July is historically the hottest month of the year here in Chickasaw County, but it wasn’t only the temperatures that made it a sizzling month around here this year.Instead, the people who do so much to make this a great place to live, work and pl

In the summer of 2004, I was just a few months into my job as the editor of the Forest City Summit.It was late July, and I needed a story for our sports section so I spent a few hours at the Waldorf Team Camp, a basketball bonanza that included 40

After Turkey Valley’s baseball team finished the season with a 13-22 record, the Trojans landed four players on the Upper Iowa Conference honor squads.    And the good news is that there are no seniors among the group.

Parks and Recreation officials still are looking at some major renovations to the New Hampton Municipal Pool.Tara Hackman, the department's program manager, said the Pool Committee will meet later this month with officials from Burbach Aquati

Brian Laures will take at least one special memory from the 2016 Beach Bash to End Alzheimer’s.“I had a little boy come up to me this week,” the Big Ed’s Firehouse owner said, “and give me a dollar.

The halls of New Hampton and Turkey Valley schools have that “end-of-summer” smell.It's that fresh wax-plenty of cleaner aroma that signifies that classes are just around the corner.And they are.

Monsignor Carl Schmitt and Virgil Pickar Jr. come up with a plan as a group of volunteers put up new playground equipment at St. Joseph's Community School's Sunrise Preschool last week.