After a lot of talk and some spirited debate — complete with a lesson from the county sheriff — the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 to keep the salaries of elected officials at the same levels they had already decided on in Decembe
The Bremer County Attorney’s Office has released the names of law enforcement officers involved in a standoff and ultimately fatal shooting incident on Jan. 18.
It doesn’t look like the flu bug is going away anytime soon.
Mercy Medical Center in New Hampton announced this week that due to the prevalence of influenza, the facility has implemented visitor restrictions.
The Heartland Days Committee announced on Wednesday that Suellen Kolbet will be the 2018 Heartland Days Grand Marshall.
The committee planned to surprise Kolbet with the news, and it worked.
The New Hampton High School Jazz Band earned an “excellent” and two “good” ratings last Wednesday — and also gained some valuable experience — at the Iowa High School Music Association State Jazz Festival in Charles City.
An Alta Vista mother accused of killing her four-month-old infant son last August has been granted a continuance in her murder trial, and her case won’t see the courtroom until June.
Ask Kim Hopp about what makes St. Joseph Community School special, and the resource teacher at New Hampton’s PreK-8 Catholic school will throw out a quote from Mary Poppins.
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.”
The good news today for school administrators and teachers is that there will be no need to worry about having to deal with an “indoor recess.”
The bottom line is that when kids can get outside and play, they learn more.
Imagine, you’re walking down the street, minding your own business, when all of the sudden — BAM!
Someone unexpectedly does something kind for you, for no apparent reason.
What do you do?
The Carnegie Cultural Center in New Hampton will unveil its latest exhbit — one featuring the eclectic, retrospective collection of watercolor and oil paintings by an area artist who has been around for a long time — at the beginning of next month
Headed north just across the Chickasaw County line, a stone’s throw into Howard County, you’ll come into the town of Elma.
At first glance, you might think you’ve stumbled into nowhere.
A few dozen men and women and boys and girls arrived at Airport Lake west of New Hampton Sunday morning, drilled some holes in the ice, and tried their luck.
