School officials at both New Hampton Community Schools and St. Joseph Community School both said that the long-awaited start to the 2020-21 school year is going off without a hitch.

Mary Alice Johnson, age 87 of Mason City and formerly of Nashua, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away quietly on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at North Iowa Hospice Center in Mason City.

Gordon F. Speltz age 94 of New Hampton, IA, died Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at home surrounded by his family.

Ronald Ralph Dean, age 77 of Nashua, died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, at Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City, with his daughter by his side.

Mark S. Anderson, age 62 of Cedar Rapids, passed away Sunday Aug. 16, 2020. 
A visitation was held on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, from 4 to 7 p.m., at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.

Rosemary Agnes Zwanziger, age 91 of Nashua, Iowa died Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at her home.

Shannon Wurzer sat at her desk filling out some paperwork in a school building that has been, for the most part, filled with the sounds of silence since March 13.