A Nashua man died after a train collided with the motor grader he was driving Friday morning, west of New Hampton.

While the frigid cold temperatures that rang in the new year had most northeast Iowans shivering, groaning and cursing the weather, there was one small group of citizens who were actually happy with the winter conditions.

Less than three months after voters in Nashua elected two City Council members, voters will head back to the polls on Jan. 23 to choose two more.

This was not exactly how Ryan Anderson’s junior year at New Hampton High School was supposed to go.

State Rep. Todd Prichard knows there are a whole bunch of lists out there that depict all the issues he and his fellow lawmakers will face in 2018.

The local attention given to the recent Iowa State Auditor’s report on Chickasaw County -- which was released in November -- was a lot like those old fast-food commercials.

If you’re coming down with the flu, there are a lot of things you can do, but one thing is among the most important.
Stay home.
Keep it to yourself.