Timothy J. Gebel, age 40 of Lawler, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis.

Kevin Laue is probably the only motivational speaker working today who begins his presentation with the sentence, “Wave to the nub!”

Contested municipal elections were a rarity in New Hampton … at least until recent years.
Now, they almost seem to be a rule.

Let’s face it, the weather forecast for Saturday morning looks more like Christmas than Halloween.
Then again, New Hampton Parks and Recreation Director Rick Kramer remembers the year it rained on New Hampton’s Halloween Parade.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) believes that pheasant hunting this year will be about the same as last year, despite a low pheasant count in August.

Dropping unemployment numbers are a good thing, right?
Not necessarily.

For children’s author Maribeth Boelts, sometimes the best story to share with kids is her own.

David Swenumson sat at his kitchen table in his Ionia home, and talked about the end of what has been truly a remarkable political career.
“It’s time for someone else,” he said. “It’s time for the young ones to take over.”