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Residents get firsthand look at Last Supper

Sunday afternoon the Nashua United Methodist Church was proud to host a Lenten drama by Ernest K.

Short time to prepare

A group of St. Joseph’s Community School students watched as Tierra Porter’s eyes and lips came alive.

Nashua-Plainfield students show off variety of talents

There are many talented students who attend Nashua-Plainfield High School and many got to see the students perform during the 1st annual Variety Show which was held on Tuesday evening.Students were able to show their talents whether it was singing

Nashua City Council returns to full strength

*A correction to the print edition of this story, about garbage and recycling procedures, appears here.*

Auxiliary members elect new officers

The Chickasaw County American Legion Auxiliary met at Big Ed’s Firehouse in New Hampton on Tuesday, March 13, for lunch and their meeting. Officers for the 2018-2019 were elected and will be installed at the next meeting in September.  Nancy DeSlo

Lawmakers tackling credit union tax issue

A proposed tax on credit unions and tax cuts for banks, part of the Senate version of a $1.2 billion tax reform bill, came up less than 10 minutes into Friday’s legislative forum.Rep. Todd Prichard, a Democrat from Charles City, and Sen.

TRIBE Trail ramping up fundraising

The TRIBE Trail Committee is well on its way to securing a $224,000 grant for the second phase of the trail that will eventually connect existing ones in Mikkelson Park and the city’s west-side Industrial Park.Committee members Rick Kramer and Meg

A whole lot of green!

It wasn’t just St.

School construction set to commence

It’s about to get real when it comes to the construction of New Hampton’s new school.As spring nears, Superintendent Jay Jurrens said this past week that he expects construction will commence shortly after the Easter holiday.“I think we’re all rea

'Murder' solved in Elma

A murdered magician, about a dozen suspects and about 150 local sleuths dined out, solved a crime and shared a lot of laughs Saturday night at the Elma Memorial Hall.

Three arrested in Nashua for poisoning dog, drug possession

Three individuals from North Iowa have been arrested for crimes that involved one dog poisoned to death and subsequent threats to do the same to a child. The dog’s dead body was found in a freezer in the accused individuals’ home.

New Hampton lands another FFA officer

Go back in time three years ago to St. Joseph Community School, where Alison McDonald was an eighth-grader.
Find her and tell her, “Oh, by the way, in three years, you’ll be an FFA district officer.”

DCI: Officers justified in shooting

Area law officers were justified in their actions shooting and killing a man who had first been seen with a gun by a customer at Love’s Travel Stop in Floyd, the Bremer County attorney has determined.

Speech whizzes

Will Throndson wanted to “go back” so Monday was a day of trepidation for the New Hampton High School junior.

Supervisors spar with auditor over claims procedures

Some heated discussion over claims procedures highlighted a busy Monday for the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors at this week's meeting.

A sobering reminder

Some of the different ways of becoming a distracted driver — eating while driving, turning around and talking to back-seat passengers and looking anywhere rather than the road in front of the car — were covered by Matt Logan when he talked to Nash

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