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As election nears, Nashua City Council loses member

The Nashua City Council lost one of its five members Monday night, when Mayor Angie Dietz announced that she had received a letter of resignation from Kyle Lane.Lane was not at the meeting, and Dietz said he cites his “other committments” that did

Hubbell makes his pitch during campaign stop in city

Iowa gubernatorial candidate Fred Hubbell says the first order of business for the next Iowa governor will be to clean up Iowa’s financial mess.And he thinks he’s just the guy to do it.“We need someone to take care of this fiscal mess,” he said Th

All the way back from ‘The Fire!’

New Hampton Mayor Deb Larsen joins Dungey’s Furniture and Flooring owners Trace and Mark Dungey, their wives and their employees to “cut the ribbon” celebrating the new store that opened in New Hampton in August.

Farm couple celebrated for doing it right

The Leon and Barb Sheets family of Chickasaw County was recognized with the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award on Friday at the Republic Community Church, near Ionia.

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Veterans to celebrate their ‘day’

It’s been years since New Hampton’s Fae Stein American Legion Post 38 has held a fundraiser, yet the costs haven’t gone away.“We have ammunition costs, rifle maintenance costs and all that,” Legion Cmdr.

Hospital set to begin its renovation

Patients, please have patience.Major improvements are in store at the local hospital, with renovations to emergency, inpatient, and registration areas starting next week.The work’s going to take about a year-and-a-half, and in the meantime, patien

Shooting victim is expected to recover

The 8-year-old boy injured by a round fired at a Chickasaw County gun range Sunday is in stable condition with “non-life-threatening” injuries, according to Chickasaw County Sheriff Martin Hemann.Hemann said this week that authorities are continui

Ernst vows to support small cities

Between a trip to Fayette County early Monday morning and a stop in Bremer County Monday afternoon, Iowa U.S.

Overdue thank you

Dennis Miller stood next to the wall that bore the names of the 58,318 Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.Moments before, the Fredericksburg man found the name of one of his Waterloo West High School classmates — Samuel Walthour

Carnegie has an artsy day

Jill Eike walked out the door of the Carnegie Cultural Center Sunday evening a little after 6:30 p.m.“I’m leaving the Carnegie, and my feet are killing me,” she said, but her voice still was filled with enthusiasm.

More than just a jar of change

Trace Dungey was adamant.“You really have to see this,” he said as he took the reporter into his office at the new Dungey’s Furniture and Flooring store.

Noah, is the ark available?

New Hampton’s small but mighty student section braves one very rainy football game Friday night, but then again, it was a pretty rainy few days for the area as some areas of the county reported receiving almost 4.5 inches of precipitation.

Chickasaw County veterans to take part in Honor Flight

Linda Bergmann laughed when she was asked about how she got to be involved in Honor Flight.“I answered my phone,” the retired Waterloo school teacher said, “and Craig asked me, ‘Do you need a job?’ I had just retired and I was like no way.”But her

8-year-old shot at Nashua apple orchard

An 8-year-old boy was shot Sunday afternoon while visiting an apple orchard near Nashua.According to a press release from the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office, the 8-year-old boy was at Apples on the Avenue, which is located just south of Nashua,

Ambulance service facing challenges

When there’s a fire, you call the fire department. When there’s a crime, you call the cops. And when there’s a medical emergency, you call an ambulance.Help will arrive soon.

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