Lindsay Zenner admits at the age of 24, sometimes it’s weird to think of herself as a veteran.

Area veterans and their families and friends gathered Monday night for an event at the Municipal Hall in Alta Vista, where Sergeant Gilbert Rosenbaum was awarded a “Quilt of Valor.”

Maybe only those who have been in plays and musicals will appreciate the story, but honestly, half the fun — maybe more — of being a “drama person” is the off-the-wall stuff that takes place at rehearsals.

Chickasaw County officials need to better determine and document the public purpose of certain expenditures, according to Iowa State Auditor Mary Mosiman.

If the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office would start patrolling Nashua, it would cost around $200,000 to hire two additional deputies.

Members of “The Addams Family” had their lives change forever over the weekend as Nashua-Plainfield High School students presented the always-fun musical.

Dr. Andy McGuire is fired up for her run for Iowa governor, and she says she gets that way from her conversations with everyday Iowans.

A candlelight vigil in memory of little Sterling Daniel Koehn had just ended Saturday night, and Kim Judge, the Alta Vista woman who organized the event, had but one question as her friends gathered around her.
“Can we cry now?”