Chickasaw County Veterans Affairs Director Lindsay Zenner, who said she took office in July 2017, will be going “full-time” as budgeted by the Veterans Affairs Commission, effective today (Friday) after lengthy consideration and a 4-1 vote by the

Given the option to enter closed session, County Engineer Dusten Rolando chose to keep discussion of his job performance survey and contract for fiscal 2020 in open session when the Chickasaw and Floyd County boards of supervisors teleconferenced

Data Processing Director Ray Armel presented pricing options for the ProLaw software through the Iowa County Attorneys Case Management Project, and the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors approved the quote.The purpose of the ICACMP, the sharing

The eight couples who will compete in New Hampton’s version of Dancing with the Stars have been announced, and they represent a diverse lot.“I think one thing we worried about as we put this together is would people be willing to get on stage and

Maybe this says it best when it comes to the so-called “Polar Vortex” that gave area residents a look at life in a deep freeze this week.On Wednesday, when the temperature reached 16 below around 3 p.m., we actually said to ourselves, “Hey, it’s w

Items needed to keep Sterling Koehn alive and healthy were found in the Alta Vista apartment where he lived with his parents and older sister, according to sheriff’s investigators.Sterling was found dead in a maggot-infested swing seat Aug.

Remember December, when we were wondering if winter was ever really going to settle in over the area?Back then, we were basking in a plethora of 40-degree days and wondering if the rain was ever going to turn into snow.But when Old Man Winter fina

A Nashua-Plainfield High School senior has been named a candidate in U.S.

Surprises around every corner, kilts, bagpipes and food made for a great celebration at the historic Little Brown Church Sunday.In other words, it wasn’t your typical Sunday service at “The Church in the Wildwood.” After all, how often does a bagp

Like all great art, love and death were the themes at the 14th Cowboy Poetry event on Friday and Saturday at the Starlite Ballroom in Lawler, with an infusion of philanthropy.It was also a first: The first Cowboy Poetry event hosted by the Lawler

The good news is that New Hampton Community Schools has quite possibly never been in better financial shape.The bad news is school finances are always changing, so if “nothing changes” in NewHampton, that rosy financial picture won’t last all that

Area schoolchildren will get a fourth straight day off from school Thursday as superintendents called off classes as the area braced for another night of dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills.

This isn’t exactly a news flash because anyone who has stepped outside lately knows it’s cold outside.
And the kicker is that it’s supposedly going to get even colder Wednesday night.

It’s not every day that a U.S.

New Hampton High School large-group speech coach Kassie Bercik understands that some of her students wanted “more” at the district contest last week, but she wants all of her students to know that they made her proud.“Everyone wants a [Divison] I