What started out as a bit of a joke on a local radio station turned into one fun-filled morning in a New Hampton parking lot Friday morning.And while it was just a “Chicken Dance,” the radio announcer who pulled it off said maybe, just maybe, Frid
Ken Rasing remembers those early days of the Chickasaw County Rescue Squad like they were yesterday.“We basically had an old Dodge truck and the Jaws [of Life],” he said, “but we were a squad.
The numbers were up — not by a lot, but up — but maybe the most important words New Hampton Boy Scout Troop 48 Scoutmaster Tony Trower and his scouts heard were these:“We want this to continue.”And the New Hampton Motorcycle Rally will, Trower sai
Julie Winter-Havel and Jason Speltz aren’t expecting 20,000 or so folks to descend upon New Hampton today and Saturday, but they both have high hopes for the first-ever “Route 24 for the LOVE of Junk.”The festival will run from noon to 7 p.m.
Come rain or frost, Debby and Kevin VanderMeyden have been attending the motorcycle rally in New Hampton for a good two decades, before they were part of the group of regulars dubbed the Skunk Valley Riders.The Des Moines couple met Gene Davis, wh
Chuck Stanton spent his Sunday afternoon diving for golf balls, and maybe the New Hampton Golf and Country Club board member was on to something.“There’s nothing we can do about the weather,” he said, “so I guess I was just trying to have a little
The way it’s been going we may need Noah to show up with his ark soon.The Nashua area received more than eight inches of rain in an eight-day period that ended Monday, and the rest of this week didn’t look all that great; in fact, National Weather
When Nancy Hillesheim says she has never experienced a Big Four Fair quite like this one, that’s saying something; after all, she’s been the Fair Board secretary since 1980.“We’ve had a storm or two, but this was absolutely crazy,” Hillesheim said
Fundraising has started for a Splash Pad that proponents want to build at Cedar View Park in Nashua.A committee has been formed and planning has taken place for the pad to begin construction in the spring, the committee is hoping.The committee con
“He was one of a kind.”That was the most-heard phrase all night at the wake for Cindy Messersmith’s husband of 31 years, Bradley “Gomer” Messersmith, who died from cancer last December.“He is. He was.
Tony Trower and his New Hampton Boy Scouts are hoping beyond hope that the forecast for this week is dead wrong, but either way, they’re ready to hold a motorcycle rally this weekend.“We don’t need any more rain,” Trower said, “but then again, the
Chickasaw County Sheriff Marty Hemann has seen it much too often.A law-enforcement officer — be it a sheriff’s deputy or a police officer from New Hampton or Nashua — will make a traffic stop, radio it in, make the walk to the vehicle and suddenly
Order of operation to move forward with the communication tower project was the question before the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors on Monday as members worked to make sense of advice from the engineer and bond counsel.The board voted last w
This may sound strange — especially considering how much rain fell on New Hampton in a 48-hour period — but the area dodged a proverbial bullet earlier this week when it came to the weather.Granted, Mother Nature did unleash some fury on the area
Chloris Lowe, the Ho-Chunk Nation former chairman and president, and Christine Wellman Hall, archaeologist, made a recent visit to the historic Fort Atkinson site, the Fort Atkinson Library and Museum, and the remains of the trading post southwest
