This is how speech works.
You get a Division I rating at state on a Saturday and then you wait two agonizingly long days for the Iowa High School Speech Association to post the All-State Speech Festival qualifiers on its website.

A new weight room … kids spending too much time on “screens” … school lunches … not enough activities available outside of school … parking lot problems … bullying … too few class options … making sports safer … more art in school.

Overheard a lot at the annual New Hampton Elementary School Carnival Friday night were two words: “I’m exhausted.”
Of course, that was the view of the parents.

What do you do when you’re offered a chance to take a class that can teach you how to make better donuts?
You sign up for the class, of course. And hopefully, you eat some donuts.

Several years ago, as Bob Manges worked on repairing a watch, he talked about his craft.

New Hampton’s Kaycee Howe has signed a letter of intent to join the competitive dance team at Mount Mercy University next year.

Faith Erdman had been down this road before, but when she finished both her storytelling and prose pieces at the district individual speech contest last month, the New Hampton High School junior felt like she had finally broken through.

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the county budget for fiscal year 2018-19 at its weekly meeting on Monday, but not before getting an earful from the public about the importance of public libraries.

It may have been a raw and snowy night, but that didn’t stop a big crowd from descending upon City Hall Monday night.

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors approved the county budget for fiscal year 2018-19 at the meeting Monday after a public hearing.
As part of the budget, supervisors approved slight increases to the tax levy rate.

The rumors that a member of the Nashua City Council member was moving out of town became a reality Monday night when Ryan Jung submitted his resignation during a regularly scheduled council meeting.

ix Nashua-Plainfield High School students will head to the individuals state contest on Saturday after earning Division I ratings at the district contest that was held on Feb. 24 at North Butler High School.

Ed Cockrell’s Paralympics story is a good one, but how he came to share it with a couple of New Hampton service clubs might be even better.

When the winter weather starts to get you down, an option for some people is to hop on a plane and head to …
New Hampton, Iowa?
Well, maybe, if you’re a quilter.

The speech team members had just answered the question “why speech?”