The National Weather Service is warning that a band of heavy snow is forecast to fall as far south as Chickasaw County from Saturday morning into Saturday evening.This band could potentially produce 4 to 9 inches of snow and winds up to 35 mph.

Carnegie Cultural Center Director Jill Eike knows Saturday is a busy day with New Hampton High School’s prom and everything, but she has the perfect way for students and parents to relax before their big night.The New Hampton museum is noting a wa

Here’s a guarantee you can take to the proverbial bank: There are going to be some tired kids walking the halls at New Hampton High School on Monday.Let’s face it, this may be the most hectic weekend on the school calendar for students, and it has

Area farmers, in a sense, have had an almost perfect “preseason.”Moisture content in their fields is abundant. This April, unlike last year’s, was snow free.

Members of the Chickasaw County Ambulance Council Tuesday night, after hearing about ways to fund the lone bid received from Chickasaw Ambulance Service, all favored in a voice vote forming a committee to negotiate with service owner Jeremy McGrat

Jessica Hyde and Kim Jenison made a vow when they decided to purchase JTees Designs four years ago.No matter how stressful the work day was, no matter the disagreements they might have had, when they locked the doors at their store, they were goin

Jayne Levi is thinking about majoring in graphic design or business. Abby Poppe wants to be a mechanical engineer.

An unvaccinated Northeast Iowan has been confirmed to be infected with measles after a visit to Israel, Iowa Department of Public Health announced last week. This is the first case of measles in Iowa since 2011.The U.S.

New Hampton Community Schools and its Area Education Agency are looking to start what amounts to a pilot program to address what Superintendent Jay Jurrens said are “extreme behavior issues” occurring at the district’s elementary school.Jurrens to

In the perfect world, New Hampton Community Schools would start its school year on a Wednesday.Alas, thanks to the Iowa Legislature a few years ago, this isn’t a perfect world so the New Hampton School Board last week went ahead and approved the 2

Put it this way, at least when it came to weather, this Easter didn’t look anything like the last one.A year ago, Easter fell on April 1, and the high temperature reached all the way up to 32 degrees (yes, we’re dripping with sarcasm on that one).

Camping season opens this week at select parks maintained by the Chickasaw County Conservation Board.Camping and improvements have been steadily increasing over the last decade at Airport Lake Park, said Conservation Director Brian Moore.

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors again discussed legal fees “with possible action” for the Chickasaw County Ambulance Council on Monday, but ultimately tabled the item until this coming Monday so that Ambulance Council Chairman and Superv

New Hampton High School senior Nolan Usher looked at his “financial records” Wednesday afternoon and came to a quick conclusion.“I don’t have enough money,” he said with a laugh.

There were plenty of fish at the Nashua Town and Country Club on Friday evening [April 12] at the Nashua-Plainfield Lions Club’s Annual Fish Fry.It took four fryers to cook the 660 pounds of fish, and the club ordered 20 more pounds this year to m