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The 27th Annual Cherokee County Recognition Banquet will be held Thursday, February 3rd at the Aurelia Cmunity Center located at 235 Main Street. The Banquet is an opportunity to recognize outstanding businesses and members of our communities for their contributions to Cherokee County...

The Sanford Museum proudly presents their Artist of the Month for January! Drake Hokanson is a photographer and author from La Crosse, Wisconsin. Born in Cherokee, he has traveled all over the country. He would become a college professor teaching photography and writing, teaching in Japan, Great Britain, the at the University of Iowa, Lakeland College, and at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. Now retired, he lives in La Crosse, working on other writing and photography projects...

The January Rotary Student of the Month is Alexis Pingel!  Lexi is the daughter of Paul and Karrie Pingel and she was nominated for this recognition by staff members. Lexi is involved in concert band, marching band, group speech, football cheerleading, basketball, volleyball, student council, track, Jets, Spanish Club, Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society, and was a member of the Homecoming Court. ...

Many may hesitate to write glowingly of an athletic opponent who embarrassed the crap out of you every time you competed against him in two sports for four years of high school, but that’s what I’m about today in remembering Larry “Butch” (Double i, Double t) Biittner...

Rick Mongan was elected Chair and Wane Miller Vice Chair at the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors annual organizational meeting Tuesday. The Board also approved Auditor Kris Glienke as Board Clerk and named the Chronicle Times, Aurelia Star, and Marcus News as official newspapers for Year 2022. County employee mileage rate was set at 50-cents per mile, and the 28-member Eminent Domain Commission was approved for 2022...

MEMORY LANE History was always a favorite subject of mine in high school. History and art. Not so much math of any kind. That being said, I can count to 50 and I'm aware that's a long time ago. So, let's revisit "Memory Lane" once again. Join me with a quick glance back at this time 50, 25 and 10 years ago...

In approving the proposed 2021-22 early retirement benefits for employees this past summer, the Cherokee School Board checked the box “Realizing the benefits its students and teachers will derive in having a staff with a balance of experienced employees and beginning employees.”...

According to reports from those who monitor such stuff, somewhere between 100 and 150 million Facebook account access tokens are hacked each week! This means that your privacy settings may have been breached, and nobody knows who did it. What is puzzling is why? It’s obvious that privacy is not a concern as most Facebook users want to be seen by as many people as often as possible. ...

•1st Place Judged Choice - Pollinator Pots. Donna Kohn. What is your purpose?  My purpose it to create small pollinator plots/habitat to help with the declining number of bees and butterflies (pollinators) in our area. Full description of your idea. ...

Nominations are being accepted for the 32nd Annual Citizen of the Year Award, which is presented by the Mayor of Cherokee to recognize an “individual who has made a significant contribution to the betterment of the entire community of Cherokee, outside their chosen trade or profession.”...