New Hampton Superintendent Jay Jurrens walks through the school district’s construction zone once a week, and every time, the same thought hits him.“It’s a different building every time I come through here,” he said.
With the installment this month of recently-elected Supervisor Jason Byrne representing District 5, the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors reconsidered its public comment policy on Monday and changed direction.“I think there should be public co
John Ott has appreciated the welcome he’s received from Nashua residents, which is why Monday night was so important to the man who is now Nashua’s city clerk.“People are really nice,” said Ott, who was in and out of City Hall for several days bef
Nashua’s Gateway to Northeast Iowa Welcome Center is looking for a new volunteer director after a meeting Monday night in which the City Council denied a request from the director to be paid for the hours she puts in at the center.Shelly Johnson h
A Nashua native who served as Nashua police chief and with the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office has been confirmed as the U.S. marshal for the Northern District of Iowa.The U.S. Senate confirmed Douglas J.
A Compensation Board member said last week that he wasn’t surprised that the Board of Supervisors slashed the raises board members had recommended last month, and he also said that he remained comfortable with the intent of the Comp Board when it
Lee Pool laughed when asked by a Rotary Club member last week how the Little Light of Mine will use the money donated to the annual Christmas season event at Mikkelson Park.“Trust me, my wife will find great deals,” he said.
Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton provides more than $1 million in community benefits contributions each year, according to figures compiled by the Iowa Hospital Association.The association reported that Mercy contributions totaled $1,055,847 in fi
As his students tinkered with their “robots” Friday morning, New Hampton High School science teacher Chad Pemble explained why the school’s J-Term is so valuable.“When you’re doing things like this, a normal class period just doesn’t give you enou
When New Hampton High School students returned to class Thursday morning, they didn’t head to English, social studies, math or science classes.Instead, they embarked on J-Term, a unique two-week program in which they immersed themselves in just on
An Alta Vista woman pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree theft, which refers to amounts of $1,000 to $10,000, and was placed on supervised probation for up to two years in a judgment filed Dec.
The three New Hampton Elementary School kindergarten teachers sat around the table Wednesday morning, planning out the second half of the year and preparing themselves for what was coming the following day.“It’s the first day of school all over ag
In each of Iowa’s 99 counties, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are housed in the same office.Yet, technically because of the federal government shutdown, FSA offices are closed while NRCS offices
Nicole Batzek laughed when asked this past weekend about the relative lack of winter in Northeast Iowa.“All I can tell snow lovers is to be patient,” said the meteorologist based out of the National Weather Service’s La Crosse, Wis., office.
Chickasaw County Sheriff Marty Hemann was pleased to update the City Council last month about the ongoing burglaries which have been plaguing the area for the last several months.Hemann announced that two people have been arrested in the burglarie
