A familiar face will return to the City Council next week, but if there was a lesson in  Tuesday’s special election, it was every vote really does count.

New Hampton High School music students could have a very memorable J-Term in 2019, thanks to a School Board decision last week.

There might be a lull when it comes to New Hampton Community Schools’ construction project, but the School Board last week crossed two more items off its list as it approved heating/cooling controls for the new building and also awarded the carpet

Carl Decker, age 81 of Elma, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, at Accura Care Center in Cresco.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Zion Lutheran Church in Alta Vista. 

Dorothy Amanda Carr, 87, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, at Arbor Springs Nursing Home in West Des Moines.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, January 20 at Hauser Funeral Home, Charles City. 

Martin R. Krahenbuhl, age 68 of Elma, passed away on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, at Howard County Regional Hospital in Cresco.

Linus C. Bodensteiner, age 97 of Elma and formerly of New Hampton, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, at Colonial Manor of Elma. 

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has identified the subject involved in an incident on the Avenue of Saints Wednesday evening.