The Chickasaw County Board of Health inched closer to hiring a new environmental health director during a meeting held last Monday night, and if all goes well, the county will have a new director by the time most readers see this paper.

The body of a Charles City woman was found Tuesday evening in the Cedar River after she was reported missing at Howard’s Woods Recreation Area, a Chickasaw County park located just north of Nashua.

There’s a lot of new changes coming to the west end of Main Street this school year and with classes starting in only 10 days, New Hampton High School Principal Sarah Updegraff has high expectations for her students.

Jay Jurrens has gone from optimistic to “definite” when it comes to New Hampton Community Schools’ $19.415 million construction project.

The New Hampton City Council on a unanimous vote reinstated last Monday night a New Hampton sergeant who has been on paid administrative leave since September 2018.

There have been many, many annual events in Chickasaw County this summer. The one held Saturday and Sunday near Fredericksburg may have been outside the norm in one regard: There seemed to be more people there over 60 than under 10.

Forgiveness, attitude, incentive, trust and happiness equals FAITH and is the key to a happy marriage was the message of the annual Marriage Reunion at the Little Brown Church this past weekend.

The 101st annual meeting of the Chickasaw County Farm Bureau was held on Monday, July 29, at the Chickasaw Event Center, where attendees not only enjoyed a great meal but also learned some interesting facts about Homeland Energy Solutions.

In sports, it’s called the sophomore slump, and New Hampton Parks and Recreation officials were a little worried that was what the city’s pool was going through in the first month of the “swimming season.”

Carrie Becker doesn’t have any regrets about moving New Hampton Public Library’s summer reading program to July this year.

The New Hampton City Council on a unanimous vote reinstated a New Hampton sergeant who has been on paid administrative lead since Sept. 24, 2018.
 

Seen at the Ionia Fun Days Parade Saturday morning: A shirt that read “some call it the middle of nowhere … we call it I Own Ya.”

As the seven o’clock hour approached on a recent Saturday evening, musicians make their last minute preparations at Trinity Lutheran church while eager patrons filed into their seats ready for a night of music. 

When the 25th anniversary of the final Iowa high school girls’ six-on-six  basketball game approached in 2018, assistant professor at the University of Iowa Karen Mason wanted to do something special to commemorate this piece of the state’s histor

The New Hampton City Council last week approved a request by the TRIBE Trail Committee to extend the 25 mile-per-hour speed limit on West Main Street near what will be the high school and middle school complex.