Snow, below-zero temperatures, even colder wind chills, blowing snow and bitter cold kept many home this last week unless they had to be somewhere.The bitter cold kept Nashua-Plainfield students home Monday through Thursday but they were back to s
A former Alta Vista mother has been found guilty in the 2017 death of her son.
After four hours of deliberation, jurors found 21-year-old Cheyanne Harris guilty of first-degree murder and child endangerment causing death.
More winter weather appears on the way for Chickasaw County, and the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory from 3 p.m. Wednesday to 6 p.m. Thursday.
A cement repaving project from Lawler to the Howard County line was let through the Department of Transportation in mid-January, County Engineer Dusten Rolando told the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors on Monday [Jan.
Chickasaw County Veterans Affairs Director Lindsay Zenner, who said she took office in July 2017, will be going “full-time” as budgeted by the Veterans Affairs Commission, effective today (Friday) after lengthy consideration and a 4-1 vote by the
Given the option to enter closed session, County Engineer Dusten Rolando chose to keep discussion of his job performance survey and contract for fiscal 2020 in open session when the Chickasaw and Floyd County boards of supervisors teleconferenced
Data Processing Director Ray Armel presented pricing options for the ProLaw software through the Iowa County Attorneys Case Management Project, and the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors approved the quote.The purpose of the ICACMP, the sharing
The eight couples who will compete in New Hampton’s version of Dancing with the Stars have been announced, and they represent a diverse lot.“I think one thing we worried about as we put this together is would people be willing to get on stage and
Maybe this says it best when it comes to the so-called “Polar Vortex” that gave area residents a look at life in a deep freeze this week.On Wednesday, when the temperature reached 16 below around 3 p.m., we actually said to ourselves, “Hey, it’s w
Items needed to keep Sterling Koehn alive and healthy were found in the Alta Vista apartment where he lived with his parents and older sister, according to sheriff’s investigators.Sterling was found dead in a maggot-infested swing seat Aug.
Remember December, when we were wondering if winter was ever really going to settle in over the area?Back then, we were basking in a plethora of 40-degree days and wondering if the rain was ever going to turn into snow.But when Old Man Winter fina
Surprises around every corner, kilts, bagpipes and food made for a great celebration at the historic Little Brown Church Sunday.In other words, it wasn’t your typical Sunday service at “The Church in the Wildwood.” After all, how often does a bagp
Like all great art, love and death were the themes at the 14th Cowboy Poetry event on Friday and Saturday at the Starlite Ballroom in Lawler, with an infusion of philanthropy.It was also a first: The first Cowboy Poetry event hosted by the Lawler
The good news is that New Hampton Community Schools has quite possibly never been in better financial shape.The bad news is school finances are always changing, so if “nothing changes” in NewHampton, that rosy financial picture won’t last all that
