Patients, please have patience.Major improvements are in store at the local hospital, with renovations to emergency, inpatient, and registration areas starting next week.The work’s going to take about a year-and-a-half, and in the meantime, patien
The 8-year-old boy injured by a round fired at a Chickasaw County gun range Sunday is in stable condition with “non-life-threatening” injuries, according to Chickasaw County Sheriff Martin Hemann.Hemann said this week that authorities are continui
Dennis Miller stood next to the wall that bore the names of the 58,318 Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.Moments before, the Fredericksburg man found the name of one of his Waterloo West High School classmates — Samuel Walthour
Jill Eike walked out the door of the Carnegie Cultural Center Sunday evening a little after 6:30 p.m.“I’m leaving the Carnegie, and my feet are killing me,” she said, but her voice still was filled with enthusiasm.
Trace Dungey was adamant.“You really have to see this,” he said as he took the reporter into his office at the new Dungey’s Furniture and Flooring store.
New Hampton’s small but mighty student section braves one very rainy football game Friday night, but then again, it was a pretty rainy few days for the area as some areas of the county reported receiving almost 4.5 inches of precipitation.
Linda Bergmann laughed when she was asked about how she got to be involved in Honor Flight.“I answered my phone,” the retired Waterloo school teacher said, “and Craig asked me, ‘Do you need a job?’ I had just retired and I was like no way.”But her
An 8-year-old boy was shot Sunday afternoon while visiting an apple orchard near Nashua.According to a press release from the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office, the 8-year-old boy was at Apples on the Avenue, which is located just south of Nashua,
When there’s a fire, you call the fire department. When there’s a crime, you call the cops. And when there’s a medical emergency, you call an ambulance.Help will arrive soon.
The New Hampton City Council on Monday night held off on approving two tax-increment financing (TIF) agreements, but gave the business owners involved assurances that they will be approved in the future.TIF is used to help new businesses and curre
New Hampton School Board President Joe Rosonke admits there have been times he’s been a little frustrated.But the bottom line to him is this: In a month or so, bids will be opened and awarded and work on New Hampton’s $19.415 million school projec
“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
