Joan Ann Jones age 85 of Charles City, died Dec. 14, 2017 at Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City.Funeral will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 at Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home -- Olson Chapel in Nashua.

The New Hampton campus of the Prairie Lakes Church has found a new, more permanent home.

The New Hampton High School Dance team once again brought home some hardware from the Iowa State Dance and Drill Team Association competition, held Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

If all goes well — in other words, if Old Man Winter cooperates — construction on New Hampton’s new school buildings will begin in earnest sometime in mid-March.

Remember that show “Are you Smarter than a Fifth-Grader?”

For 51-plus years, the bank has been a constant in Judy Hoffman's life so it's understandable that she feels a little trepidation about Dec. 29.

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors is considering ways to make the county governing process more efficient while still maintaining transparency to the public.