The three New Hampton Elementary School kindergarten teachers sat around the table Wednesday morning, planning out the second half of the year and preparing themselves for what was coming the following day.“It’s the first day of school all over ag
In each of Iowa’s 99 counties, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are housed in the same office.Yet, technically because of the federal government shutdown, FSA offices are closed while NRCS offices
Nicole Batzek laughed when asked this past weekend about the relative lack of winter in Northeast Iowa.“All I can tell snow lovers is to be patient,” said the meteorologist based out of the National Weather Service’s La Crosse, Wis., office.
Chickasaw County Sheriff Marty Hemann was pleased to update the City Council last month about the ongoing burglaries which have been plaguing the area for the last several months.Hemann announced that two people have been arrested in the burglarie
Several community members were out getting their activity in on a snowy Saturday morning at the Husky Wellness Center.Lanie Roberts, 9, of Nashua, was working on her serves for volleyball with her cousin Jessica Jacobs of Janesville, her mom Brend
As New Hampton bids farewell to 2018 and welcomes 2019, it is doing so with plenty going for it, says the city’s economic development director.“We have such a strong industrial base and we have so many projects going on that, yes, we should be opt
Kayla Koether, Democratic candidate for Iowa House district 55, believes that 29 uncounted ballots in Winneshiek County are valid, and should be counted.Incoming House Minority Leader Todd Prichard, a Charles City Democrat, agrees.Iowa’s Republica
Nicole Batzek laughed when asked Saturday about the relative lack of winter in Northeast Iowa.“All I can tell snow lovers is to be patient,” said the meteorologist based out of the National Weather Service’s La Crosse, Wis., office.
The fiscal 2018 deficit was miscoded on the Chickasaw County Public Health annual report as given to the Board of Supervisors mid-December and should have read $34,622, which amounts to just over 3 percent of the $1.076 million budget.County Audit
Tammy Barta, a restorative nurse’s aide, and her sister, Jo Close, a certified medication aide, have each worked for more than two decades in the medical field.
The Splash Pad committee members were excited to receive donations from both Nashua banks this last week to help fund the Splash Pad, which the committee would like to install in the spring.A splash pad is a recreational concrete pad with various
Mrs. Claus made a visit to the Nashua-Plainfield Elementary school last week to delivery some gifts she thought the students might enjoy.This project began in October during parent/teacher conferences.
Although “making the sausage” may indicate work that isn’t pretty in some contexts, for the nearly three dozen descendants of Francella Burgart, the literal process of making ring bologna has become a valued Boxing Day tradition.Aubrey Burgart, da
