The renovation project at the New Hampton Municipal Pool gained steam last week as Parks and Recreation Department and Burbach Aquatics officials held a “pre-bidding” meeting with four contractors to discuss the $627,000 project.
Leo Rasing smiled and laughed as he picked up his hot dog and ice cream Saturday afternoon.
“They’re throwing me a heck of a birthday party, aren’t they?”
He paused for a moment and his voice turned a bit more serious.
Terry Basol recently drove through southeast Iowa, and as he did, the Iowa State University Extension agronomist was feeling pretty grateful on behalf of farmers in Northeast Iowa.
The last bicycle riders were still an hour away from departing New Hampton last Thursday as Mayor Deb Larsen surveyed the scene near the intersection of Main Street and Locust Avenue.
“Disney Princesses” Anna, Elsa and Cinderella were excited to be able to read to area children for the Build a Better World reading program on Monday morning at the Nashua Public Library.
Instead of fighting a controlled fire Saturday, 102 emergency workers fought a real one. A fire broke out at the GMT Corporation in Nashua, no one was injured, but there was damage to the ceiling and outside of a warehouse. The fire star
The dream for Brenda Joens — all the way back to her high school years — was to become a nurse, but then, as she puts, “life took over.” Yet, while the flame flickered at times over the years, it never was extinguished. “It was always in th
Brian Laures, owner of Big Ed’s Fire House in New Hampton held the sixth annual Beach Bash to End Alzheimers. In the previous five years, Laures, the volunteers and the community have raised over 90 thousand dollars for Alzheimers research an
It had been 40 years since RAGBRAI last made their way through Ionia and New Hampton and it never had been through Lawler.If the Register Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa participants have any say in it, the three Chickasaw County towns won’t ha
New Hampton Community Schools’ bus fleet will soon get two new, unique additions. The School Board last week approved purchasing two propane-powered buses, a month after asking Superintendent Jay Jurrens to look into the pros and cons of pu