Jeff Bernatz will be Chickasaw County’s next Emergency Management Agency director, as the Board of Supervisors acknowledged on Monday.The EMA Commission hired Bernatz, who has since stepped down as chief of the Chickasaw County Rescue Squad, at th
The pace of early and absentee voting has picked up a notch recently, and officials at the Chickasaw County Auditor’s Office are expecting more to come.As of Tuesday, the Auditor’s Office had given out 1,851 ballots — either by mail or through ear
Somewhere in that tunnel made by New Hampton youth volleyball players and New Hampton High School students are the players on the victorious Chickasaw volleyball team Tuesday night as New Hampton won its second straight Class 3A regional match — b
Ask Marine Corps veteran Clark Budweg about “mail call” and he’ll give you a quick smile.“That’s what we waited for,” he said, “and I don’t know if anyone can really understand how important those letters from home were.
The weather wasn’t perfect by any means, but considering the fall Mother Nature has thrown at area farmers, last week wasn’t horrible.And it meant plenty of growers were finally able to get out into their fields and bring in a crop.How bad has thi
Kevin Frey figured it would be an emotional Sunday when he traveled to Minneapolis to watch his favorite NFL team, the Minnesota Vikings, take on the Arizona Cardinals.And those feelings had nothing to do with football, either, even though pretty
A brief explanation was sparked last week at the New Hampton City Council meeting as a taser instructor course payment was approved on the claims.Police Chief Zach Nosbisch told the council he purchased “brand new” tasers for his department, addin
A longtime law-enforcement officer and Nashua resident has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the United States marshal for the Northern District of Iowa.Douglas J. Strike must first be confirmed by the U.S.
When New Hampton High School students first hung the art for the show last week that combined their work with that of the community, they were perplexed.“It didn’t seem like it would all go together,” student Sara Howe said.Then a pattern emerged.
After a written quote and verbal presentation from Butler-Bremer Communications Chief Executive Richard McBurney, the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors authorized the Plainfield-based telecommunications company on Monday to move forward with p
The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors passed on Monday four resolutions to transfer departmental funds that had been paid into a pre-2013 county health care reserve fund back to four separate budget areas whence they came.The board also furthe
New Hampton’s school enrollment has dropped by more than 2 percent, the School Board learned during a meeting Monday night, but Superintendent Jay Jurrens said be believes the district has prepared itself well for the challenges that come with dec
Since a new zoning rule came about in 2016 requiring “like materials” in the siding of outbuildings greater than 120 square feet, only seven requests for hardship variances have been brought, which are routed through the City Board of Adjustment,
The Nashua-Plainfield Elementary students were led by Chief Deputy Reed Palo from the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office, Nashua Police Officer Stephen Johnson (now with the Sheriff’s Office) and "K9" Duke when they hosted the Huskies Hea
