The City of Alta and Alta-Aurelia School Board are working towards changing and extending their long-standing cooperation agreement regarding athletic facilities, but are butting heads over who pays …
The Aurelia Development Corporation and local community celebrated the grand opening of their new sports complex at Aurelia Park on Sunday with a ribbon cutting. Two new regulation pickleball courts …
NWCC says ‘political’ climate statement outside of mission Not a single professor from any of the post-secondary institutions with a physical footprint in Buena Vista or Cherokee counties …
The Alta-Aurelia School Board hired an Ankeny Asbestos removal company to remove and dispose of the old Alta administration building’s asbestos on West Fifth Street. Controlled Asbestos …
Landlord, property manager deny civil charges, ask for trial Tracy Dean Coombs, 48, of Cherokee, died last August while boring fiber optic cable to a Sergeant Bluff duplex. His estate …
A man was found dead just north of Prairie Heritage Center Saturday, Sept. 12 after a report of a missing person received by the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office. The O’Brien County …
Lundquist Orchard is marking 38 years in business this fall, a tradition rooted in the early 1980s when Bob Lundquist planted the first trees as part of an effort to explore alternative crops during …
Members of the South O’Brien FFA include: John Puhrmann, BreLee Rasmussen, Will Stout and Abby Woodall.
In cooperation with the Cherokee Mental Health Institute, the Missing in America Project, the Cherokee Historical Preservation Commission, the Pilot Rock Daughters Of the American Revolution Chapter, …
=Behind every breast cancer patient is a network of dOctoberors, loved ones, and generous blood donors. More than 25% of the nation’s blood supply is used to support cancer patients through …
The Lundquist Orchard is marking its 38th year, a tradition rooted in the early 1980s when Bob Lundquist planted apple trees to explore alternative crops during the farm crisis.
Cherokee Area Economic Development Corporation is partnering with the Iowa Economic Development Authority to conduct downtown Walk Around Assessments. The assessments will take place in Marcus …
The Cherokee Community Theatre has been busy rehearsing for their upcoming production of “Southern Hospitality.” The play will be presented on Friday, Oct. 2; Saturday, Oct. 3; and Sunday, Oct. …
An antique Larabee fire truck stands as a reminder of 9/11 last Friday as the 25th anniversary of the tragedy of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center was observed across the U.S.
Hy-Vee dismissed its lawsuit it filed last June against the Cherokee County Board of Review, alleging the grocery retail distributor’s warehouse on Riverview Drive is erroneously assessed. …
The supportive energy of nearly 100 women was palpable inside the Grainery Lodge on Tuesday evening during the Cherokee Chamber’s Women in Business 3rd Annual Ladies Night Out. Members of the …
Hy-Vee in Cherokee surprised employee of 40 years Lori Hanson Tuesday with the arrival of a Hy-Vee semi-trailer featuring her helpful smile. Hy-Vee started featuring long-serving employees on truck …
Supt. Olhausen expects work to start after football season With excess proceeds from a sales-tax bond it issued last winter for an indoor athletic complex in Alta, the Alta-Aurelia …
More than 180 Iowa scientists and sustainability scholars from universities and other organizations across the state have asked Iowans to advocate for the deployment of renewable energy systems to …
An individual was found dead just north of Prairie Heritage Center Saturday, Sept. 12 after a report of a missing person received by the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office. The O’Brien County …