Kids are out of school and the lazy days of summer are here. Parents will have their hands full with the summer activities and weekly grocery bills will be going up now for area families.

With busy summer schedules and many “glowing boxes” to occupy children’s attention, some parents may wonder, “Is it obvious if my child doesn’t read over the summer?”“Specifically over the summer we can definitely tell,” said New Hampton first-gra

Nashua-Plainfield’s softball team — thanks to two wins recorded in the last week — has already tripled its 2017 win total.
That’s the good news. The bad news is the Huskies still have a ways to go.

For Mason Hyde, the equation goes something like this: Two games = two dominating performances.

School let out on Friday.

A little before 3 p.m. on Monday, Suzy Turner’s classroom was hopping.A group working on a National History Day website huddled in one corner of the room.

Helen Hartmann has been attending the American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Chickasaw County since the 1980s, which basically means she’s been there from the beginning; after all Relay for Life started in 1986.“I said I was doing this when the