The speed in which the weather changed Thursday morning surprised even Jay Jurrens, the New Hampton and Turkey Valley superintendent who has plenty of experience with Iowa winters.

What started out as a typically mundane Chickasaw County Supervisors meeting, regarding department reports and budget discussions, took a sharp turn toward the worst late in the morning on Monday.

The Chickasaw Connections Coalition fought underage alcohol abuse on several fronts last year, as the group made strides toward achieving the long-term goals of the Iowa Partnerships for Success (IPFS) Grant.

A Nashua man died after a train collided with the motor grader he was driving Friday morning, west of New Hampton.

While the frigid cold temperatures that rang in the new year had most northeast Iowans shivering, groaning and cursing the weather, there was one small group of citizens who were actually happy with the winter conditions.

Less than three months after voters in Nashua elected two City Council members, voters will head back to the polls on Jan. 23 to choose two more.

This was not exactly how Ryan Anderson’s junior year at New Hampton High School was supposed to go.