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Dino W. Wayne dies at 57

Dino W. Wayne age 57 of Waverly, formerly of Nashua, died Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Funeral Services will be held 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

Lending vets a hand

Dave Jacobsen wants to make one thing perfectly clear: If you’re a veteran, he’s here for you.For six years, 27 hours a week, Jacobsen has had one mission — to make sure veterans get the services they need.“I think the services are out there,” the

It’s D-Day for voters

Decision Day has arrived.And for some — namely the employees of the Chickasaw County Auditor’s Office and a number of precinct election officials, who are called PEOs — today’s General Election Day will be a long one.For them, Election Day begins

The week gone by shows why we should all embrace life

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

Make it a special Veterans Day this year

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.

Do the right thing, cast a vote today

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

Wow, what a kickoff!

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

Three supervisor seats to be filled Tuesday

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

Change is part of life but God is ‘constant’

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.

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