Rental rates for Iowa farmland increased for the first time since 2013, according to the results of the Cash Rental Rates for Iowa 2018 Survey conducted by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.“Cash rents seem to be following land values i

Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Shawver couldn’t help but laugh at the question last week, even if he knew it was asked tongue in cheek.“So what’s going on at Trinity Lutheran Church?”No, no one at the church was under investigation; instea

On the front and back pages of this edition of the Tribune are pictures of absolute joy and disbelief.The photographs of Savannah Anderson and Marcy Uglum capture the “thrill of victory” that makes high school sports — OK, sports of any kind — so

An organization that has grown by proverbial leaps and bounds during this decade will hand out thousands of dollars to graduating New Hampton High School seniors this coming Tuesday evening.“It’s been pretty remarkable to see how far we’ve come in

The mentoring program in Chickasaw County is here to stay, says the chief executive officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters Northeast Iowa, Katie Orlando, just as soon as it can find an office.“We’re looking for in-kind, for someone to donate the spac

One of these years, the Suhr Dairy and Family Annual Farm Tour will stop growing.2018 was not that year.More than 1,350 people — ranging from school students to families — toured the working dairy farm northwest of Fredericksburg Tuesday, shatteri

Owing to unintended consequences of a federal mandate eight years ago, Chickasaw County needs to upgrade its radio system to improve emergency communication between public safety workers in the field and dispatch — between the nerves and the nerve

A jury recently found a former Chickasaw County man guilty of two counts of sexual abuse.James Allen Mincks, 32, was found guilty of sexual abuse in the second degree and sexual abuse in the third degree by the jury, and sentencing is scheduled fo