Growing up on a farm in northwest Iowa, Kim Van Driel always had an interest in animals.But the doctor behind New Hampton Veterinary Clinic, which recently opened at 703 N. Sherman Ave., didn’t always know she wanted to be a veterinarian.
Female inmates will no longer be able to be housed 24/7 at Chickasaw County Jail after a female dispatcher and jailer resigned her position with the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office.Dispatcher Ashely Schuchhardt resigned effective Sunday, Sept.
At the recommendation of the 911 Board for “approach one” and in the face of overwhelming public support at a hearing on Monday night, the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to move forward with additional action toward borrowing up t
The Nashua City Council on Monday night agreed to support the Splash Pad project a group of residents are undertaking by providing plumbing for the new water and sewer lines to the site, grading the site and also committing to water usage.Sewer S
One case of West Nile Virus has been identified in Chickasaw County, and the virus is on the rise statewide, says Public Health Director Kathy Babcock.Statewide, Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) reports 39 con-firmed cases of West Nile viru
The one thing that is true during every homecoming week is nothing is normal, and 2018 was certainly no exception at Nashua-Plainfield.But this current group of Huskies, especially two brothers, are adaptable.When homecoming king candidate Caleb U
Members of the public, many of them public safety workers, packed a hearing on Monday and showed overwhelming support for updating the radio communication system at an estimated cost of $3 million, during sessions of the Chickasaw County Board of
Kevin Brown has a passion for community newspapers, and he believes they can make a firm imprint on communities like New Hampton.It’s one reason he’s excited to be taking over the reins of the New Hampton Tribune and the Nashua Reporter as the pap
Zach Nosbisch pointed to the somewhat large cup of coffee and laughed when asked about making the adjustment from working overnights to taking on a day shift.“This has helped immensely,” New Hampton’s police chief said with a smile, “but in all se
Former Lawler resident Don Blazek talks to attendees Saturday during a reception held to honor his exhibit at the Carnegie Cultural Center.— See the story in the Sept. 18 New Hampton Tribune.
Chickasaw County Public Health contractor Shelley Smith shows students in Kandi Attelson’s Sumner-Fredericksburg fifth-grade class the effects of tobacco on a person’s lungs during the annual Farm Safety Day that was held at the Big Four Fairgroun
Work on the varsity baseball diamond at Mikkelson Park is progressing nicely, and officials say by the time the snow flies this winter, the baseball park will have a new look.Work on the project that will lead to two new dugouts, a new concession
A balance of some $790,000 of a $1.2 million fund that had supplemented county health care costs prior to 2014, which does not contain employee money, can go back into the general fund, to be used as the Board of Supervisors decides, Chairman Jaco
