A powerful thunderstorm packing winds of 70 miles per hour blasted Chickasaw County late Wednesday afternoon and left hundreds of residents without power.

 
The hunt for trash continued this past week as volunteers embarked on the last leg of Project AWARE’s 2017 route along the upper Cedar River.

 
Ed Anderson, his son and two of his grandchildren walked behind the stands and checked out the tractors and trucks Friday night.

 
Bailey Schinker wanted to be Chickasaw County’s fair queen, but she may have been the most shocked person on the Big Four Fairgrounds Sunday night when her name was announced.

 
It’s a simple equation — 44 > 40 — and it’s bad news for New Hampton Community Schools students.
You see, their summer is more than half over.

 
Sam Hake carefully listened to the judge, and one could almost see he was taking mental notes on how to improve his woodworking project next year.

 
Tears and laughs. Favorite memories shared. A community coming together in love and caring and support.

 
Boy Scout Levi Williamson has become one of the elite who have finished his Eagle Scout project for their community. 
He joins over 2.5 million young men who have earned their Eagle Scout ranking over the last 100 years.

 
We’re not quite sure how to break this to the students of Nashua-Plainfield Community Schools, so we’ll just come out and say it: Your summer vacation is now half over.

 
As New Hampton tackled what many are calling its “housing crisis,” the city’s Economic Development director knew that money had to be spent.

 
The Carnegie Cultural Center’s Lego Club has been a hit almost from the day it first met several years ago.

 
All was relatively quiet last Thursday at the track that will host the Kenwood Avenue Nationals this upcoming weekend.

 
Two snapshots from the Plum Creek Arts Festival may say it all when it comes to the quaint little festival that has become a rite of July in Fredericksburg.

 
Although young attentions wavered from time to time, one boy in particular was listening intently to Iowa State University entomology students Jillian Kurovski and Emily Gamble.

 
Jaclyn Tweeten admits that she’s feeling a tad bit of nervousness, which is understandable.