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Students get up-close look at manufacturing

Several area high school students were able to take an up-close-and-personal look at some manufacturing jobs in New Hampton on Wednesday, thanks in part to Northeast Iowa Community College and Iowa Workforce Development.The field trip was part of

A dazzling new home

Mark Dungey sat in a recliner in the furniture store he and his brother Trace own and talked about the odyssey the last three years has been.“Sometimes, the fire seems like yesterday,” he said.

Official: Supervisors not communicating

Austin Seely of the Chickasaw County Emergency Management Agency addressed the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors with a list of complaints and concerns at Monday’s meeting, before getting down to business.Seely eventually talked to the board a

Students collect coins for hurricane relief

For the first time in 166 years of weather records, two Atlantic Category 4 hurricanes made landfall in the United States in the same year.Harvey and Irma left destruction and chaos in their path but when the winds calmed down and the water recede

Nashua will have crowded ballot for Nov. 7 election

Nashua voters will have plenty to choose from when they head to the polls Nov.

Kout, Reicks crowned at Turkey Valley

     Since Turkey Valley won't be having a Homecoming football game this Friday — Central forfeited due to a lack of healthy players — the queen was crowned an evening sooner than usual.

New chief ready to go to work

Nashua’s new police chief is ready for the new responsibilities he will take on after he was tabbed by Nashua Mayor Angie Dietz to take over for Paul Becthold.Becthold resigned in early September after he was named West Union’s police chief, and a

The tradition continues

The uniforms, instruments, traveling and 90-degree heat made for a long day for the Nashua-Plainfield Marching Band Saturday.But boy oh boy, it was worth it as the band came home with a first-place trophy from the Marshalltown Oktemberfest Parade

Write-in winner will take School Board seat

The write-in winner of one of the Nashua-Plainfield School Board seats earlier this month has decided to accept the position.“I thought about it for quite a few years and if people had that much confidence in me, thought I better accept,” said Pat

Artist finds comfort in the familiar

Jill Eike of the Carnegie Cultural Center is thrilled to be hanging the work of Ann McGregor on the walls.“The way she captures the ecology and beauty of our environment is exceptional,” Eike said.

American farms leave Europeans impressed

he wait staff at the Pub at the Pinicon could have used some translators around lunchtime on Thursday.Someone who could pronounce “pork chop” in about four different languages would have been helpful.The Pub played host to a luncheon populated by

That’s a pretty cool train conductor!

Father Brian Dellaert, the priest for Holy Family Parish, drives the “kiddie train” Sunday morning as the annual Fall Festival kicked off with a wide variety of activities for those of all ages.
 

New Hampton, Nashua will have election choices to make

Voters in both New Hampton and Nashua will head to the polls in November — or next month if they vote early — with choices to make.Candidates had until last Thursday to file nomination papers, and while a number of communities will have unconteste

County attorney heading to the bench

Pat Wegman will always be grateful for the people of Chickasaw County, but he was ready for a new challenge.And he got it on Friday, when he was appointed a district court associate judge by the district court judges of District 1.That means Wegma

Model A makes visit to New Hampton

A blast from the past visited downtown New Hampton on Tuesday afternoon, as passers-by had the opportunity to take a look at a 1929 Model A Ford close up.The nearly 90-year-old vehicle was rebuilt by Dennis Mihm (left) of New Hampton, who drove th

Board of Supervisors takes care of a relatively light agenda

pproving a fireworks permit and learning about re-platting some rural property were two of the featured items on a very light agenda for the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors at its weekly meeting on Monday.Chair Tim Zoll, Jacob Hackman, Steve

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