While teachers strive daily to engage their students in their lessons, it is perhaps less probable that a teacher hands students the keys and challenges them to live with the results.But handing students the keys — a challenge issued by teacher le
Chickasaw County Sheriff Marty Hemann announced the loss of yet another dispatcher and jailer, this time owing to retirement. James Diesburg said he will be “retiring” effective Thursday [Oct.
Canned pasta, applesauce, apple juice, fruit and granola bars, fruit snacks, microwaveable macaroni and cheese.These were the contents of a recent plastic sack kit placed discretely into children’s backpacks at school “so the other kids don’t know
Ray Ambrecht’s goal is the same as every other fire chief in the state of Iowa.“We want to bring everyone home,” the longtime Fredericksburg fire chief said during a recent interview, “and that’s why we put all that time into training.
Turkey Valley Homecoming Queen Karissa Schmidt and King Carter Reicks pose for a photo at halftime of Friday night’s football game that the Trojans won.— For more, see the Oct. 9 New Hampton Tribune.
Bryan Hugeback and Brian Laures say the real reason to attend Saturday night’s dinner theater isn’t the food or even the acting.Not that they won’t both be great, but the two original members of the Beach Bash for a Cure Committee members say thos
Jane McGrane has stitched up the pages of her 44-year career directing the Ionia Community Library with compassion for each reader and bound it with advocacy for the small library and its patrons within the state organization.“I’m so happy with th
As farmers began looking ahead to the harvest last month, ISU Extension Agronomist Terry Basol put it simply.“If the guys can get out there, I think we’re going to have a pretty decent crop,” he said, “but getting out there is the challenge.”It st
At a Heartland Risk Management presentation on public records, the presenter suggested that part of the requirement be that the county attorneys be included among “lawful custodians” of the public records of the county, such as for sensitive recor
The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors directed County Attorney Jennifer Schwickerath on Monday to draft a resolution to transfer departmental funds that had been paid into a pre-2013 county health care reserve fund back to the departments.Stat
Turkey Valley Elementary School student Annabel Scheidel slides down an inflatable at the school’s homecoming kickoff celebration Sunday.— For more see the Oct. 5 New Hampton Tribune.
Teachers cheered on their last peers standing as a rock, paper, scissors tournament advanced, following quickly to the next active game.As the final round ended, teacher leadership consultant George Couros raised the hand of New Hampton faculty me
The contractors building New Hampton’s new middle school, competition gymnasium and industrial technology and vocational agriculture center told Superintendent Jay Jurrens he would be surprised at just how fast the walls of the new facilities woul
Although rain dampened the Turkey Valley football game Friday, halftime was dry. Crowned as the 2018 TVHS Homecoming Queen was Karissa Schmidt, daughter of Aaron and Karla Schmidt.
