The dream for Brenda Joens — all the way back to her high school years — was to become a nurse, but then, as she puts, “life took over.”   Yet, while the flame flickered at times over the years, it never was extinguished.   “It was always in th

   Brian Laures, owner of Big Ed’s Fire House in New Hampton held the sixth annual Beach Bash to End Alzheimers.   In the previous five years, Laures, the volunteers and the community have raised over 90 thousand dollars for Alzheimers research an

It had been 40 years since RAGBRAI last made their way through Ionia and New Hampton and it never had been through Lawler.If the Register Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa participants have any say in it, the three Chickasaw County towns won’t ha

    New Hampton Community Schools’ bus fleet will soon get two new, unique additions.    The School Board last week approved purchasing two propane-powered buses, a month after asking Superintendent Jay Jurrens to look into the pros and cons of pu

 
ennis Collins couldn’t help but laugh when asked about his extended career as a maintenance mechanic and plant operations employee at Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton.

 
It’s taken a while but the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel is that a new Chickasaw County veterans affairs director will be in place this coming Monday.

 
A powerful thunderstorm packing winds of 70 miles per hour blasted Chickasaw County late Wednesday afternoon and left hundreds of residents without power.

 
The hunt for trash continued this past week as volunteers embarked on the last leg of Project AWARE’s 2017 route along the upper Cedar River.

 
Ed Anderson, his son and two of his grandchildren walked behind the stands and checked out the tractors and trucks Friday night.

 
Bailey Schinker wanted to be Chickasaw County’s fair queen, but she may have been the most shocked person on the Big Four Fairgrounds Sunday night when her name was announced.

 
It’s a simple equation — 44 > 40 — and it’s bad news for New Hampton Community Schools students.
You see, their summer is more than half over.

 
Sam Hake carefully listened to the judge, and one could almost see he was taking mental notes on how to improve his woodworking project next year.

 
Tears and laughs. Favorite memories shared. A community coming together in love and caring and support.

 
Boy Scout Levi Williamson has become one of the elite who have finished his Eagle Scout project for their community. 
He joins over 2.5 million young men who have earned their Eagle Scout ranking over the last 100 years.

 
We’re not quite sure how to break this to the students of Nashua-Plainfield Community Schools, so we’ll just come out and say it: Your summer vacation is now half over.