New Hampton’s school enrollment has dropped by more than 2 percent, the School Board learned during a meeting Monday night, but Superintendent Jay Jurrens said be believes the district has prepared itself well for the challenges that come with dec

Since a new zoning rule came about in 2016 requiring “like materials” in the siding of outbuildings greater than 120 square feet, only seven requests for hardship variances have been brought, which are routed through the City Board of Adjustment,

Adam Polashek is operations manager with Polashek Locker.His parents bought the place in 1983 and celebrated 35 years in business this year.

The Nashua-Plainfield Elementary students were led by Chief Deputy Reed Palo from the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office, Nashua Police Officer Stephen Johnson (now with the Sheriff’s Office) and "K9" Duke when they hosted the Huskies Hea

The vocal students of New Hampton Community Schools truly saved the best for last Monday night as they finished the every-other-year Parade of Choirs Concert with a flourish.Now, don’t get the wrong idea, the performances by the four choirs — Keyn

Shawnessy Lau laughed when asked if she was nervous about her big day on Sunday.

The fate of a city-owned lot remained up in the air on Monday night after the Nashua City Council did not approve the sale of the lot at 202 Main Street to Lincoln Savings Bank.The meeting attracted a full house as a number of residents took issue

A special City Council meeting was held on Thursday evening to discuss options for the Nashua Police Department after another officer resigned from the force.Nashua Police Officer Stephen Johnson has accepted a position with the Chickasaw County S

Local restaurateurs, take note.Leon Sheets is “a pretty big fan of a good pork tenderloin.”He was excited last Thursday because Friday was the release date of this year’s Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin award.

Snow falling was not on the agenda when National Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary President Sandi Kriebel visited Nashua on Sunday, but Mother Nature had other plans.Kriebel said she was thrilled when she found out she was going to be visiting N

With work done on the Highway 346 bridge, the focus area of the Iowa Department of Transportation shifts eastward along 346 to a lane reduction from four to three, between Greeley and Amherst near the 218 overpass.With the Cedar River Bridge, the

In the six years Beach Bash to End Alzheimer’s Committee has been holding fundraisers, more than $107,000 has been donated to the Alzheimer’s Association.

It’s pretty much an every-year-type-of-thing for Tara Hackman.It will be the Saturday morning of New Hampton’s annual Halloween Parade and Downtown Trick-or-Treating and the Parks and Recreation Department’s program director will scan the crowd ga

Think of it as “trunk-and-treat” and a chance to raise money for a scholarship program.That’s how New Hampton Women of Today members are pitching the “Spook Walk,” an event the organization is hosting at Mikkelson Park this upcoming Saturday eveni

Walk around the construction zone near New Hampton High School, and the — it isn’t taking long for the walls to go up —  thought hits almost immediately.But if one looks “inside” what will be New Hampton Middle School next year, one realizes a lot