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Rallying for a split

Soreness never felt so good for Nashua-Plainfield football player Nathan Dettmer and his teammates.  “I’m moving a little slow today,” Dettmer said Tuesday afternoon, “but  beating North Butler, trust me, it’s worth it.”  Three days after sufferin

Writers Workshop to be held at Northeast Iowa Welcome Center

The Cedar Falls Christian Writing Club, and the Osage Alpha Writers’ Club will be co-sponsoring a mini-writers workshop on Saturday Oct. 8, from 10 a.m.

Barbara L. O’Connell dies at 54

Barbara L. O’Connell, 54, of Frederika, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, at Community Memorial Hospital in Sumner. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at St.

Legion goes back in time for its membership drive

A local American Legion commander is using an iconic poster to hopefully attract some new members to Fae Stine Post 38.October is National Legion Membership Drive Month, and legion commanders are using the Uncle Sam “I Want You” poster to attract

County gets key disaster declaration

Chickasaw County officials breathed a sigh of relief last week when they learned that the county had received a presidential disaster declaration for the flooding that occurred on Aug.

New Hampton cross country meet to be at Jackson Heights

New Hampton Activities Director Brad Schmitt knew the chances of running the annual New Hampton cross country meet at its normal location were slim to none.  Turned out they were none as recent flooding has left the New Hampton Golf and Country Cl

TV South Winn runners compete at Cresco invite

South Winn was first on the girls side and the varsity boys were second in a meet held at Crestwood Saturday.  “This was one of our best performances of the year,” said coach Kevin Kearney.

Upham Memorial Library in Fredericksburg receives accreditation from State Library of Iowa

The State Library of Iowa has announced that the Upham Memorial Library has met the conditions for state accreditation as outlined in “In Service to Iowa: Public Library Standards Sixth Edition.”Achieving accreditation requires a significant, ongo

Somber parade

The line of fire trucks, police cars and rescue vehicles quietly made its way up Linn Avenue Saturday morning.This wasn’t your normal parade; this was a group of men and women, most of whom are volunteers, saying goodbye and honoring the memory of

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