Ask Kim Hopp about what makes St. Joseph Community School special, and the resource teacher at New Hampton’s PreK-8 Catholic school will throw out a quote from Mary Poppins.
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.”
The good news today for school administrators and teachers is that there will be no need to worry about having to deal with an “indoor recess.”
The bottom line is that when kids can get outside and play, they learn more.
Imagine, you’re walking down the street, minding your own business, when all of the sudden — BAM!
Someone unexpectedly does something kind for you, for no apparent reason.
What do you do?
The Carnegie Cultural Center in New Hampton will unveil its latest exhbit — one featuring the eclectic, retrospective collection of watercolor and oil paintings by an area artist who has been around for a long time — at the beginning of next month
Headed north just across the Chickasaw County line, a stone’s throw into Howard County, you’ll come into the town of Elma.
At first glance, you might think you’ve stumbled into nowhere.
A few dozen men and women and boys and girls arrived at Airport Lake west of New Hampton Sunday morning, drilled some holes in the ice, and tried their luck.
A familiar face will return to the City Council next week, but if there was a lesson in Tuesday’s special election, it was every vote really does count.
There might be a lull when it comes to New Hampton Community Schools’ construction project, but the School Board last week crossed two more items off its list as it approved heating/cooling controls for the new building and also awarded the carpet
The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors crunched numbers and talked budgets in meetings Monday and Tuesday, agreeing in principal to double the money the county allocates to the Northeast Iowa Community Action Partnership (NEIA) on Tuesday, then
PHOTO: New Hampton High School’s gym was filled Wednesday evening with students, parents and community members for a “Showcase Night” to show what students and staff did during the school’s J-Term.
