The Class 3A #6-ranked Cherokee girls basketball team hosted Class 2A #7-ranked MVAOCOU on Monday and took a 65-47 victory. Cherokee jumped out to a big 23-12 lead at the end of the first …

The Cherokee boys basketball team hosted MVAOCOU on Monday for their first game after the holiday break and took an 87-58 victory. Cherokee jumped out to a 20-16 lead at the end of the first …

AKRON - The Cherokee wrestling team traveled to Akron on Saturday to compete in the Jim Henrich Westerner Invitational. Cherokee took fifth place in the tournament while Sioux Center won, …

The South O’Brien girls basketball team lost a pair of road games this past week, first a 54-23 loss at West Bend-Mallard on Friday before a 42-30 loss at Harris-Lake Park on Tuesday. On …

The South O’Brien boys basketball team took a pair of road wins this week, first a 69-27 win at West Bend-Mallard on Friday before a 67-36 victory at Harris-Lake Park on Tuesday. On …

The Ridge View girls wrestling team traveled to compete in a pair of tournaments this past week, first a Saturday tournament at Sheldon before a tournament hosted by Kuemper Catholic on Monday. …

The Ridge View girls basketball team hosted Manson-Northwest Webster on Monday and took a 63-43 win before a 70-37 loss to Sioux Central on Tuesday. Against the Cougars on Monday, …

The Ridge View boys basketball team hosted Manson-Northwest Webster in a 68-47 win on Monday before a 69-58 road victory at Sioux Central on Tuesday. In the Monday game, the Raptors held an 11-8 …

The River Valley girls basketball team suffered a pair of losses last week, 37-30 at home against Remsen St. Mary’s and 56-25 at Class 2A #10-ranked Westwood, before a 52-37 road win over MMCRU …

The MMCRU girls basketball lost three games this past week. First a close 60-58 home loss to Gehlen Catholic on Friday, a 52-37 home loss to River Valley on Monday and a 51-46 road loss to Trinity …

The MMCRU boys basketball team took a pair of wins this past week, first a close 57-55 home win over Gehlen Catholic on Friday before a 89-41 road win at Trinity Christian on Tuesday. Against …

The Alta-Aurelia wrestling team traveled to Emmetsburg on Saturday for a a dual tournament before a quad hosted by Woodbury Central on Tuesday. On Saturday the Warriors took second place and …

HULL - The Alta-Aurelia girls basketball team traveled to take on Western Christian on Monday, but suffered a 76-50 loss. The Warriors started off on top as they led 18-11 at the end of the …

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia boys basketball teams hosted the Whiting Warriors on Tuesday where the Alta-Aurelia Warriors took an 88-15 victory. Alta-Aurelia jumped out to an early 23-6 lead before …

1950 (75 years ago)    Marcus trio hurt in two-car crash on Cleghorn street Three Marcus residents received cuts and bruises when two cars collided in the Cleghorn business …

The Iowa Court of Appeals tossed Jeff Goodwin’s appeal of a judge’s dismissal of his lawsuit against the State of Iowa for therapist malpractice.  A unanimous appeals panel …

People are talking about Iowa’s alarming cancer rates, but they need to turn up the volume.   “We have to start getting loud with our elected officials about doing …

WEST BRANCH, IOWA – January 8, 2025 – The Hoover Presidential Foundation will award over $60,000 in scholarships to Iowa students this year. This is the 28 th year of the annual Herbert …

The former attorney general of South Dakota is objecting to a proposed six-month suspension of his Iowa law license due to his involvement in a 2020 traffic fatality. In September, the South …

The school districts of Cherokee, Estherville Lincoln Central, Spencer and Storm Lake have accepted an invitation to join the Siouxland Conference, starting in the 2026-27 school year. The …