If you need a small building constructed on your property, just call Phil Stowater,the owner of Cherokee Lumber. Phil and his crew have been building this type of structure for about five years ...

PRIMGHAR - The Alta-Aurelia and South O’Brien girls golf teams competed in the Class 1A Region 1 final on Wednesday. Alta-Aurelia’s Avery Westphal and South O’Brien’s … ...

If Democrats only had taken Iowa’s counsel, Pete Buttigieg or Bernie Sanders probably would be president today. I mean, if Joe Biden could beat Donald Trump … “That thought has crossed my mind.” Mayor ...

Mary K. Williams, 107, died on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at Landmark Commons in Waterloo. She was born February 27, 1918, in Cherokee, the daughter of Thomas and Maud (Anderson) Williams. She ...

Larry Oke Hanson, age 82 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at the Good Samaritan Society in Holstein, IA. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, February 2, 2025, ...

Donald Trump got it half right about the recent omnibus tax-plus-everything else bill that the U.S. House passed on Tuesday last week. It’s big, but it ain’t beautiful. The bill worries many, many ...

City council approves site plans for up to 84 units, possible expansion The Cherokee City Council approved site plans from Kading Properties of Urbandale to build 84 townhomes near Rock Island Avenue ...

SIOUX RAPIDS - The Alta-Aurelia track and field teams traveled to compete in the Twin Lakes Conference Meet on Tuesday, hosted by Sioux Central. The Warrior girls took fifth place in the meet with ...

LAKE PARK - The MMCRU softball team traveled to take on Harris-Lake Park on Wednesday and won 15-4 to rise to 5-0. MMCRU scored a run in the top of the first while the Wolves took the lead with two ...

Mary Beth Galvin Stratton, 85, passed away peacefully at the Ames Israel Family Hospice House on March 20, 2025, the Spring Equinox, after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. Mary was born on June ...

Miss Rodeo Cherokee will be crowned on Saturday, May 31, at 7 p.m. Four contenstants are vying for the 2025 title. Tayah Carter Tayah Carter, a high school sophomore, is from Bussey. She is involved ...

Last week, the Pentagon accepted the emir of Qatar’s gift of a Boeing 747, a $400 million bauble donated for our president to enjoy by a monarch whose family has ruled the tiny Mideast nation for more ...