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’
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.
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
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
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
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
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
The annual audit of Chickasaw County showed the county with little debt, with a steady tax rate the last three years, and favorable property valuations with ag land as a large segment.Mental health income declined nearly 17 percent leaving a decre
People packed the stands in the Plainfield School gym, 87 signed in, and several offered comment at a listening session Tuesday, March 27 on the divisive issue the Nashua-Plainfield School Board is studying.“The board would like your input on the
Junior Mai has seen plenty of snowstorms through the years as an employee of the New Hampton Street Department.The early spring storm that hit Chickasaw County Saturday wasn’t the worst, but it certainly ranked right up there.And it was definitely
Sharing agreements between the New Hampton and Turkey Valley school districts may change dramatically next year, Superintendent Jay Jurrens told the New Hampton School Board Monday night.Jurrens, who is superintendent for both districts, told the
An insurance representative from the county’s pool, IGHCP, detailed the steps she took to drop the county’s projected premium rate increase from over 16 percent to 4.3 percent before the Board of Supervisors on Monday, March 16.Of that, 3.4 percen
It’s a quandary that New Hampton School Board members certainly aren’t going to squabble over.The district’s $19.415 million building project that will lead to a new middle school, competition gymnasium and vocational agriculture and industrial te
