The New Hampton School Board’s goal Monday night was simple: Get the end of the school year back into May.Mission accomplished … but it lasted all of one day.“I really would like us to see if we can make this work so that we’re done by May 31,” Bo
New Hampton has received a letter on inquiry from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources citing “failure to meet effluent limits.”Discharge monitoring reports from the wastewater treatment plant showed it exceeded ammonia effluent limits contain
A broken gas line caused an explosion at a mobile home in Parkview Court on New Hampton’s east side Wednesday morning, and New Hampton firefighters were on the scene for almost six hours.“The good news is no one was injured,” New Hampton Fire Chie
When Chickasaw County residents call County Engineer Dusten Rolando, they usually want to know one thing.“Can you get to us today?”“The objective is to get to everybody so everybody can get out,” Rolando said, “at least a path.”There are some 20 r
Recap the latest storm, warn about the next approaching weather system, repeat.That’s been the routine, at least lately, at the National Weather Service office in La Crosse, Wisconsin.And this week is no exception.— For more on this story, see the
The Nashua City Council Monday night adopted the first reading of an ordinance that would provide a curfew for minors in the city.After much discussion about the issues that curfew proponents say are going on “after dark” in the city, council memb
The County Social Services 28E Governing Board earlier this month heard from its attorney regarding mediation with Kossuth County and turned down the proposal in order to seek a state audit or arbitration to recover $315,791 in remaining funds the
Winter weather slowed progress in special block classes during the “Midmester Academy” at New Hampton Middle School, but nevertheless, classes persisted. The “Midmester Academy” began Feb.
Outside the Miller Apartments in New Hampton sits a cutout of a snowman holding a sign that says, “Let it snow.”Come on, be honest, you’re ready to punch that snowman in the face, aren’t you?Since Jan.
A former landfill may be closed but it still has to be maintained.The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors last week approved an Iowa Department of Natural Resources permit for treatment agreement and supplemental user agreement on landfill leach
Rural areas of Chickasaw County showed greater growth than urban areas as measured by new construction value, when accounting for rollbacks but not exemptions.Increase in taxable value of rural areas grew by $11.85 million but $8.64 million was “i
Board of Supervisors meeting attendee Rick Holthaus got on Monday’s agenda to discuss a draft of a request for proposals (RFP) for the future county building at 302 E.
Old Man Winter’s latest appearance in and around Chickasaw County was as nasty as advertised.About the only thing missing from the storm that started Monday night and wreaked havoc through Wednesday was the arctic cold of a couple of weeks ago, bu
The Board of Supervisors heard a second Radio Communication Project design estimate last week from Brian Flynn with Motorola.The company won a 2015 bid to design the Iowa Statewide Interoperable Communication System from the ISICS Board.
