The New Hampton Municipal Pool will definitely be open this coming summer, but Parks and Recreation officials say they are still woefully short of applicants.

The 49th annual New Hampton Lions Breakfast will be remembered for a good, long time by the club members.

It’s the little moments that mean the most to New Hampton individual speech coach Jason Speltz.

On a daily basis, Chickasaw County Conservation Board Naturalist Matt Crayne may be rescuing an animal, educating students in the classroom or working on the upkeep and improvements of the 37 areas managed by the county. 

The Chickasaw Ambulance Council unanimously approved a two-year contract with the county's current ambulance provider during a meeting Tuesday evening in which council members also approved a budget and a rental agreement to house two ambulan

Hundreds of Chickasaw County residents became eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but it may be a while before they can actually get their shots.

Madeline Taylor and Hailey Lechtenberg did the painting; Mason Mitchell did the graphic design.

The advantages of being a small school? Turkey Valley was able to distance its entire concert band — 16 members strong — when the school held its POPS Concert last Thursday.

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors — in somewhat of a surprise — last week approved the maximum tax levy it will be able to set for the 2021-22 fiscal year that begins on July 1.

When Judy Knoll walked out of the New Hampton Public Library late Thursday afternoon, she was ready.
She was primed for retirement, but that doesn’t mean the longest-tenured library employee didn’t feel a twinge of sadness.

The new Chickasaw County Ambulance Council moved closer to reaching an agreement with the Chickasaw Ambulance Service during a lengthy meeting Tuesday, just one day after a number of city councils, including Nashua’s, rejected a proposal made by t

They came dressed to the hilt.
The girls shined in their dresses and showed off their corsages to their friends, other dads and, yes, complete strangers.

Keith Tuner mulled over the decision this past fall, made his choice in December and now two local school districts — Nashua-Plainfield and Rockford — are searching for a new superintendent.

Three Chickasaw County departments were “dinged” by a special audit conducted by the state of Iowa, but county officials said many of the issues found in the audit released last week have already been resolved.

The phone call that came in on Thursday to Chickasaw Public Health and Homecare Services was a, in a word, stunner.