Big business might be waking up to who butters its bread. A think tank populated by bankers, builders and chambers of commerce called “Common Sense Institute Iowa” says that our …

Here’s something more to scare and depress you: An Iowa Senate subcommittee voted 2-1 to advance a bill banning mRNA vaccines like those used against Covid-19. The bill was put forward by …

Iowa farmers are about to plant into a seedbed of chaos. Tariffs on Mexico and Canada are on one day and off the next. Markets are whiplashed. Consumer confidence is tanking. Corn and soy prices …

We’ve come full circle. The Storm Lake Times launched in 1990 as a weekly, and now we are back on that printing schedule after iterations as a daily and a twice-weekly. Dramatically rising …

Sure is quiet in The City Beautiful. Nearly 50 degrees and all sunshiney, and barely a peep downtown that Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. The notice had just gone out from Trump: All …

The Trump Administration’s budget framework passed this week by the US House would have deep implications for Iowa in its bid to slash spending by $2 trillion while extending and enhancing tax …

A combination of factors is driving property tax increases in Storm Lake. The state has been shifting the tax burden from income to property for years. We are paying off construction bonds for a …

They put the oxygen mask over my face whereupon I reeled into my Hail Marys and probably an imperfect Act of Contrition. I went dark. I woke up in the University of Iowa Hospital with a …

Iowa’s private colleges have enough troubles without the state legislature piling on. They are major components of our economy, and the death of Iowa Wesleyan in Mount Pleasant is a grim …

President Trump and senior administration officials reportedly are frustrated with the pace of immigrant deportations. Border “czar” Thomas Homan reported Feb. 11 that just 14,000 …

Donald Trump pledged repeatedly that he would lower food costs on Day One — Jan. 20. Instead, egg prices shot up 15% last month. Since Trump was sworn in as president, Waffle House added an egg …

The best bill the Iowa Legislature might pass this session will protect your free-speech rights and is sponsored by two of the most conservative politicians: Rep. Steve Holt of Denison and Sen. Jason …

Gov. Kim Reynolds did not acquit herself well when testifying about government efficiency at a US House hearing last week. She was asked if she agreed with the suggestion from disgraced former …

It’s getting crazy out there. Scary storms overhead. You could drink. Or pull the covers over your head. You can’t escape it. It’s hard to take the news: Trump wants a …

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 …

Art Cullen, editor and publisher, said that the move had been considered for some time. Threats of tariffs on Canadian newsprint prompted the decision. Tariffs could increase printing costs by more than 20%. The tariff was suspended for 30 days, but Cullen said the handwriting was already on the wall.

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 teachers tying one on in the booth next to us were working up to Friday on a Thursday at Red’s in North Liberty. They howled and screeched. I could barely hear son Kieran and his wife Holly …

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 …

It came with some relief Friday, capping a momentous week for immigrants, when Storm Lake Police Chief Chris Cole issued a statement saying that people will not be stopped and detained for being …