A local radio host went bald — more bald, that is — when he allowed his “partners in education,” Dennis Pagel’s fourth-grade class, to see his head get shaved on Thursday.Here’s how that haircut came to be:Local radio host Bob Svec had announced a
Saturday marks five months since Big Brothers Big Sisters of Chickasaw County has been matching “bigs” or mentors to “littles” or mentees, and so far, nine pairs have been matched.More mentors are needed since littles are wait-listed in all school
Though it will not be the “final answer,” the Chickasaw County Compensation Board voted 5-1 Wednesday night to raise the salaries of the county’s elected officials “mostly” across-the-board, except those of the Board of Supervisors.The Comp Board’
When Gerry and Marilee Mishak announced last year that the time had come for them to “give up” Cowboy Poetry, an event the New Hampton couple has coordinated for the past 13 years, the members of the Lawler Lions Club knew what they had to do.“Oh,
The final contract for the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office to share the equivalent hours of one full-time deputy with the city of Nashua met approval Tuesday from the County Board of Supervisors.The contract will provide Nashua with 160 hours a
Although the path of a major winter storm remained a bit uncertain Friday, it appears Chickasaw County is going to receive a potpourri of precipitation this weekend.The National Weather Service on Friday issued a winter weather advisory for Chicka
It wasn’t much, but because it was a bit unexpected, Wednesday’s snowfall made for a coupe of dicey hours of driving in parts of the area.And the bad news is there’s a possibility we might get walloped by a major winter storm this weekend.The Nati
One of New Hampton’s Dollars for Scholars co-presidents say he’s pleasantly surprised at how well the “Chickasaw Legacy Pathway” sales are going, and he’s hoping the organization’s latest fundraiser can shift into even higher gear as Christmas app
Eighty years after he won the Heisman Trophy, the story of Iowa Hawkeye football legend Nile Kinnick will be told on the silver screen, thanks in large part to a native of Charles City.“It’s kind of a dream come true,” said author Tom Lidd.Lidd, a
One phone call can prove to change a life for the better, which was the case for Nashua-Plainfield Junior High and High School Band Director Scott Stroud 19 years ago when he was offered a job with the school district.The band program at Nashua-Pl
A children’s Christmas ornament painting workshop was held at the Nashua Public Library on Wednesday afternoon.Children brought their parents to the library to paint an ornament to hang on their Christmas trees at home.
Tammy Robinson has heard it enough to know that the day-care issue in New Hampton is reaching crisis proportions.“One of the things I’ve heard over and over from our businesses and industries is that day care, or the lack of it, is a huge issue fo
As fall heads into winter, Martha McFarland and her father Dan McFarland are out monitoring the health of their herd.Since the hard freeze, the roughly 20 bison (22 with the bull) and 20 more polled Herefords (19) are grazing on the hay ground, an
Kathy Beckman knew even anecdotally that Trinity Lutheran Church’s annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner had drawn a big crowd.“I don’t know if I ever remember having problem finding seats for everyone,” she said, “but that happened a few times thi
Brisk temperatures in the upper 30s didn’t keep a couple of men from standing outside Shopko Hometown and chatting while waiting for the store to open for its so-called “Black Friday” sale.“It’s my first time doing ‘Black Friday,’” said Jim Koblis
