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Townhouse raises awareness for Toys for Toys in the Nashua area

Great food and conversation was only part of the reason why residents came to the Townhouse on Sunday morning.

Veteran’s program honors WWII Veterans

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

Memorial Park gets new signage to honor area

Nashua’s Veteran’s Memorial Park is a place where residents can honor those who served in the military long ago to present day.

Ace donates to FFA from fall mum sales

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.

Students celebrate American Education Week

Mayor Deb Larsen met with Mrs. Schwickerath’s New Hampton Public School elementary students to sign a proclamation naming Nov.

Booster Club fundraiser another huge success

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

Carnegie exhibit marks ag heritage

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

Chaplain: The mission is never over for veterans

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

Celebrating families

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

Brothers attend reunion of 25th Infantry Division

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.

Golf carts, UTVs can hit New Hampton streets next spring

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

Play itself is only part of the fun

Sydney Lau delivered the line and then couldn’t help but laugh.“That’s preposterous,” she said on stage as she joined her fellow “The Trial of the Wicked Witch” cast members on stage and was met with eerie silence.“And it is preposterous because t

St. Joe’s students pick the winner in school election

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Awash in red

For this election, at least, Iowa shed its label as a “purple” state.Tuesday, the Hawkeye State was pretty much red, the color designated to the Republican Party, and about the only solace for local Democrats was hanging onto its Iowa House of Rep

Area youth collect food donations

Hayracks filled with youth were riding around Nashua asking for donations for the Nashua Area Food Pantry on Sunday afternoon.

Nashua will explore idea of city manager

A new committee has been formed regarding the issue of Nashua having a “city manager,” and Council members Rolland Cagley and Kyle Lane will be the two who are checking into the issue more.Earlier this year, Council member Ryan Jung presented the

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