospitality” Friday, Oct. 2; Saturday, Oct. 3; and Sunday, Oct. 4, and will do it again Friday, Oct. 9; Saturday, Oct. 10; and …

The Alta City Council approved a liquor license for a new Mexican restaurant — Andale Mex Grill on Oct. 5.  The owners of Andale, current residents of Lake View, showed up to observe the …

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is renovating Spring Lake’s fishery in Cherokee, which was clouded with turbidity and infested with rough fish as a result of the 2024 floods.  Fisheries Biologist …

Project hit with architect lawsuit, saber-rattling with city Shawn Foutch says the redevelopment of the Wilson School in Cherokee is “dead.”  Foutch claims the City of Cherokee …

Front row from left: Sandra (Tscherter) Witt, Merri (Kolb) Johnson, Christy (Anderson) Hyndman, Nancy (Galvin) Webb, Connie (Ballantyne) Ludwig, Denise (Gustafson) Fredericksen and Kelly (Peterson) …

Councilman Don Piercy: city ‘backed into a corner’ as condo work grinds to halt The Storm Lake City Council rebuffed Shawn Foutch’s request to renegotiate the completion deadline for phase …

Held without bond for being ‘unauthorized alien’ Four teens – one of them an adult undocumented immigrant – were arrested in connection with a string of car burglaries around Storm …

Cory Turner has been reinstalled as superintendent of the Cherokee Mental Health Institute and Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders.  Danielle Sample, the Iowa Department of Health and …

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Friday a measure changing a state’s economic development program that could provide nearly $1.4 billion in tax incentives for a $15 billion steel mill project …

MMCRU celebrated homecoming in September with Josh Peterson crowned as king and Chloe Alesch as queen during coronation Sept. 17 in Marcus.

Aurelia American Legion Auxiliary members, Kathy Allen, Emelee Cargin, and Cindy Nelson presented the Aurelia third grade class with dictionaries. This is a project promoted by the National American …

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating the Cherokee WIT Campus’s 30th anniversary, West- ern Iowa Tech’s 60th anniversary, and the arrival of our new president, Dr. Terry Lindsay. We …

Quimby Community Cen- ter recently received a check from the Cherokee County Legacy Foundation for the flooring project in the Quimby Community Center. Pictured are Don Fiser, Deb Clark, and Mark …

Historian Kevin Mason of the University of Northern Iowa delivered a sweeping look at how the Illinois Central Railroad shaped Cherokee’s origins, growth and identity during a program last Tuesday …

Grand opening for new Aurelia fire station A grand opening for the Aurelia Fire Department’s new fire station will be held Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 4-7 p.m. Check out the new station and enjoy …