Ed Cockrell’s Paralympics story is a good one, but how he came to share it with a couple of New Hampton service clubs might be even better.

When the winter weather starts to get you down, an option for some people is to hop on a plane and head to …
New Hampton, Iowa?
Well, maybe, if you’re a quilter.

The speech team members had just answered the question “why speech?”

Reports of threats to schools have flooded law enforcement throughout the country in the days and weeks since a tragic shooting at a Parkland, Fla. school left 17 people dead last month.

Glenda Sue Wilharm, age 59, of Clarksville, passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at her residence in rural Clarksville.

Nickalos McDaniel, age 75 of Charles City, passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018, at the Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City.

Susan Carol (Herbert) Hammond, the wife of a former Nashua High School graduate, David Hammond, passed away at the age of 82 on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, in Kettering, Ohio.

Eleanor A. Mracek, age 93 of Lawler, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 1, 2018, at her home with her family at her side.

Michael R. Huffman, age 69 of Waterloo, died Friday, March 2, 2018, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo.
He was born Aug. 14, 1948, in La Crosse, Wis., the son of Raymond and Rosemary (Lucey) Huffman.