Three Chickasaw County departments were “dinged” by a special audit conducted by the state of Iowa, but county officials said many of the issues found in the audit released last week have already been resolved.

The phone call that came in on Thursday to Chickasaw Public Health and Homecare Services was a, in a word, stunner.

Break out the shorts and the flip-flops, a heat wave is on the way.

The New Hampton City Council last week approved the recommendation from the Hotel/Motel Tax Committee to distribute $25,000 in grants to non-profit organizations and events for the upcoming year.

New Hampton High School speech coach Kassie Bercik couldn’t have asked for any more from her state qualifiers Saturday.

For those who believe the glass is always half full, there is this: It’s going to feel refreshing this week.
For the rest of us — the glass-is-half-empty crowd — it’s just going to be downright frigid.

Gov. Kim Reynolds made a dramatic move last week to ease COVID-19 restrictions in the state, but for the most part, she remained mum on why she did so.

The Chickasaw County Board of Health is back to “full strength” but it took several votes from the Board of Supervisors last Tuesday before a fifth member to the board was appointed.

A party for Paul Hassman’s 107th birthday was on Saturday, Jan. 23rd at 10 a.m.  Five children and three spouses celebrated with him “through a window” at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehab Center.  

Chickasaw County and its cities are moving closer to a final agreement when it comes to settling a lawsuit and agreeing to a new 28E agreement that will give the county a new Ambulance Council.

New Hampton Middle School student Ben Schuchhardt had just been asked a question by the school’s extended learning program advisor Jeff Monteith.
Hit me in the face with a pie or pick out one of the prizes?

Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors member Matt Kuhn put it succinctly: The county has gone too far to turn back.

Well, that escalated quickly. From a Tuesday forecast that said little, if any, snow would fall on the area Thursday to a forecast that now calls for 4 to 7 inches of snow, strong winds and a little ice, as well.

Serving on the New Hampton City Council wasn’t necessarily on Katie Fisher’s radar; actually, it wasn’t at all.

During his last meeting as a member of the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors, Steve Geerts warned his fellow board members that he thought the cities were going to have some issues with the voting membership of a new Ambulance Council.