New Hampton’s new police chief will have to wait a year to take vacation after the City Council last week did not grant a request from Mayor Deb Larsen to grant Zach Nosbisch two weeks of paid vacation during his first year of employment with the
New Hampton High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome four new members before the Chickasaws’ football team plays Iowa Falls-Alden in the annual homecoming game.Those being inducted this year include Bill and Connie Boyd, Taylor (Moore) Mos
The area saw a little needed drying out over the weekend as area rivers were expected to hold at minor flood stage.On Thursday Chickasaw County had about 16 areas where roads were closed such as washouts, County Engineer Dusten Rolando said.
Emily and DJ Schueth have no regrets whatsoever when it comes to making the decision to “stay home” and have their baby at Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton.“We heard from many other people who had their babies at Mercy that it was a great place,”
New Hampton High School homecoming queen and king candidates — (front row, from right) Kori Jirak, Taylor Bearman, Faith Erdman, Olivia Burke, Sadie Tenge, (back row) Nick TeKippe, Ryan Anderson, Tom Clark, Max Babcock and Mason Cleveland — pose f
Growing up on a farm in northwest Iowa, Kim Van Driel always had an interest in animals.But the doctor behind New Hampton Veterinary Clinic, which recently opened at 703 N. Sherman Ave., didn’t always know she wanted to be a veterinarian.
Female inmates will no longer be able to be housed 24/7 at Chickasaw County Jail after a female dispatcher and jailer resigned her position with the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office.Dispatcher Ashely Schuchhardt resigned effective Sunday, Sept.
At the recommendation of the 911 Board for “approach one” and in the face of overwhelming public support at a hearing on Monday night, the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to move forward with additional action toward borrowing up t
The Nashua City Council on Monday night agreed to support the Splash Pad project a group of residents are undertaking by providing plumbing for the new water and sewer lines to the site, grading the site and also committing to water usage.Sewer S
One case of West Nile Virus has been identified in Chickasaw County, and the virus is on the rise statewide, says Public Health Director Kathy Babcock.Statewide, Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) reports 39 con-firmed cases of West Nile viru
The one thing that is true during every homecoming week is nothing is normal, and 2018 was certainly no exception at Nashua-Plainfield.But this current group of Huskies, especially two brothers, are adaptable.When homecoming king candidate Caleb U
Members of the public, many of them public safety workers, packed a hearing on Monday and showed overwhelming support for updating the radio communication system at an estimated cost of $3 million, during sessions of the Chickasaw County Board of
Kevin Brown has a passion for community newspapers, and he believes they can make a firm imprint on communities like New Hampton.It’s one reason he’s excited to be taking over the reins of the New Hampton Tribune and the Nashua Reporter as the pap
Zach Nosbisch pointed to the somewhat large cup of coffee and laughed when asked about making the adjustment from working overnights to taking on a day shift.“This has helped immensely,” New Hampton’s police chief said with a smile, “but in all se
