When something weighs 24,000 pounds, you place it right where you want it.Just ask the folks at Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home, who had a 24,000-pound crematory placed Tuesday into what will become the area’s only crematorium.“It’s not like you ca
There was a lot of “falling down” during gym class on Monday afternoon, when the Nashua-Plainfield students began their roller skating unit for gym class.Physical Education Teacher Jill Kalvig will have her students roller skating at the Husky We
Ken Rasing vividly recalls the “old days” of emergency management.A call would go out for EMS personnel, and instead of receiving an address, “they’d tell us to go to the blue silo and turn left.”Emergency management has drastically changed durin
State officials will be coming to Nashua next month to conduct an audit of city finances, and the Nashua City Council will bring back a familiar face to help the city prepare for the audit and help prepare the budget and annual financial report.
The New Hampton Rotary is switching things up this year with their annual fundrasier and is inviting the community to an Art Auction they will hold on Friday, April 7.New Hampton Rotary has been serving the NH community since 1938 when it was cha
Supporters of the proposed TRIBE Trail have two goals in mind when it comes to the Fools for Fitness event that is scheduled for April 1 at the Pub at the Pinicon.“Obviously, we want to raise money for a great project,” TRIBE Trail Committee memb
The search for a missing Fredericksburg woman ended Monday morning when volunteers discovered the body of Sheila Ludwig near her home.Chickasaw County Sheriff Marty Hemann said it was a tough ending after scores of rescue personnel and volunteers
Chickasaw County Sheriff Marty Hemann said the weather didn’t effect Chickasaw County as bad as it could have.“We saw a couple people in the ditches but overall were very lucky,” said Hemann.Last week deputies covered an accident in Lawler between
Maybe it was good that Will Throndson was “kind of sick” on Monday.It kept the New Hampton High School sophomore from fretting too much about the Iowa State Speech Association’s All-State Festival nominations that were due out later in the day.“I
As the New Hampton Municipal Pool project moves forward, the committee is looking to finalize grants for the projectNew Hampton Parks and Recreation Assistant Director Tara Hackman met with the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors Monday morning
Carolin Remmen grabbed a costume off the rack Tuesday afternoon, handed it to a student and laughed.But this wasn’t a feel-good chuckle, it was one of those “oh-my-gosh-are-you-serious” snicker.“The last thing — and I mean the very last thing — we
The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors have decided to not enter into an agreement with the Iowa Department of Transportation to acquire wetland area that is located along U.S.
The Nashua Police Department and the Nashua-Plainfield High School recently started a new program that allows students interested in criminal justice to job shadow the Nashua Police Officers.Chief of Police, Paul Becthold, said that Keaton Clauson
Nashua-Plainfield bands were excited to get the call they were going to be in The Iowa Bandmaster Magazine Winter 2017 issue.Students were excited when Band Directors Tracy McGregor and Scott Stroud announced they were picked to be “In the Spotlig
The Nashua-Plainfield Elementary and Intermediate school students went above and beyond this past year to raise money for the American Heart Association and at the end of the fundraising period, the students were rewarded with a fun afternoon of s
