After careful review and input from physicians regarding their future practice goals and objectives, MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center announced plans today to pause the hospital’s obstetric (OB) services, effective July 1, 2020.
The Chickasaw County unit of the Salvation Army will kick off its 2019 Red Kettle Campaign on Wednesday, and to steal a line from Uncle Sam, it “needs you.”
Chickasaw County Public Health and Home Care Services is already more than $200,000 “in the red” for the fiscal year that began July 1, and for at least one Board of Health member, that is disconcerting.
The Chickasaw County Compensation Board Thursday unanimously approved recommending raises of 6 percent to the county’s elected officials, with one notable exception.
Chickasaw County may lose its assessor, and county, city and school officials reacted by offering Ray Armel a raise, effectively immediately, in an effort to keep him.
Main Street business owners and New Horizons-Chamber Director Jason Speltz made a pitch to the New Hampton City Council to loosen the city code that gives them very little space to display their wares outside their stores.
Songs like “Jingle Bells,” “All I Want for Christmas is You” and “Mary Did You Know?” carried down Main Street as shoppers bustled in and out of stores and up and down the sidewalks during Saturday’s Holiday Open House.
New Hampton voters have a decision to make next week when they head to the polls to select a new mayor.
Do they want to stay the course or do they want a change?
It wasn’t a decision Howard and Marty Wilshire took lightly, but after 44 years of owning and operating the New Hampton jewelry store, they have decided, as they put it, “to smell the roses.”
Let’s get one thing out of the way before we get started with this story.
You want to hug Arlo Brown, don’t you?
Seriously, is he the cutest little boy you’ve ever seen or what?
