PAULLINA - The MMCRU girls basketball team traveled to face South O’Brien on Tuesday, but suffered a close loss at 57-54. The game was tied 13-13 at the end of the first quarter, but the …

PAULLINA - The Class 2A #8-ranked MMCRU boys basketball team traveled to face South O’Brien on Tuesday and came away with a 63-45 victory. The Wolverines had the lead to start at 20-17 at …

HULL - The Cherokee boys basketball team traveled to face Boyden-Hull on Tuesday evening and came away with a nail-biting 57-56 victory. The Braves took a 15-13 lead at the end of the first …

STORM LAKE - The Alta-Aurelia boys basketball team traveled to face Storm Lake St. Mary’s on Tuesday and took a 62-23 victory. The Warriors fired off to score 19 first quarter points as …

The Alta-Aurelia girls basketball team picked up a pair of road wins this week, first a 52-40 victory at River Valley on Monday before a 64-28 win at Storm Lake St. Mary’s on Tuesday. On …

Mei Li Forbes and Ava Agnew performed Saturday, January 11th at the Northwest Iowa High School Honor Band Festival.  Approximately 190 high school musicians from 35 area high school combined …

Congratulations to Leah Ellis for being selected as the January Rotary Student of the Month! Leah is described by her teachers as a ray of sunshine who has a great sense of humor and is lots of …

Congratulations to Tensley Cronin for being selected as the January Cherokee Chamber of Commerce Student of the Month. Tensley is the daughter of Andrew and Valerie Cronin. She stays active in band, …

DES MOINES -  State Treasurer Roby Smith is sharing information about an upcoming webinar to help Iowans learn more about IAble, Iowa’s Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) plan. The …

Cherokee’s FFA chapter has been busy this fall. They had their first meeting in August with an annual tailgate. The 2024-2025 officer team introduced themselves in front of their current and …

75 years ago (1950) McKay Bagpipers to Feature Scotch Fete at Ida Grove The Archie McKay Bagpipers will be feature attraction at the annual Scotch festival at the Ida Grove armory Jan. 27. …

Janitor at MMCRU By Christian Lowden Kane Mast is a janitor who works at MMCRU High School. Previously, Mast worked at Kingsley - Pierson Schools, but later decided to work at MMCRU. When …

Mary Ann Anderson, age 90 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at Accura Healthcare in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 17, 2025, at Oakdale …

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.  …

Robert “Ben” Jobe , 73, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.  Memorial services will be held on …

NORMA JEAN (Courtright) HANSON, 91, of Cherokee, passed from her earthly life on January 11, 2025 at Accura Healthcare in Cherokee, Iowa. Memorial services will be held at a later date.  …

The MMCRU girls basketball team suffered a pair of road losses this past week, first a 49-34 loss at Western Christian on Friday before a 56-34 loss at Akron-Westfield on Monday. On Thursday the …

AKRON - The MMCRU boys basketball team popped into the Class 2A ranking at #8 and traveled to take on Akron-Westfield on Monday where they came away with a 79-34 victory. MMCRU led 19-11 at the …

HULL - The MMCRU boys basketball team traveled to take on Class 2A #1-ranked Western Christian on Thursday and suffered only their second loss of the season, 88-75. After a high scoring first …

ORANGE CITY - The Class 3A #6-ranked Cherokee girls basketball team traveled to take on MOC-Floyd Valley on Monday and came away with a 75-64 victory. MOC-Floyd Valley took the lead to start, at …