The first day of school in so many ways was different this year; after all, for the first time in 50 years, New Hampton Community Schools opened a completely new building.
Yet, in many ways, Friday had that first-day-of-school feel.

When Shane Hillesheim saw the tractors his 1957 Oliver Super 55 was up against, he had hope.

The idea behind a unique program is actually pretty simple: Have those who have dealt with adverse mental health issues in the past help those going through some of those same issues today.

In the 1980s, NBC was home to a critically acclaimed television cop show called “Hill Street Blues,” and the opening scene always ended with the desk sergeant giving patrol officers and detectives a reminder.

Although they had a rough start to the season - possessing a record of 1-6 to start the 2019 campaign - the Turkey Valley softball team turned their year around to boast an overall record of 18-16.

They came in with a plan, a scouting report if you will, and boy oh boy, did it pay off for the St. Joseph Community School “Shopping Quartet.”

The odyssey that the Chickasaw County Environmental Health Department’s search for a new director had become finally came to an end last week when the Board of Health approved the hiring of Penny Andorf.