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Dan Dietz is 2017 Soil Conservationist of the Year

Dan Dietz was nominated for the Chickasaw County Soil and Water Conservationist of the Year Award by the Chickasaw Soil and Water Conservation District commissioners.Dietz received the award for his strong diversified farming operation.

City Council may allow fireworks to be sold in city

The city of New Hampton allows applications for temporary use permits to shoot fireworks, but currently does not allow for the sale of fireworks.

Council to move forward condemning 306 Main

City Council will now be moving forward with the condemnation of 306 Main Street. A public hearing was set and held.

48 graduate from Nashua-Plainfield

Forty-eight graduates were honored in the Class of 2018 Commencement at Nashua-Plainfield High School on Sunday.

Clerk’s clock strikes zero

Suellen Kolbet remembers the first raise she received as a city of New Hampton employee as if it was granted yesterday.“When I went full time, I went to $3.03 [per hour], and that was pretty cool,” she said.

Blown motor will delay pool opening

The concern all along has been that a $725,000 renovation project would delay the season opener for the New Hampton Municipal Pool.It turns out those worries were for naught; instead, it’s a 15-year-old motor that will delay the pool opening, whic

Blast from the past with Battle of Old Bradford

“Shoot at will” and “fire” were just some of the commands yelled on the battlefield last weekend at the Old Bradford Pioneer Museum and Village annual Civil War re-enactment.Even though the war was done 150 years ago, to be there felt like steppin

Bike rodeo winners named

Nashua-Plainfield elementary students rode their bikes to school to participate in the annual Bike Rodeo.

Mrs. Ries is retiring after 40 years

Mrs. Lynn Ries is retiring after teaching kindergarten for 40 years with New Hampton Community Schools.

N-P Intermediate honor band participants recognized

Eleven Nashua-Plainfield Intermediate School band students were accepted for one or more honor band concert out of three.

Senior Awards Night held

Senior Awards Night was held May 16 at the [Nashua-Plainfield] High School. 
Receiving the President’s Education Award, and having a 3.5 grade point average or above, were …

Students learn to control machines at CNC camp

Get up, go to class, tell a computer program to tell a machine what to do.It was all in a day’s work for five New Hampton students and five from Turkey Valley who participated in a computer numerical control camp on May 14 at the Cresco Center of

Running at state

New Hampton’s Maddi Moorman strides out as she runs the 800 leg of the distance medley at the Class 2A state track meet on Friday.— For more on this story, see the May 22 New Hampton Tribune. 

Retirement open house for city clerk is Thursday

New Hampton City Clerk Suellen Kolbet will be honored Thursday afternoon with a retirement open house.The event will run from 4 to 6 p.m.

Farmers finally get good week

Fall was late. Winter was late.

Ready for the world!

Sometimes a single flower can tell the whole story.Just ask the 91 New Hampton High School seniors who received their diplomas on Sunday during a commencement ceremony.As each walked off the stage with their diplomas in hand, they received a daisy

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