Earlier this month, Kevin Potratz picked up Ramsey Bark, Blaine Bark and Nate Masters for a “road trip.”These three young men had been teammates of Potratz’s late son, Alex, who died in a tragic accident in September 2013.They were also players fo
James "Jim" Reicks, 63, of Decorah, formerly of Lawler, went to be with our Lord on March 26, 2017, with his family by his side, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minn.
The Nashua-Plainfield Lions Club members have been busy ahead of time selling tickets for their annual fish fry which was held on Friday evening at the Nashua Town and Country Club.The club members fried 640 pounds of fish and brought in homemade
If one were to walk into Suzy Turner’s Nashua-Plainfield high school classroom the night before the National History Day district competition, the words that would come to mind might be “disorganization,” “mayhem” or “upheaval.”Or maybe, just “tot
The Chickasaw County Conservation Board will get its land after all after the Board of Supervisors Monday voted 4-0, with one abstention, to accept a 130.7-acre parcel of land from the Iowa Department of Transportation.The decision came after a la
With seven seniors lost to graduation last year, getting the six freshmen on this year’s Turkey Valley girls’ track squad off on the right foot is crucial. And that’s where coach Brian Schmitt knows he’ll get help from his two senior leaders. Sh
Chickasaw County Veterans are being slapped in the face by their own VA Commissioners who are all Veterans; James Geerts, Wayne Moetsch and Lisa Wilkers.They plan to hire as County Veteran Service Officer (CVSO), Rick Holthaus, from Alta Vista.
