In hopes of continuing their education, rescue responders from around the county attended a grain bin training program in Alta Vista recently.The National Education Center for Agriculture Safety has been holding this training for about seven years
With the holidays right around the corner, upcoming weekends in New Hampton will be filled with events to get New Hampton and area residents in the holly, jolly spirit with a variety of new and returning events.Coming up on Friday, Nov.
Trinity Lutheran Church members are gearing up for their third annual turkey dinner that will be served on Thanksgiving Day for the community.Kathy Beckman, one of the Trinity Lutheran Church members who helped organize the event, said the event h
Jill Eike was overwhelmed with the turnout at the jazz concert that took place Tuesday night at the New Hampton Middle School auditorium.“I really didn’t know who was going to come,” said the Carnegie Cultural Center Administrator.The Carnegie Cul
New Hampton Economic Development and the New Hampton Middle School once again teamed up to put on the eighth grade career week where students learned what the “real world” is like and hopefully began thinking about their futures.New Hampton Middle
This year’s Veteran’s Day ceremony held in front of Nashua’s students and community members, recognized the WWII veterans in the area.Speaker Tom Kolodziej told the crowd that there were many things he could think of to talk about that day, but sa
New Hampton FFA member Rachel Grober receives a check for the mum sales that Ace Hardware did for the New Hampton FFA. The group received over $1,200 from the project along with the students learning about the mums growth and operations.
In an effort to showcase its products and give back to the community, FCA (Fiat, Chrysler Automobiles) US, in conjunction with Vern Laures Auto Center, conducted the “Booster Club Fund Raiser.”Vern Laures Auto Center provides the vehicles and the
Charlie Rochford has been asked the question more than a few times.“Why don’t you sell the farm?”And he has the same answer every single time.“Why don’t you cut my leg off because it would be the same thing.”His answer cracked up the crowd Sunday
Pastor Lance Kittleson told a few great jokes Thursday night that had the folks gathered for Alta Vista’s Veterans Day program in stitches at times.But the underlying message of the observance’s guest speaker was deadly serious.He reminded the vet
On a gorgeous Veterans Day morning, Gretchen Hintz Wronka returned home to honor not only her father and his fellow veterans but also the people they left behind.“I recall the joy I felt when my oldest son, Peter, a sailor on the aircraft carrier
During the first week of October, New Hampton residents Mark Schwickerath and Raymond Schwickerath attended the annual reunion of the 25th Infantry Division in Honolulu, Hawaii.
After more than five months of discussions and a couple of revisions, the New Hampton City Council on Monday night finally wrapped up its work on the city’s new golf cart ordinance.Council members passed the third and final reading of the ordinanc
