A sheriff’s sale for the defunct Cherokee Holzhauer Ford on North Second Street is scheduled for 10 a.m. April 23 at the Cherokee County Law Enforcement Center.  Sheriff Derek Scott …

A Cherokee County jury will be forced to grapple with who should be held responsible for Chuck Peters’ farm and cattle herd’s dramatic contraction. An eight person jury was …

After liquidation, bank claims dealership still owes $2.5 million

Legal expenses incurred from the City of Storm Lake’s lawsuit against Buena Vista County over misappropriated tax-increment financing revenues barely budged in February. Running tabs …

Concrete around two miles to finish this year; county is teeing up for more TIF borrowing

Marcus bank demands sheriff’s sale of former property owned by Winchell, Lam A seventh lawsuit was filed last week against the defunct Holzhauer Motors’ shareholders.  …

Snarled in a dispute over the Storm Lake Marina’s property boundaries, Buena Vista County is expected to operate the Storm Lake Marina for the state of Iowa for another open-water season. …

City blames insurance, new debt and Republican Legislature, SL council is considering cuts.

The former Holzhauer Ford dealership on North Lake Avenue is expected to be sold at a sheriff’s sale. A default judgment has been imposed against the now-defunct dealership.

City, county snared in discovery in TIF lawsuit

Flu and other respiratory illnesses are keeping school children at home and sending people to the doctor’s office. Laurens-Marathon School District dismissed classes early on Monday and …

Another lawyer wants to part ways with Dan Winchell.  Sam Marks of Des Moines asked judges in Buena Vista and Cherokee County district courts to approve his withdrawal from representing …

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on two of the United States’ top trading partners were reversed on Tuesday, a relief for farmers in Iowa. On Saturday, the President signed executive …

The Buena Vista County Conference Board hired two law firms to represent the county in property tax appeals.  The board hired Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen of Des Moines and …

A minority shareholder of the defunct Holzhauer Motors agreed to pay Citizens First National Bank of Storm Lake $500,000 in connection with a …

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay Dustin Konrady $40,000 for an allegedly mistaken search of his house on North Fifth Street.  The board of supervisors voted 5-0 Jan. …

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources paid $91,000 to a Le Mars man who fell off a fishing pier at the Storm Lake Marina in March 2020, the second known settlement related to injuries from the …

Early's raw water supply is “dangerously low” from drought conditions. By Wednesday, the city can no longer guarantee to the town with 587 population that its water will be safe to consume.

The City of Storm Lake tabbed Ahlers & Cooney of Des Moines as its city attorney for a second straight year.  The council voted 5-0 to name Maria Brownell, Emily Duffy and Logan Brundage as city attorneys.

Flush with property tax revenue from Platinum Crush, Buena Vista County is planning for a third phase of road reconstruction near the soybean crush plant’s campus east of Alta.  …