Gov. Kim Reynolds told Iowa law enforcement officials Friday to prepare to support the federal government’s effort to deport undocumented immigrants, expected to start when President-elect …
Engineer Kelly Puhrmann told the board of supervisors on Tuesday that the estimated $7.5 million project will go out to bid next week, with construction beginning later this year. In …
Kading Properties of Urbandale is purchasing nearly 16 acres of land near Rock Island Avenue from the City of Cherokee for $1 to develop at least 30 housing units before June 2026. The …
Sen. Kevin Alons has big ideas the Republican-dominated Iowa Legislature should tackle this session. On the eve of the 2025 legislative session, Alons plans to …
“We didn’t have a plan for it at first, but it was just too good to pass up,” says Nick Noyes of the rambling fixer upper known as the Pear Tree House in Sutherland. Now …
Iowa City painter Carlos Maldonado is the Sanford Museum and Planetarium's Artist of the Month for January. Maldonado specializes in plein air painting, a technique where artists create their work …
Cherokee County Sheriff Derek Scott presented his FY26 budget to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Scott and his staff have repeatedly requested salary increases to the board, citing the need to …
State legislators have their priorities set on addressing property taxes in the upcoming 2025 legislative session, but have no concrete plans for solving the problem they see with them. …
The Aurelia Star will be forced to cease publication Feb. 1 because of the loss of public notices from Cherokee County. The Cherokee County Board of …
Land values across Iowa dropped 5% to 10% during 2024, a gradual decline from the record high prices they held in 2021 and 2022. An annual survey conducted by Iowa State University’s …
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 …
The Christian Action Food Pantry will hold a volunteer appreciation event on Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church hall. The public is invited to attend the come-and-go event honoring …
KeeLive Music Festival begins next weekend, celebrating their 25th anniversary on Friday, Jan. 17, and Saturday, Jan. 18. The festival will see six bands come to town, playing at local venues …
Cherokee firefighters responded to a house fire at 820 N. Roosevelt Ave. on Jan. 6. Crews arrived on scene to find smoke showing from the second floor of a two-story wood frame house. The fire …
Cherokee Regional Medical Center is proud to announce it has earned a 2024 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in quality. The Performance Leadership Awards recognize top quartile performance …
Cherokee Regional Medical Center is excited to announce the first baby of 2025! Baby boy Elias was born at 3:24 a.m. on Jan. 1, to Yaritza and Martin Salazar of Cleghorn. He was delivered by Dr. …
Cherokee police executed a warrant for the arrest of a Cherokee man charged with a misdemeanor and felony for using an EBT food program card that didn’t belong to him at multiple local stores …
Paul Struck was always on my case to write a column. Randomly, he’d call out suggestions, shouting them down the hallway or over the top of my cubicle wall on his way out the door. “How …
On a frigid Christmas Eve in the 1970s, against my wife’s better judgement, I insisted on donning the lone suit in my closet, a ‘Miami Vice’ light colored, summer cotton ensemble, …
The Cherokee County Supervisors have continued their efforts to trim the county budget, a focus that has spanned over a year. With the addition of new members Shane Bellefy and Ray E. Mullins II to …