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Boards agree: So far, so good

If Tuesday night’s joint meeting of the New Hampton and Turkey Valley school boards is any indication, the superintendent partnership the two schools started this year will last a long time.Members from both boards lauded the numerous partnerships

Legion riders meet in Nashua

Veterans from North Iowa American Legion Riders came Saturday morning for a Meet and Greet at the Tangled Root Café who is one of the many supporting businesses they have in the area.Owner Chris Robinson has been a supporting business for over two

High school becomes busy place Saturday

Nashua-Plainfield High School was a busy place on Saturday while the Speech Department was hosting the District Individual Speech Contest.

National guard visits Nashua-Plainfield High School

Iowa Army National Guard Sergeant Adam Murphy visited the Nashua - Plainfield High School last week to tell the students about the National Guard and to let them go through an 80 foot blow up obstacle course.Physical Education teacher Al Frost sai

Surprise bus fire leads to exciting day

Smoke, fire and explosions are not the things little girls dream about for their wedding day.

Students pepper senator with questions

Let’s fact it, U.S. Sen.

Middle school students show off music skills

The New Hampton Middle School Solo Festival is held each during conference in the spring semester for students in grades 6-8, this year’s took place on Monday.“It is an opportunity for students to perform on their own,” said Middle School Band Dir

Show Choir Dinner Show set for Friday

New Hampton's Main Street West Singers and their director, will present its Show Choir Dinner Show on Friday in the high school gymnasium. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in the high school office or at State Bank.

School taxes to stay steady for next year

Property owners will see their school tax bill jump next year, although the entire increase is because of the $19.415 million bond referendum voters approved earlier this month.Superintendent Jay Jurrens gave his annual “budget preview” during las

Nashua will pay almost half

The Nashua City Council has agreed to pay almost half of its communications bill to Chickasaw County.And that means the proverbial ball is in the county’s court.“That means Chickasaw County has some questions it has to answer,” Sheriff Marty Heman

Fools for Fitness will benefit TRIBE Trail

Fools For Fitness, a fundraiser for the proposed TRIBE Trail that will run around New Hampton, will be held on April 1 at the Pub at the Pinicon in New Hampton.There will be a live auction of local school and college autographed memorabilia, TRIBE

Laundromat will return to New Hampton

New Hampton will once again have a laundromat in town with Roger Dreckman, owner of the laundromat located just outside of Lawler, stepping up and bringing his knowledge to town.New Hampton Economic Development Director Tammy Robinson said she had

Art lovers gather at Carnegie

This past beautiful Saturday brought visitors to the Carnegie Cultural Center to view the photographs of Paul Herold, of Fort Atkinson, of Iowa landscapes.Herold is currently the president at Herold-Reicks Surveying in New Hampton and said his fat

Fareway celebrates 25 years

Flash back to Thursday, Feb. 13, 1992, the first day Eileen Eichenberger and Tammy Miller reported to work at what was then New Hampton’s brand-new Fareway store.“I never in a million years thought I’d be here for 25 years,” Eichenberger said.

Calendar has major changes

New Hampton schoolchildren will spend fewer days at school next year if an academic calendar presented to the School Board on Monday is approved.But Superintendent Jay Jurrens was quick to point out that the number of hours students will spend in

District takes its first step on building project

The New Hampton School Board has dipped its proverbial toe into its upcoming building project.Meeting for the first time since voters approved a $19.415 million bond referendum, board members Monday night approved the results of the Feb.

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