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Nashua City Council reaffirms its decision on Highway 346

The Nashua City Council agreed Monday night to an Iowa Department of Transportation plan to transition a stretch of Sample Street from a four-lane roadway to one that has three lanes.DOT Assistant District Engineer David Little had visited with th

Plainfield residents stand by school

People packed the stands in the Plainfield School gym, 87 signed in, and several offered comment at a listening session last Tuesday on a divisive issue the Nashua-Plainfield School Board is studying.“The board would like your input on the potenti

Hospital makes big economic impact

Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton officials are touting a recent study that shows the New Hampton hospital pumps more than $10.5 million each year into the economy of Chickasaw County.The study, which was completed by the Iowa Hospital Association

Snow’s going to delay pool renovations

When New Hampton Parks and Recreation Director Rick Kramer awoke and looked out his window on the morning of March 24, he may have mumbled a few choice words under his breath.Dang it, there’s a pool project to finish.Just a couple of days before,

Good Friday tradition

As Leo Deutsch pulled into the gas station early Friday morning, he looked at the sky and couldn’t help but smile.“Look at that, it’s just beautiful,” he said, “and you know what?

Winter returns; schools letting out early

Winter returned to Chickasaw County on Tuesday, and that gave area schoolchildren a rare April "early out."

Lions serve up fish, yard dice ahead of dicey weather

The calendar says spring is here, and even the snow, ice and sleet in the forecast did not deter the Nashua-Plainfield Lions Club from holding its biannual fish fry.Fish, desserts and Yahtzee-style yard dice; what more was needed for a fun Friday

A lesson in 'adulting'

New Hampton High School seniors learned a lot on Wednesday.They found out that credit scores are indeed important. They discovered how quickly they can go into debt.

County eyes connecting to city water

Rather than pay to replace a three-decades-old septic system and leach field at the county group home, the County Board of Supervisors is considering extending the New Hampton water and wastewater mains to reach it.“If the septic system fails, we’

School Board votes to wait

One by one, they made their way to the microphone on Tuesday night.They made their pitches for an expanded vocational agriculture and industrial technology center. They made their cases for a new wrestling room.

Peeps have been fun, yet also educational

New Hampton Elementary School first-graders got a surprise on Monday, and it came from the Easter Bunny, no less.He had dropped off a bunch of “Peeps” that weren’t quite ready to be “hatched” and asked the students if they would take care of them

Spring didn't get the memo

It took until spring, but all of a sudden, the winter of 2017-18 doesn’t appear all that lame anymore as the Nashua area was hit with the biggest snowstorm of the season this past weekend.“It’s been a crazy storm,” said National Weather Service me

City, Jendro clarify garbage procedure

The Floyd-Mitchell-Chickasaw Landfill has banned corrugated cardboard in trash containers.

As usual, it’s a bittersweet day at History Day

The National History Day district contest is always a bit of a bittersweet affair for Suzy Turner, and 2018 certainly wasn’t the exception.Nashua-Plainfield had 14 students qualify nine projects for next month’s state contest during the district m

School tax rate going down

Property owners in New Hampton Community Schools will see their tax rates drop in 2018-19, if the School Board approves the district’s proposed budget next month.Superintendent Jay Jurrens walked board members through the proposed budget and tax l

Area clergy gear up for busy Easter week

As church leaders busily composed sermons for Easter Sunday, they took time to give a taste of what was in the works.Most know the narrative.The overall commemoration of the passion and resurrection of Jesus begins with Palm Sunday, followed by th

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