What began at a two-day Wartburg event turned into a passion that would change the course of his life and career path.

Emma Schwickerath made it through her fifth Dance Showcase Saturday night but not without a few — OK, maybe a lot — tears.“It’s always hard for me, especially because I know this is the last time the seniors will dance with us,” the New Hampton da

Ruth Miller, 101, is happy to be where she is at this point in life.

Ask Terry Basol about what kind of year the ISU Extension agronomist believes area farmers deserve and he has a quick answer.“The guys have earned a nice, normal year,” he said.

They waited. They waited some more.

While teaching about the My Plate dietary guidelines, Linda Burgart once had students taste food samples before revealing what each was.At the end of the session, Burgart, who teaches the Ag in the Classroom program for Chickasaw County Farm Burea

The first time is always the scariest.Before your mind jumps into the gutter, this story is about giving blood.Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood, according to the American Red Cross website, which goes on to say blood is

As far as New Hampton speech coach Jason Speltz is concerned, any team that finished with 12 Division I ratings at the state individual contest has something going for it.The fact that New Hampton did that in a year like this, when the weather wre

The brick is in, the walls are up and when walking around what will be New Hampton’s soon-to-be middle school, one can definitely see a school building taking shape.“I know I say this almost every time we’ve done an update,” Superintendent Jay Jur

The weather earlier this week was quite simply the last thing New Hampton Superintendent Jay Jurrens wanted to see.And he wasn’t alone in that thought.

The past couple of weeks, the Nashua-Plainfield Elementary students in Jill Kalvig’s physical education class have had more gym time, smiles and laughing than other units.The students have been asking since the beginning of the school year and it

Weather and missed practice time could not discourage the talented Nashua-Plainfield Junior High Band, which overcame recent weather that impeded practice time to earn a “Superior” rating at the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association Large Group C

The Chickasaw County Ambulance Council has a little more than 3 1/2 months to find a provider, yet at a meeting Tuesday night, council members made little headway on finalizing a request for proposals (RFP) that they hope to send out by April 1.An

Chickasaw County will continue to buy down an increase in employee health insurance premiums using reserve funds and some new funds, as discussed on Monday.Renewal rates from Wellmark came in at what would have been almost an 8 percent increase ov

Turning her love of music into a career is exactly what Hannah Pederson is doing while raising her three young children.