We grow wistful for the days of Republican Senate Leader Bob Dole of Kansas working with Democratic Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota to promote school nutrition and international feeding programs …

Republicans campaign that they’re the pro business party that wants to get rid of regulations hindering the free flow of commerce. Actions by President Trump during the past two weeks have …

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird again tried to put herself in the national spotlight last week as leader of a group of Republican attorneys general who fixed their sights on Costco over the …

Hugo Balta, executive editor of The Fulcrum, whose social media platform exhibits highly factual and credible ratings from Media Bias/Fact Check, wrote in his Jan. 25 op-ed “now is the time to …

Throughout the hard-fought, often ugly 2024 presidential race, Republican Donald Trump repeatedly distanced himself from Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's highly detailed, deeply conservative …

The ink was barely dry on our obituary for the Aurelia Star when President Trump last week ordered tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China (Iowa’s top ag export markets). We understand that will …

The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors this week reaffirmed its earlier decision not to name the Aurelia Star an official county publication. The loss of revenue, about $8,000 annually, will throw …

This year marks the centennial of the notorious Scopes trial. The trial played out in 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee, and addressed the question whether a state could ban the teaching of e - - - - - - - - …

Column for Cherokee Chronicle-Times “Married to God” Over the centuries, as artists try to picture God usually show him like an old man with a grey beard, white, and looking down at …

To the Editor, The Cherokee County Fund Drive for 2024 has been wrapped up and the checks issued. So we wish to thank everyone who has contributed and to the Chronicle Times and KCHE for your …

I was in Eagle Grove last week. Like many travelers in Iowa, I stopped at Casey's before leaving town. Eagle Grove is a meatpacking community, and many jobs are held by Hispanic men and women. …

My father began retiring long before the sale of our farm's dairy cows in 1989. Began is the appropriate word because his exit from dairy farming was "slower than molasses in January," as he …

Week 2 finished today, after a late start with a Monday observance of Martin Luther King, Jr Day, and the Inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. A number of …

On Jan. 7, the day after Congress certified Donald J. Trump's election as the next president of the United States, the U.S. "Border Patrol conducted unannounced raids throughout Bakersfield [CA]... …

On Jan. 13, the 91st General Assembly gaveled in for the official start of the 2025 legislative session. Throughout the first week, the leaders from both the House and Senate, as well as Gov. Kim …

For real, not joking, listen up: Joe Biden thinks that big money might be in charge. “I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. And this is a dangerous concern. …

This happened just last week: Cargill agreed to pay $32 million in a settlement over a lawsuit alleging price-fixing on turkey products. In a separate matter, meat processors JBS and Perdue agreed to …

The 2025 legislature is back in session until early May. With the election behind us, Iowans expect us to put politics aside and work together to improve their lives. The Governor laid out her …

Another year serving northwest Iowa at the capitol began this past Monday, Jan 13, as the 91st General Assembly gaveled in.  We welcomed a number of new senators and representatives to Des …

The U.S. Constitution enshrines the peaceful transfer of power every four years for an incoming administration to lead the executive branch of the federal government. At noon on Monday, January 20, …