The ''Star Courier'' is an American

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...

published in

Kewanee, Illinois Kewanee () is a city in Henry County, Illinois, United States. "Kewanee" is the Winnebago word for greater prairie chicken, which lived there. The population was 12,509 at the 2020 census, down from 12,944 in 2000. Geography According to the ...

. It is owned by Gannett. The daily newspaper is the largest of Gannett's holdings in

Henry County, Illinois Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. The 2010 United States Census, listed its population at 50,486. Its county seat is Cambridge. Henry County is included in the Davenport- Moline- Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan ...

, which also include the shopper publication ''Henry County Advertizer'' and four

weekly newspaper A weekly newspaper is a general-news or current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspaper is published once every two weeks. Weekly n ...

s in outlying towns: the ''Cambridge Chronicle'' of

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...

, ''Galva News'' of

Galva Galva may refer to: Places ;United States * Galva, Illinois * Galva, Iowa * Galva, Kansas Galva is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 834. History Early history For ...

, ''Geneseo Republic'' of Geneseo and ''Orion Gazette'' of Orion. The ''Star Courier'' was founded in 1898 through the merger of the Kewanee ''Evening Star'' and ''Kewanee Daily Courier'', both of which had been founded in the 1890s.

Lee Enterprises Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 77 daily newspapers in 26 states, and more than 350 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by Alfred Wilson Lee and is b ...

owned the paper from 1926 to 1999, when it was traded to GateHouse Media.Lee trades properties with Liberty Group Publishing
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* Gannett publications Newspapers published in Illinois Henry County, Illinois Newspapers established in 1898 1898 establishments in Illinois {{illinois-newspaper-stub