Several candidates filed papers for county office by the March 28 deadline. The ballot at the primary on June 5 will have no contested races within either major party.In Supervisor District 2, Jim Allison, a Democrat from Ionia, filed papers.
The Nashua City Council agreed Monday night to an Iowa Department of Transportation plan to transition a stretch of Sample Street from a four-lane roadway to one that has three lanes.DOT Assistant District Engineer David Little had visited with th
People packed the stands in the Plainfield School gym, 87 signed in, and several offered comment at a listening session last Tuesday on a divisive issue the Nashua-Plainfield School Board is studying.“The board would like your input on the potenti
Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton officials are touting a recent study that shows the New Hampton hospital pumps more than $10.5 million each year into the economy of Chickasaw County.The study, which was completed by the Iowa Hospital Association
When New Hampton Parks and Recreation Director Rick Kramer awoke and looked out his window on the morning of March 24, he may have mumbled a few choice words under his breath.Dang it, there’s a pool project to finish.Just a couple of days before,
As Leo Deutsch pulled into the gas station early Friday morning, he looked at the sky and couldn’t help but smile.“Look at that, it’s just beautiful,” he said, “and you know what?
The calendar says spring is here, and even the snow, ice and sleet in the forecast did not deter the Nashua-Plainfield Lions Club from holding its biannual fish fry.Fish, desserts and Yahtzee-style yard dice; what more was needed for a fun Friday
New Hampton High School seniors learned a lot on Wednesday.They found out that credit scores are indeed important. They discovered how quickly they can go into debt.
Rather than pay to replace a three-decades-old septic system and leach field at the county group home, the County Board of Supervisors is considering extending the New Hampton water and wastewater mains to reach it.“If the septic system fails, we’
One by one, they made their way to the microphone on Tuesday night.They made their pitches for an expanded vocational agriculture and industrial technology center. They made their cases for a new wrestling room.
New Hampton Elementary School first-graders got a surprise on Monday, and it came from the Easter Bunny, no less.He had dropped off a bunch of “Peeps” that weren’t quite ready to be “hatched” and asked the students if they would take care of them
It took until spring, but all of a sudden, the winter of 2017-18 doesn’t appear all that lame anymore as the Nashua area was hit with the biggest snowstorm of the season this past weekend.“It’s been a crazy storm,” said National Weather Service me
The National History Day district contest is always a bit of a bittersweet affair for Suzy Turner, and 2018 certainly wasn’t the exception.Nashua-Plainfield had 14 students qualify nine projects for next month’s state contest during the district m
Property owners in New Hampton Community Schools will see their tax rates drop in 2018-19, if the School Board approves the district’s proposed budget next month.Superintendent Jay Jurrens walked board members through the proposed budget and tax l
