Annette Peters,  age 47 of Fredericksburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minn. 

Throw out that packaged chicken salad you picked up at Fareway. 
It could be contaminated with salmonella.

Iowa’s governor had some relatively good news for Iowa schools — especially rural districts — during a stop in Chickasaw County last week.

As Homeland Energy Solutions Plant Manager Kevin Howes gave Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds a tour of his ethanol manufacturing facility on Friday, he laid out the company’s ambitious goal.

Five to seven inches of snow blanketed parts of Chickasaw County last Thursday night, so it wasn't a surprise that school was called off on Friday.

Some parts of Chickasaw County received as many as seven inches of snow overnight last Thursday, the first substantial snow accumulation of the of the 2018 winter season.

If you buy someone gifts at Schueth Ace Hardware in New Hampton, have them wrapped there.
They’ve got one of the “Most Gifted Wrappers” in the world, at least according to Ellen DeGeneres.