“Believe in you, graduate” was the message from Principal Scott Striegel on Friday afternoon when the grades 7-9 met in the gym to make a promise to themselves.Iowa’s graduation rate has increased in recent years to 90.8 percent.

It will be a feast for both the ears and the eyes on Sunday in New Hampton, as the Carnegie Cultural Center will host “A Day of Art,” starting at noon with a performance by the University of Iowa College of Music piano students at Trinity Lutheran

Residents expressed outrage when the discussion of a pay raise for the City Council members and the mayor came up at Monday evening’s meeting.The current pay for a Council member is $30 a meeting; this does not include special session meetings and

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors accepted the resignation of Chickasaw County Attorney Pat Wegman at the weekly meeting on Monday, then appointed local attorney Jennifer Schwickerath to take Wegman’s place for the remainder of Wegman’s te

New Hampton's economic development director definitely sees progress when it comes to “filling” the city's Main Street.But Tammy Robinson is also renewing her call to potential entrepreneurs that New Hampton is open for business.“The big

Give Jaci Tweeten a soapbox for just a few minutes, and she can tell you — eloquently yet simply — why 4-H matters.“You know, when people ask me that,” the Chickasaw County ISU Extension youth coordinator said, “I guess my best answer is this: The

The hope for committee members is that bicycles will be on the TRIBE Trail before the snow flies.And really, it’s more than a hope for folks like Rick Kramer, Megan Gleason and Brian Quirk.

Turkey Valley homecoming King and Queen Cale Reicks and Ashton Kout are flanked by the 2016 king and queen, Garrison Kruse and Brooke Herold, following the coronation ceremony that was held at the school Thursday night in between the junior varsit

It’s the time of year when area crop farmers do a lot of waiting.“Most of the guys I talk to are getting their equipment ready, watching the fields and waiting for the right moment to get after it,” said Terry Basol, Iowa State University Extensio

Several area high school students were able to take an up-close-and-personal look at some manufacturing jobs in New Hampton on Wednesday, thanks in part to Northeast Iowa Community College and Iowa Workforce Development.The field trip was part of

Mark Dungey sat in a recliner in the furniture store he and his brother Trace own and talked about the odyssey the last three years has been.“Sometimes, the fire seems like yesterday,” he said.

Austin Seely of the Chickasaw County Emergency Management Agency addressed the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors with a list of complaints and concerns at Monday’s meeting, before getting down to business.Seely eventually talked to the board a

For the first time in 166 years of weather records, two Atlantic Category 4 hurricanes made landfall in the United States in the same year.Harvey and Irma left destruction and chaos in their path but when the winds calmed down and the water recede

Nashua voters will have plenty to choose from when they head to the polls Nov.

     Since Turkey Valley won't be having a Homecoming football game this Friday — Central forfeited due to a lack of healthy players — the queen was crowned an evening sooner than usual.