Ken Rasing was trying to keep the latest round of flooding in perspective last Friday afternoon.As the Chickasaw County emergency management director talked, he was sitting in the Butler County Emergency Management Office in Allison.

Join Chickasaw County Conservation to learn about some ‘Creatures of the Deep” on Oct. 11.

The Gateway to Northeast Iowa Welcome Center in Nashua will hold a fall craft and vendor show on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be more than 15 different home based businesses, home made crafts, food and more.

It’s a Thursday evening on a gorgeous fall night at Mikkelson Park as two boys get wide eyed as they look at Kam Pfaffle.One of them looks at his pal and asks, “Who is that one?”“That’s Kam Pfaffle,” his friend says, “and he’s really good.”“He’s b

Chickasaw County Emergency Management will conduct the monthly test of the sirens and indoor warning system on Monday, Oct. 3 at 11 a.m.  If severe weather threatens on this date, the test will be done on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m.

Maple Avenue between Hale and Court streets was filled to the brim, as was the St.

Brooke Herold donned the Homecoming Queen crown for Turkey Valley Friday night as the school celebrated Homecoming 2016. The daughter of Matt and Lori Herold, Brooke joined Garrison Kruse, who was named the Homecoming King Thursday.

Morgan Smith was crowned the 2016 New Hampton homecoming queen during halftime of the Chickasaws' football game with Clarion-Goldfield-Dows/CAL Friday night.Smith's crowning came a night after Ryan Gorman was named homecoming king during

The long journey of an ordinance that would allow golf carts and UTVs on New Hampton’s streets may not be over quite yet despite the fact that the City Council did not approve the first reading of the ordinance on Monday night.City leaders have be

Learning to crochet all those years ago turned out to be a great investment for Welcome Center Vendor Teresa Staudt’s future.

Ryan Gorman was crowned New Hampton's homecoming king during a festive coronation ceremony that was held Thursday night.It ended the strangest day of homecoming week as New Hampton did not have school Thursday because of flooding in the area,

The disbelief in Jay Jurrens’ voice on Thursday morning came through loud and clear over the phone.The New Hampton superintendent was somewhere near Ionia, seeing if there was any chance that classes could be held, as he talked about the latest ro

Nashua-Plainfield High School students prepare for the big homecoming game this week against the West Fork Warhawks, first with the announcement of the 2016 Homecoming Court.This year’s Homecoming Court consists of  Nathan Murphy, Jared Whitinger,

The City of Nashua Treasurer’s Report is only about $1,000 off now and not the $960,000 which was reported the last time LouAnn Murphy talked to the City Council.Murphy gave each Council member a progress report and explained the report is getting

There was something for everyone this weekend at Apples on the Avenue.