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The four names on the first, and possibly annual, Mount Carmel Tour of Homes are quintessential Lawler names.
And when the Dec. 8 event comes around, the Cuveliers, the Speltzes, the Bustas and the Franzens will be ready to host their guests.
Well, maybe not everyone.
“I’m not sure Debi has told...
Don’t get Kris Markham wrong, she will be thankful on this Thanksgiving Day.
It’s just that the holiday comes awfully late this year, which means the Chickasaw County unit of the Salvation Army has less time to collect money during its annual Red Kettle Campaign that kicks off on Wednesday.
This...
The news for one area school on the enrollment front was at least positive as Turkey Valley, unlike the vast majority of rural school districts in Iowa, saw an increase of students.
Superintendent Jay Jurrens, who is shared with New Hampton, said the district that includes Lawler, Jackson Junction...
The owners of a New Hampton mobile home park asked the City Council last week for a variance when it comes to the city’s water policy, and although council members didn’t take any action, they sent a signal that they would work with the owners.
Andrea and Joel Rochford purchased Smith Estates, the...
Lisa Pool took a break from wrapping lights around a tree Sunday morning and made a call.
Not a phone call, but a call for volunteers to work on the Little Light of Mine Committee that will unveil its latest holiday display at Mikkelson Park on Friday evening.
“This is as big as we can go,” she...
It was a Homecoming Week none of us who lived through it will ever forget.
A week that began with such high hopes on a September 2013 Monday morning turned devastatingly tragic that evening. Alex Potratz had been in a horrific single-vehicle accident, and the news spread quickly, and by the...
After careful review and input from physicians regarding their future practice goals and objectives, MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center announced plans today to pause the hospital’s obstetric (OB) services, effective July 1, 2020.
OB care and services will continue over the next seven months, but...
As far as J.D. Scholten is concerned, he just ran out of time in the 2016 election.
But he’s back for more, and this time, the Sioux City Democrat believes will be different and he’ll defeat longtime Fourth Congressional District Rep. Steve King.
“I think if we would have had one more week, maybe...
Terry Basol has said for two months now that farmers can bring in a good crop if they can just get it out of the fields.
The ISU Extension agronomist based at the Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm near Nashua still believes that, but it’s getting to be crunch time for growers.
“It’s the...
The Chickasaw County unit of the Salvation Army will kick off its 2019 Red Kettle Campaign on Wednesday, and to steal a line from Uncle Sam, it “needs you.”
The campaign will kick off on Wednesday, Nov. 27, and once again will be based at New Hampton’s Fareway store.
“We have some challenges this...
