Homemade chocolate chip cookies were baking in Yvonne Beste’s oven in Freeport early afternoon Jan. 8. On the counter waiting to be used was her favorite baking tool, a cookie spatula, only used …

Following the first annual Jam the Gym at Albany Area High School in 1994, Jim Wensel rounded up all of the bags of aluminum tabs collected from the event and hauled them out to his Chevrolet Blazer …

Avon city leaders have scheduled a council workshop to discuss community center concepts. City council members will meet with church and community representatives at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26. …

Samson David Berscheit and Zareza Adhitama Mohammad With reverence and gratitude, Holly and Dave Berscheit, together with Nurullah and the late Halimatus Sakdiyah, announce the sacred union of …

There was incorrect last name in the Jan. 7 The Star Post front-page article on the Housing and Redevelopment Authority retirement. One of Nancy Roering’s mentors should have read Don Meyer. …

Eric Seanger was returned to the chair of the Melrose Area Public Schools School Board Jan. 5 during a reorganization meeting in the media center at Melrose Area Public Schools in Melrose. …

While most appointments to city of Melrose committees and boards remained the same for 2026, there was one change. Paula Rademacher will fill the open seat on the Melrose Housing and …

ICE agents in Melrose Jan. 11 MELROSE — Melrose Police Chief Craig Maus confirmed the department received reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in Melrose …

Melrose knowledge bowl team competes in national online competition MELROSE — The Melrose Area High School knowledge bowl team consisting of Eric Sundermann, Andrue Stalboerger, …

Nine hours after the stroke of midnight, the first baby of 2026 was born at CentraCare-Melrose Hospital in Melrose. Ricardo Sanchez and Daniela Espinoza welcomed their daughter, Madisson Danae …