New Hampton Elementary students received a special treat on Thursday of last week, as they met several local “celebrities.”Thursday was “Celebrity Reader Day” in the New Hampton School District, as a traditional part of Homecoming Week.Several cel

There were a million little moments that made New Hampton’s 2017 homecoming celebration the success it was.There were the smiles on the faces of King Areon Day and Queen Sidney Wenzlaff when they found out they were indeed royalty.There were Day’s

The New Hampton School Board on Monday night will consider a sharing agreement between the district and Turkey Valley for wrestling.The Turkey Valley School Board this past Monday night approved the agreement.“It’s the right thing for kids,” said

“Seeking the Sublime,” a pastel show featuring Ann McGreggor, will be the next exhibit at the Carnegie Cultural Center, starting Monday, Sept.

A month later, the impact of Hannah Heit’s “great summer adventure” hasn’t lessened; if anything, it has become more intense.“I think of Ethiopia every single day,” the New Hampton High School senior said, “and I guess maybe the biggest thing I’ve

 
Sidney Wenzlaff was crowned New Hampton High School's homecoming queen on Friday night at halftime of the football game between New Hampton and Hampton-Dumont.

“I should have known something was up.”But with the entire K-12 school population in attendance Tuesday, Turkey Valley sixth-grade teacher Dan Stepan was blindsided when he was presented the 2017 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Iowa Five St

Areon Day was crowned New Hampton High School's homecoming king on Thursday night during a racous ceremony that followed a short, but well-attended, twilight parade.

Homecoming Week traditions are always a lot of fun, and according to New Hampton High School Principal Sarah Updegraff, there’s still a lot of learning going on as well.“We’re still working and learning, we’re just doing it with a more playful nat

Students from Nashua-Plainfield Elementary and Intermediate schools raised over $2,100 while holding a coin drive last week to help victims of Hurricane Harvey, which tore through Texas and Louisiana recently.This is not the first coin drive the s

The City Council last week started the process to condemn another building on Main Street.The action came after the city recently received a building inspector’s report that stated the building in the 200 block of Main was a hazard and a public nu

The Nashua-Plainfield School Board will begin searching for a new superintendent after board members Monday approved a retirement request from current Superintendent Randy Strabala.“It’s been something I’ve thought about for a while now,” Strabala

Terry Basol doesn’t have a crystal ball to help him see into the future, and even if he did, it probably wouldn’t tell him all that much about the upcoming fall harvest.There are just too many unknown factors that could still influence the outcome

New Hampton School Board member Damian Baltes easily won re-election to a four-year term on Tuesday as he turned back a challenge from Jennifer Heying.

New Hampton High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame not only will welcome five new members but it will also definitely celebrate the 1990s on Friday night as part of the school’s homecoming celebration.Those being inducted this year include  three 199