A children’s Christmas ornament painting workshop was held at the Nashua Public Library on Wednesday afternoon.Children brought their parents to the library to paint an ornament to hang on their Christmas trees at home.

Tammy Robinson has heard it enough to know that the day-care issue in New Hampton is reaching crisis proportions.“One of the things I’ve heard over and over from our businesses and industries is that day care, or the lack of it, is a huge issue fo

As fall heads into winter, Martha McFarland and her father Dan McFarland are out monitoring the health of their herd.Since the hard freeze, the roughly 20 bison (22 with the bull) and 20 more polled Herefords (19) are grazing on the hay ground, an

Kathy Beckman knew even anecdotally that Trinity Lutheran Church’s annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner had drawn a big crowd.“I don’t know if I ever remember having problem finding seats for everyone,” she said, “but that happened a few times thi

Brisk temperatures in the upper 30s didn’t keep a couple of men from standing outside Shopko Hometown and chatting while waiting for the store to open for its so-called “Black Friday” sale.“It’s my first time doing ‘Black Friday,’” said Jim Koblis

The issue for Great Plays Daycare is simple: It simply doesn’t have enough room at its current location on South Linn Avenue.“We have more kids on the waiting list than we have enrolled,” Great Plays Board Member Lacy Carolan said, “and we’re just

A new business is planned for the southeast corner of Main and Chestnut, Economic Development Director Tammy Robinson told the New Hampton City Council on Monday.Tammy Barta presented a business plan to open a medical uniform service called Follow

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors is directing the county attorney’s office in writing to look into concerns brought by a citizen about the scope of the Emergency Management Agency Commission and taxation for rescue services.The Chickasaw