One final Sunday of “setting up” and “tearing down” remains for the folks at Prairie Lakes Church, and Pastor Cory Orr couldn’t be happier.“It’s been a long time coming,” Orr said.

New Hampton’s City Council Monday night quashed any thoughts of changing the city’s ordinance that regulates golf cars and UTVs in the city.Mayor Deb Larsen placed the item back on the agenda, and said she had discussed the issue of opening up Wes

Dear Nashua-Plain eld students ... we hate to break this to you, but ... well, um ... your summer’s almost over.And your school superintendent can’t wait for it to be so.And on Thursday, Aug.

The Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Of ce will provide support to the Nashua Police Department for the next three months after the City Council on Monday night approved a temporary agreement at its meeting Monday night.Under the agreement, the city wil

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story updates one that first appeared in the Friday, Aug.

The Board of Supervisors acted on jail security and real estate matters on Monday. It approved:• A motion to spend $3,061.58 to accept quotes from Dave’s Locksmith and Angell Electric of New Hampton and Christie Door Co.

Former Sheriff Todd Miller injured his shoulder after falling on ice about Feb.

As a 4-H youth specialist for Iowa State University for more than 17 years, Kendra Crooks covers six counties while working to help make the 4-H program all it can be.

Bill Siglin (at left) is honored in the Ionia Fun Days Parade on Saturday as grand marshal.

Saturday was good fun, but whether it was “clean” was debatable.That evening a crowd of about a hundred watched the “Newlywed Game,” the newest event at Ionia Fun Days.

Renewing your relationship on a daily basis is an important part of a long healthy marriage.

Kenneth Shatek runs because, for awhile, he couldn’t run.Not only did he, a graduate of the New Hampton Class of 1975, finish first in his age group of males 60-plus at the Glow Run for Ionia Fun Days Friday but, although he was the only one in hi

What was fun or interesting about summer? What have you read? Are you looking forward to returning to school?

Absentee ballots for the Sept. 11 Northeast Iowa Community College Special Election are available at the Chickasaw County Auditor’s Office in the courthouse.

Rick Kramer and Brian Quirk stood at Garnant Park one day recently and had vastly different answers to the same question.When the work on giving the park on New Hampton’s southeast side a new look began three years ago this month, did they ever im