It was announced Thursday that New Hampton, Ionia and Lawler will be included in the 2017 Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) route.On Thursday, July 27, riders will leave from Charles City and will head to Ionia (13 miles), th
The proposed renovations to the New Hampton Municipal Pool took a giant step forward Monday night when the City Council approved selling $400,000 bonds to help pay for the project.
Nashua will become the second city in Chickasaw County to employ a city administrator, thanks to a decision by the City Council Monday night.Council member Kyle Lane reported he has looked into other cities that do have an administrator and said a
St. John Lutheran Church held a pancake supper fundraiser last Wednesday prior to their Ash Wednesday Service.This fundraiser was held to help send the 2018 confirmands to church camp in Spirit Lake.
The dream of acting in a musical production came true for 55 of Nashua-Plainfield Elementary and Intermediate students this last week when the Dakota Players, an outreach of the Black Hills Playhouse, came back for a third year in a row to direct
The Lawler community, spearheaded by Verna Orvis, recently held a fund raiser to help defray medical expenses for lifelong Lawler resident, Larry Bergmann.The 61-year-old Bergmann is a 1973 graduate of Turkey Valley and was the first TV state wres
Emergency personnel are at the scene of a tractor-train accident that occurred in Lawler Tuesday afternoon, involving a tractor hauling grain. More information will be online as it becomes available.
Area residents were passionate at times but they stayed respectable during a legislative forum Saturday morning that attracted a “record crowd” to the Chickasaw County Farm Bureau office.A crowd of almost 60 filled the basement of the office to di
The New Hampton’s Main Street West Singers took the stage Friday night in front of family and friends to present its dinner show in the New Hampton High School Gym.The students, with the help from New Hampton Music Boosters and the students’ paren
The saga of a disputed bill took another turn this weekend as the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office cut off “non-emergency” communication services to the Nashua Police Department.Sheriff Marty Hemann emphasized Friday that even if the bill wasn’t
St. Joseph Community School district received a donation from the Bill Weigel Memorial to be used towards exercise equipment in the classroom.Bill and Marlene Weigel have always been very active and frequently went for walks together.
The 7th annual Royal Family Kids Camp was held this past Saturday in Sumner to raise money to send foster children ages 6 to 12 to a life-changing experience at camp and through a mentoring club that is held in Northeast Iowa.The program prides it
If New Hampton Middle School band students need to know anything, it is this: Get to the band room early.“You’ll see when the seventh- and eighth-graders come in here, it’s a little cramped,” Band Director Jenny Adam said.
County Coordinator of Disability Services Bobbi Jo O’Donnell announced her resignation from County Social Services during a meeting of the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors on Monday.Regional Coordinator of Disability Services Sheila Kobliska
