Chickasaw County public library directors made their annual trek to the Chickasaw County boardroom on Monday to make their pitch to the Board of Supervisors for a funding increase from the county. The ...

Jeff Pratt’s home in Owatonna, Minnesota is adorned with American flags – inside and out. That’s how much the “Red, White and Blue” means to him. If you were in the audience or listened to Pratt speak ...

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors, to be quite blunt, doesn’t like the direction the county’s health-insurance risk fund is headed. So on Monday, all four supervisors in attendance — Scott ...

One almost needs a scorecard to keep track of where New Hampton Middle School teachers are these days. Thank a HVAC hose that broke sometime in the early morning hours of Nov. 2 and led to a no-school ...

The canvass — at least the first one — is complete, and Nashua’s mayor-elect has made her decision. “I’m definitely going to take the mayor position,” said Shelly Weiss, who not only won the office ...

Marian Lucille Johnson, a cherished soul known for her loving and selfless nature, passed away peacefully on Nov. 9, 2025, in Waverly Born on August 19, 1942, in Minneapolis, the daughter of Ralph and ...

They came together on a wind-swept Courthouse Square on Tuesday to honor not just the veterans amongst them but also the families who were separated from their loved ones so that they could defend ...

New Hampton kicked off the Christmas shopping season on Saturday and, in a way at least, received a nice assist from Mother Nature. In short, it didn’t rain — or snow — on our parade, at least not ...

Troy Lynn Hart, age 54 of Cresco, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, surrounded by his family and his beloved dogs. Troy was born Dec. 10, 1970, in Cresco, the son of Larry ...

New Hampton Community Schools will have a new School Board member, at least if unofficial results hold true, as Kayla Smith has defeated three-term incumbent Tim Denner by 15 votes in what has to be ...

Go back a decade, find Shelly Weiss and ask her if she would one day run for mayor of Nashua and she probably would have laughed. “I would have said no,” Weiss said, “and it probably would have been a ...

The New Hampton volleyball squad made a strong case to get at least four first-teamers on the Upper Iowa Conference all-league squad that was announced recently. That did not materialize as the ...