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Speech skills will take two to Washington

Lili Chatman wanted no part of Oratory Presentation Night.“Oh my gosh, to stand up in front of a bunch of people I don’t know and give a speech,” the New Hampton Middle School eighth-grader said. “That was kind of terrifying.

Brothers earn trip to All-State Speech Festival

It may say something about the closeness of the New Hampton large-group speech team that as happy as Will and Elliot Throndson were when they found out they had been selected to attend the All-State Speech Festival, they were more disappointed tha

Elementary raises funds for Nashua Splash Pad

The Nashua-Plainfield Elementary students helped the Nashua Splash Pad Committee to approach its goal of putting a splash pad in Cedar View Park.A splash pad is a recreation area for water play which often includes various features that sprinkle o

Romance sparked at the A&W leads to 57 years of marriage

This Valentine’s Day, comes the story of two lovebirds brought together by the A & W Root Beer in Charles City, who went on to make their home in Nashua.Dick Baldwin was a regular customer.

Our weather, to put it mildly, has been extreme

Snow, below-zero temperatures, even colder wind chills, blowing snow and bitter cold kept many home this last week unless they had to be somewhere.The bitter cold kept Nashua-Plainfield students home Monday through Thursday but they were back to s

City Council meets new sheriff’s deputy

Chickasaw County Sheriff Marty Hemann was proud to introduce a new deputy to the Nashua City Council on Monday evening.

Harris found guilty of murdering 4-month-old son

A former Alta Vista mother has been found guilty in the 2017 death of her son.
After four hours of deliberation, jurors found 21-year-old Cheyanne Harris guilty of first-degree murder and child endangerment causing death.

Freezing rain, snow on tap for Chickasaw County; winter weather advisory issued

More winter weather appears on the way for Chickasaw County, and the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory from 3 p.m. Wednesday to 6 p.m. Thursday.

Croell has low bid on road project near Lawler to Howard County line

A cement repaving project from Lawler to the Howard County line was let through the Department of Transportation in mid-January, County Engineer Dusten Rolando told the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors on Monday [Jan.

County’s VA director moved to ‘full-time’

Chickasaw County Veterans Affairs Director Lindsay Zenner, who said she took office in July 2017, will be going “full-time” as budgeted by the Veterans Affairs Commission, effective today (Friday) after lengthy consideration and a 4-1 vote by the

Chickasaw and Floyd supervisors discuss engineer over phone

Given the option to enter closed session, County Engineer Dusten Rolando chose to keep discussion of his job performance survey and contract for fiscal 2020 in open session when the Chickasaw and Floyd County boards of supervisors teleconferenced

Supervisors OK ProLaw server quote

Data Processing Director Ray Armel presented pricing options for the ProLaw software through the Iowa County Attorneys Case Management Project, and the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors approved the quote.The purpose of the ICACMP, the sharing

Committee announces the Dancing with the Stars contestants

The eight couples who will compete in New Hampton’s version of Dancing with the Stars have been announced, and they represent a diverse lot.“I think one thing we worried about as we put this together is would people be willing to get on stage and

Mucho winter packed into a week

Maybe this says it best when it comes to the so-called “Polar Vortex” that gave area residents a look at life in a deep freeze this week.On Wednesday, when the temperature reached 16 below around 3 p.m., we actually said to ourselves, “Hey, it’s w

Testimony begins in Harris trial

Items needed to keep Sterling Koehn alive and healthy were found in the Alta Vista apartment where he lived with his parents and older sister, according to sheriff’s investigators.Sterling was found dead in a maggot-infested swing seat Aug.

Old Man Winter creates all kinds of havoc

Remember December, when we were wondering if winter was ever really going to settle in over the area?Back then, we were basking in a plethora of 40-degree days and wondering if the rain was ever going to turn into snow.But when Old Man Winter fina

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