Parker Hansen doesn’t want to answer to a political party. The 26-year-old Correctionville native is running for House District 13 as a “conservative independent” — …
The Cherokee City Council appointed Mike Conover as the city’s newest council member. Conover will assume the Ward 2 seat at the next council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 10. Ward 2 …
The Cherokee City Council voted to blow out the water lines at the flood-damaged Cherokee Yacht Club in Spring Lake Park to safely shut down the building before winter. On Tuesday, the council …
Travis Sitzmann always talked politics. He’s a proud conservative, fifth-generation Iowan and an insurance consultant living in Le Mars. The hopeful Iowa House District 13 representative learned from his grandfather, a three-term …
Holzhauer Motors has filed for bankruptcy. Holzhauer and two of its Ford franchisees in Storm Lake and Cherokee filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in …
Progress at the Cherokee Skatepark persists following severe damage to construction. It’s expected to open to the public mid-September. Flooding at the end of June washed away the …
Rosanne Plante doesn’t put herself in a box. The Democratic candidate for Iowa House District 13 is a self-proclaimed “wild lawyer,” certified garden master, native plant …
Contractor Shawn Foutch plans to proceed with a fraction of the renovations needed for the proposed 32-apartment complex at the Wilson School building. Foutch hasn’t secured funding …
City Administrator Tom Letsche was fired by the Cherokee City Council on Tuesday. The council fired Tom Letsche without cause, according to City Attorney Justin Vondrak, who advised Mayor …
Three candidates are vying for a now vacant position as District Court judge for sub-district 3A covering Northwest Iowa. Andy Smith of Alta, Elizabeth Specketer of Rembrandt and Melanie …
Dan Winchell claims Citizens First National Bank of Storm Lake is unjustly targeting Holzhauer Motors through a pair of lawsuits that aim to take possession of the dealership’s inventory and …
Citizens First National Bank of Storm Lake filed a second lawsuit against Holzhauer Motors of Cherokee, claiming the dealership allegedly misappropriated $3.4 million in vehicle sale proceeds that …
Freda Tolzin’s 100-year life has been bookended by floods. The night she was born, a rainstorm brewed across northwest Iowa. By foot, her father trekked through high mud and water to …
A Cherokee man pleaded guilty to a lesser felony charge in connection with an alleged hit-and-run collision that killed Phillip Watterson. Casey Herwig, 30, pleaded guilty on Monday to leaving …
The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors is mulling a bridge over 230th Avenue above the Lower Gar outlet, releasing the Iowa Great Lakes’ excess waters more freely into Milford …
Sheriff Scott says disciplinary action taken A Cherokee man sued two sheriff’s deputies for wrongfully searching his house on North Fifth Street in connection with an investigation into a …
Citizens First National Bank of Storm Lake sued Holzhauer Motors of Cherokee, alleging the car dealership failed to pay over $6.4 million in operating loans that were issued last December. In a …
Dickinson County officials met with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources last Wednesday night to discuss an expedited permit to drain Lower Gar outlet. In a news conference on Thursday, July 11, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced...
Area flooding has forced the Cherokee Skate Park committee to reevaluate construction plans. Committee members Cindy Wilberding and Sheree Hausmann requested aid from the Cherokee City Council …
Tom Letsche is out as city administrator for Cherokee. Letsche indicated that his departure was not voluntary in nature, but declined to provide additional details or label it …