The Chickasaw County Emergency Management Commission voted 6-2 to hire a part-time deputy Emergency Management coordinator, but not for any lack of qualifications.The hiring committee interviewed four people and recommended Bridget Edson, who has
The Chickasaw County Secondary Roads expenditures budgeted for the current fiscal year will increase by $270,000, the County Board of Supervisors heard when setting a budget hearing for Monday, May 6 at 9:15 a.m.
Nashua Public Library staff turned the springtime saying, “April showers bring May flowers,” into a workshop for children during the last day of National Library Week.Saturday morning, children were able to get out of the cold to enjoy making spri
Nashua City Clerk John Ott knows Nashua has a lot of positives going for it when it comes to tourism.The city is home to a beautiful park, complete with a lake provided by the dam on the Cedar River.
The New Hampton City Council held a brief, 12-minute meeting on Monday night with no contested votes and accomplished a fair amount for the time.City council approved tentatively awarding Kendall Rosauer, owner of Riley’s Inc., a $6,500 grant in a
After receiving only one response to its request for proposals by the April 12 deadline, from Chickasaw Ambulance Service, the Chickasaw County Ambulance Council will meet in joint session with the County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.The Ambula
Nashua American Legion member Craig Campbell received an award at the last American Legion meeting for his 70 years of continuous membership with the Legion.Campbell is a World War II veteran who served in the Navy from June 1945 until August 1946
Plainfield residents were not shocked after hearing the news one of their own was honored as 2019 Bremer County EMS Provider of the Year.Plainfield First Responders President Gary Carpenter was recognized by the Waverly Exchange Club for 2019 Brem
After public hearings, discussion and voting on the issue, the Nashua City Council on Monday approved the increase of garbage rates for the residents.City officials said the increase was necessary because Jendro Sanitation raised the rates for the
New Hampton High School students Austin Geerts and Lance Reicks hold back Cody Deere, who played the title role of Earl in “The Idiot’s Guide to High School,” during a matinee performance for the spring play that was performed this past weekend at
Denny Ungs has always been detail-orientated, even back in his school days when he used to draw while his teachers were conducting class.That trait — making sure he’s crossed his t’s and dotted his i’s — has served him well as the guy most of Chic
One of the co-presidents of New Hampton’s Dollars for Scholars chapter believes the organization is in sight of making its “second goal” when it comes to a unique “pathway” that will be built at the school’s football stadium.The scholarship organi
Writing and presenting formal speeches aren’t typically a part of the day-to-day routine for math teachers.David Voves, a 2003 New Hampton High School graduate who teaches in Charles City, worked on his speech for a couple of weeks, trying to get
New Hampton Elementary second-graders have been compiling research on a real-world problem that is important to them — disappearing pollinators — since January, and on Friday they called on the community to help save the monarch butterflies.“Matt
The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors acted on documents for the Department of Transportation, being the fiscal 2020 budget and five-year construction program for Secondary Roads, and approved spending for an excavator.County Engineer Dusten R
