This year’s Cherokee History Week features an interesting lineup and will take visitors to Sanford Museum, Cherokee MHI Beacon Hollow Cemetery and the Cherokee Depot. The recognition of Pilot …

MMCRU High School will celebrate homecoming Sept. 14-18 with a week full of festivities. The 2026 homecoming court, front row: Aleah Lux, Gracie Schroeder, Ella Draper, Chloe Alesch and Brielle …

A South O’Brien Community School District teacher resigned in early August after the district placed her on administrative leave amid an investigation into alleged inappropriate online …

New seats, platforms, orchestra pit, sound booth for up to $150k in community fundraising Spurred by a committee that’s fundraising for improvements to the Cherokee Community Center’s …

Cherokee County approved a stopgap agreement for engineering services as it seeks a permanent replacement for former County Engineer Kelly Puhrmann.   The county board of supervisors …

The stories held inside Iowa’s barns came into focus Sunday afternoon as visitors filled the Sanford Museum and Planetarium for Barnology 101, a program that traced the state’s agricultural past …

Families visiting Gillette Park will soon find a new reason to slow down along the trail, where a picture book unfolds one page at a time. After four years of planning, setbacks and searching for the …

The Washta Fire Department hosted a large crowd at their breakfast fundraiser held Sunday. Derek DeWitt and Kelsi Dalton, two members of the fire department were in charge of making omelets to order …

Cherokee's downtown lighting project received a major lift this week as Cherokee State Bank committed $25,000 and North Star Community Credit Union contributed $20,000, marking two of the largest …

Vickie Hill concluded Cherokee’s downtown had a problem after her dog ingested methamphetamine last month.  Hill, a hairstylist …

Public input sought for trail amenities   The Little Sioux River is moving toward one of the largest state water trail designations in Iowa history. After decades of local advocacy, …

The Cherokee School Board filled Jocelyn Riggert’s vacant seat with Angie Anderson, whom Riggert narrowly defeated three years ago after a public fight over teachers carrying firearms on school …

Summit Carbon Solutions is abandoning two-thirds of its planned project to store carbon dioxide underground in North Dakota.  The company, which had been granted permits to store CO2 in …

For Bailey Matthews, a local teacher and mother of four, painting began as a quiet summer project. It was a way to stay busy, stay grounded and earn a little extra for her family. But the more …

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is excited to host the Precision Agriculture and Animal Science Field Day on September 9 at the Northwest Iowa Research Farm located at 6320 500th Street …

Kaylee Simons, a senior at MMCRU and member of Cherokee County 4-H, recently showed the Reserve Champion Simmental division steer at the Iowa State Fair. The calf was also Cherokee County Fair …

Drivers on Iowa 3 and Iowa 143 should expect to follow a detour to reach Marcus from Monday, Aug. 24, until the end of October, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of …

The Cherokee County mass casualty incident drill was hosted by the Meriden Fire Department and coordinated by Cherokee County Emergency Management last Thursday evening. Participating agencies …

Sanford Museum will host “Barnology 101,” on Sunday, Aug. 30, at 2 p.m. Deann Haden, Iowa Barn Foundation Board of Directors and IBF Representative for Calhoun and Webster counties, will …