Ask Turkey Valley Education Foundation President David Anderson the common denominator among his group’s members and his answer comes quickly and succinctly.“Passion.”He paused for a moment before digging deeper into the subject.“This group, it ju

This past year was a busy one for the Chickasaw County Rescue Squad who responded to 277 calls overall in 2016.The Chickasaw County Rescue Squad responds to a variety of calls.“During 2016 we responded to traffic accidents, farm accidents, structu

One goal — becoming an all-American — was already accomplished, but as Upper Iowa’s Logan Hopp took to the mat one final time Saturday, he wasn’t satisfied.  “I wanted to go out on a high note,” the former New Hampton High School star said.

If you go 8-for-10 in speech, your team has a dang fine day.And that’s exactly what the New Hampton High School speech team did on Saturday at the individual state contest that was held on the campus of Waldorf University in Forest City.“I thought

It’s rare, but it does happen.Every 30 or 40 years, a New Hampton Lions Club member changes jobs at the organization’s annual Pancake and French Toast Breakfast.Take Jack Gorman, for example.After years of working the French toast, Gorman spent Su

Chad Sweitzer chose his words carefully, but it didn’t take long to realize that the New Hampton boys basketball coach wasn’t thrilled with this year’s all-Northeast Iowa Conference teams.  “It’s nice to have three guys honored,” he said, “but ...

The snow had just started to fall late Sunday afternoon when I opened up Facebook and saw a post from a long-lost friend.“We made it!”Now, you have to understand that years ago Jami Peterson Maifeld was one of those special people in my work life.

Leo Perrero had a successful IT career at The Walt Disney Company.  He worked on the team of tech specialists that kept Disney’s point of sale system up and running so families visiting Disney World could purchase souvenir Mickey Mouse ears, or th