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School gets good deal on bonds

New Hampton School Board members received a nice surprise — lower-than-estimated interest rates — on Monday when they sold $10 million in bonds for its upcoming school building project. Yet, it was an “expected surprise.”“We were pretty conservati

The farm is the star!

Being on the farm isn’t something every kid gets to experience so the Ed and Lavonne Suhr family’s mission is to help students and community members become more knowledgeable by inviting them to the farm.So for three days — beginning on a rainy an

N-P students give back at blood drive

The National Honor Society Students from Nashua-Plainfield held a blood drive this past week to “give back.”Caleb Winters and Dawson Schmitt, juniors, helped at the blood drive and also called donors to let them know about the blood drive at the h

Longtime ag teacher retiring

Nashua-Plainfield students have plenty of memories when it comes to vocational agriculture instructor Ron Zelle.But it’s probably a sure bet that when they see a tie, they think of Zelle.The soon-to-be-retiring instructor wears a different tie to

Council grants temporary raise to utility clerk

The Nashua City Council Monday night gave its utility clerk a “temporary raise” because her job has changed so much in recent weeks.Since City Clerk Tabitha Caswell went on leave in March, Utility Clerk Beth Henningsen has gone from a part-time to

Nashua Prom 2017!

Hair, makeup, dresses, tuxes and of course all the accessories were all in place Saturday evening for Nashua-Plainfield High School’s annual celebration of prom.And it turned out to be magical night for students attending this year’s event that wa

Library teams up with Art Center for class

The New Hampton Public Library teamed up with the Plum Creek Art Center in Fredericksburg to hold a free painting class.On Tuesday night, ladies gathered to create a beautiful poppy painting.Each participant was able to choose their own colors to

New Hampton and St. Joe’s students learn about Arbor Day

New Hampton Middle School and St. Joseph Community School fourth graders received trees to plant for Arbor Day.

Lawler prepares for RAGBRAI

Lawler began planning its RAGBRAI  gathering with an informational planning meeting last week.Piggy backing off of the Lawler Irish Fest committee theme this year, Lawler’s RAGBRAI theme will be, “Get Lucky In Lawler.”Being the next stop after New

Coffeehouse once again brings out the emotions

Raelei Hemann had steeled herself not to cry Sunday afternoon.She failed.“Seriously, I really didn’t think I would cry,” the New Hampton High School senior said after the Coffeehouse Concert, “but when we were out there for ‘In This Very Room,’ it

All decked out!

First off, it certainly didn’t feel like prom — at least to the scores of New Hampton High School students who took outdoor pictures Saturday.But those students — especially the girls who didn’t have the luxury of tuxedo coats — showed true persev

Chamber honors generational businesses at annual dinner

New-Horizons Chamber Director Jason Speltz and assistant Theresa Rasmussen welcomed chamber members to the Pub at the Pinicon Monday night for mingling and appetizers.The presentation for the night was a video honoring the many businesses in New H

Supervisors still want to shuffle county buildings

Continuing what they say is their effort to save the county money, the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors once again discussed moving county offices to reduce renting fees.Supervisor Steve Geerts said he didn’t disagree that the buildings being

County set to go with five on vet board

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors has decided to begin advertising for what will become a five-member Veteran Affairs Commission.Auditor Joan E.

A good first Health Fair

About 70 people signed in and attended the New Hampton Health Fair on Saturday.The committee said while the day went great they also learned about a few more resources they would like to add in the future and some advice to advertise that there is

Economic development director, realtors, bankers agree that shortage is acute in New Hampton

The number is almost staggering — not because it’s large but because it’s miniscule.As a group of New Hampton city business and city leaders met Monday afternoon to share their concerns about the “housing crisis” that is enveloping the area, realt

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