There are weeks in this business that can’t end fast enough, and then there are weeks like the one I am just coming off.I’ve been in one of those “poor me” moods as of late, and even though most of the reasons I’ve been fighting the blues are self

Friday is Veterans Day, and if history is any indication, there will be decent-but-not-overly-large crowd gathered at the Chickasaw County Veterans Memorial at 11 a.m.

After what seems like years — OK, it has been years when it comes to the presidential race — Election 2016 will finally come to an end today when those of us who haven’t voted early will head to the polls.The sad fact, however, is that many of us

For Jason Speltz, the 2016 Holiday Open House math equation went like this:The number of Saturday people + the number of Sunday people > the number of Sunday people in previous years.“The crowd yesterday was just amazing,” the New Horizons-Cham

When voters in Chickasaw County head to the polls on Tuesday, they will be doing much more than just helping to elect a new president of the United States.There are races up and down the ballot, including three here in Chickasaw County, where thre

Good day, fellow Christians and what a day it is!I woke up this morning to a cold, rainy, damp and dark morning, but I “woke up!” Thank you, Lord for another day to do your work in the world.

Redeemer Lutheran Church in New Hampton will be celebrating its 75th anniversary on Sunday afternoon with an afternoon service and meal.The anniversary service begins at 4 p.m.

This wasn’t some Halloween project gone wild; instead, it was a chance for New Hampton High School students to use their Spanish in a meaningful way.Yes, they munched on snacks, laughed and had a good time, but then again, that is exactly what “El

Hannah Heit quite honestly didn’t know where to begin when asked to describe the recent World Food Prize Global Youth Institute.But the New Hampton High School junior knows that the recent three-day institute was a life-changing event.Oh, her drea