Cherokee County Board of Supervisors, Iowa, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, the 31st day of March, 2026, at 9:00 o’clock A.M. in the Board of Supervisors Room at the Cherokee County Courthouse, 520 West Main Street, Cherokee, Iowa, on a resolution to enter into a three (3) year farm lease of the following described real estate:
A parcel of land described as being a part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SE ¼ NW ¼) and a part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE ¼ SW ¼), both in Section thirty (30), Township Ninety-three (93) North, Range Thirty-nine (39) West of the 5th P.M., Cherokee County, Iowa, further described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast corner of the Southeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼ of said Section 30; thence South 00°08’20” West on the East line of the Southeast ¼ of the Northeast ¼ of said Section 30, a distance of 1321.55 feet to the Southeast corner of the Northwest ¼ of said Section 30, also being a point on the Centerline of a Local County Road; thence South 35°03’54” West on said Centerline, a distance of 379.63 feet to the point of curvature of a tangent curve, concave to the Northwest, having a radius of 2399.50 feet and a central angle of 11°28’34”; thence Southwesterly along said curve and said Centerline, a distance of 480.61 feet; thence North 00°08’20” East, a distance of 2001.36 feet to a point on the North line of the Southeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼ of said Section 30; thence South 89°21’53 East on said North line, a distance of 530.02 feet to the Point of Beginning; said described Parcel A contains a total of 20.51 acres, inclusive of a Public Roadway Easement of 0.66 acres. Said Parcel A is also subject to any and all other Easements of Record.
For the purpose of this Survey, the East line of the Southeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼ of said Section 30 is assumed to bear South 00°08’20” West.
Said real estate has 18.91 tillable acres.
Persons wishing to make written comments may do so by submitting them to the Cherokee County Auditor no later than 8:30 A.M. on Tuesday, the 31st day of March, 2026. Persons wishing to make oral comments may do so at the public hearing at the time and place referenced above.
The Board of Supervisors will consider an offer from Mike Mummert to lease the real estate above described in the amount of $285.00 per acre per year for three (3) years. Said annual payment to be due by March 1st each year. Further number of acres and annual lease payment shall be subject to annual review and potential mining of said premises. Any reduction in the number of acres shall reduce the annual lease payment accordingly.
Persons with questions about the lease of real property should contact the office of the County Auditor at the Cherokee County Courthouse at 712-225-6704.
This notice is being published in conformance with Iowa Code Sections 331.361 and 331.305
Kris Glienke
Cherokee County Auditor
Published in the Marcus News on March 19, 2026