Alta-Aurelia senior Nora Peterson scored her 1,000th career point during the third quarter of Tuesday’s game against Storm Lake St. Mary’s. Alta-Aurelia won the game 64-28.
The Aurelia Star will be forced to cease publication Feb. 1 because of the loss of public notices from Cherokee County. The Cherokee County Board of …
State legislators have their priorities set on addressing property taxes in the upcoming 2025 legislative session, but have no concrete plans for solving the problem they see with them. …
Paul Struck died on Monday, Jan. 6. He was 78. The longtime editor of The Cherokee Chronicle Times passed away peacefully surrounded by family, according to his daughter, Alisanne Struck of Sioux City. Funeral Services are planned for Saturday morning at the Memorial Presbyterian Church in Cherokee. “An accomplished editor, having won numerous awards, Paul dedicated multiple decades to journalist
Iowa has confirmed its first human case of avian influenza A(H5), or bird flu. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported Friday that the individual was exposed to infected …
A Cherokee man was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly inflicting blunt-force trauma on his four-month-old infant, who was later declared deceased at a hospital in Omaha, Neb. …
Absentee voting in Buena Vista and Cherokee counties is projected to track to 2016, the last time a general election was held without a raging global pandemic. Karla Ahrendsen, the …
Donald Trump notched 4,398 voters, or 72% of the 6,105 votes cast. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Hull, notched 4,411 votes, or 67.5% of the vote, over challenger Ryan Melton, D-Ames, who notched …
It doth restoreth my soul that Kamala Harris posted a three-percentage-point lead over Donald Trump in The Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll on Saturday night. Iowa has not lost its good …
A panel of three federal appeals court judges in St. Louis heard oral arguments Thursday about a halted Iowa law that would permit the arrest and deportation of immigrants who’ve previously …
Two more lawsuits have been filed against Holzhauer Motors and its partners, alleging the franchise defaulted on another $9 million in loans. Citizens First National Bank of Storm Lake …
The Lakes Conference appears to be near its end as three member schools have petitioned to leave the conference. The Storm Lake Community School District and Spencer Community School District …
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With many people throughout our region being displaced and staying in Storm Lake because of recent flooding, please be aware that ...
When word came out of Texas on April 1 that avian flu had made another unwelcome hop–this one from a dairy cow to a human–the news seemed like an April Fool’s joke.
Our homeowner’s insurance carrier a few weeks ago sent me our annual premium notice for the 12-month period beginning April 10, 2024. The valuations of our house, garage, and personal property …
UTICA — The Thomas R. Proctor High School baseball team had its share of opportunities Tuesday. The bad news for the Raiders is that the team didn’t fully take advantage of having …
The Kingsley-Pierson School Board voted 4-0, with one abstention, on Monday night to dissolve the sports sharing agreement with River Valley Community School District. Once again, a crowd of over 100 …
WATERTOWN — According to its recently released economic impact report, Fort Drum pumped nearly $1.5 billion for fiscal year 2021 into the regional economy of the North Country, a 4.6% increase …
Cherokee County Farm Bureau and Veterans of Foreign War Post 2253 welcomed several local candidates at their open forum on April 6. Those present included Representative Zach Dieken; supervisor …