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A warrant for the arrest of a Cherokee man who allegedly assaulted a woman by breaking her car window and harming her face was executed last week.  The Cherokee Police Department …

The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office received an automated crash detection call at 1:56 am on Saturday, October 26 at the intersection of L51 and 540th Street. An initial investigation …

A jury will be empaneled next June to hear a lawsuit that alleges a Cedar Rapids industrial contractor caused $1.6 million in damages to Little Sioux Corn Processors by way of a destroyed …

A Cherokee HVAC company and a Cherokee woodworking company sued the owner of a Main Street residence for failing to pay for its services in a remodel last January.  Denny’s Heating …

A Holstein man died and his two elementary-aged daughters were injured in a crash in Ida County Wednesday evening.  Josh Fowler, 29, was pronounced deceased at the scene of the collision …

A Cleghorn woman was sentenced to five years in prison after a judge found her guilty of violating the terms of her probation by testing positive for methamphetamine and failing to show up for …

On Tuesday, October 15 at 8:18 am the Cherokee County Sheriff’s office responded to a motor vehicle accident. Kira Klaschen, 19, Cherokee, was traveling southbound on Highway 59 near Hillcrest …

A lawsuit against the Cherokee Regional Medical Center Fitness Center by a Galva man was dismissed without prejudice by Cherokee County District Court. Kurtis Vogt sued the Sioux Valley Memorial …

Jolene Puhrmann faces 36 criminal charges for allegedly forging checks and keeping money from vendors in her store, Mojo’s Antique Barn at 900 North Second St. in Cherokee, totaling over …

An Ankeny architect sued a corporate entity that owns the Wilson School in Cherokee for refusing to pay nearly $57,000 from a design services contract issued four years ago.  Elevated …

A judge dismissed Holzhauer Motors’ bankruptcy petition in its entirety, leaving the dealership and its owners exposed to state court lawsuits that seek damages in excess of $12 million.  Judge Thad Collins dismissed the dealership’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in an order …

Lawsuit moved to federal court — Two Cherokee sheriff’s deputies sued for mistakenly entering 510 N. Fifth St. without a warrant last December claimed in federal court that qualified …

A judge assessed over $18,000 to the owners of farmland near Meriden who refused to pay a Marcus construction company who built a slate of farm-over terraces on the land in the spring of 2022.  …

Alleged victim’s parents address the court A judge denied Joe Vannatta’s request for a deferred judgment and sentenced him to two years probation in connection with allegedly …

An Algona man was charged with three felonies and ordered to appear in court for allegedly participating in an enterprise which used fraudulent credit cards to purchase and resell over $155,000 of …

A jury will be empaneled in March to hear a Cleghorn farmer’s claims that Central Bank’s Cherokee branch mismanaged his business’s finances to the tune of over $10 million.  …

Child endangerment and assault charges for Cherokee man A Cherokee man has been summoned to court in connection with child endangerment and assault charges.  Steven Zarr, 39, was …

A patient at the civil commitment unit for sex offenders was ordered to court this month for allegedly assaulting a CCUSO officer by tearing off his earlobe and throwing it at her. Associate …

The Cherokee County Sheriff’s department responded to a reported hit and run accident at 10:12 am on Thursday, June 26. An investigation subsequently showed that an unknown vehicle struck the …

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 …

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