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N-P School Board makes progress on budget reductions

Nashua-Plainfield Community Schools is “getting there” when it comes to finding about $400,000 in savings in its 2018-19 budget, but the School Board and administrators still have some work to do.

The wait pays off for N-P speech students

This is how speech works.
You get a Division I rating at state on a Saturday and then you wait two agonizingly long days for the Iowa High School Speech Association to post the All-State Speech Festival qualifiers on its website.

Iowa BIG North "hackathon" held in Charles City

A new weight room … kids spending too much time on “screens” … school lunches … not enough activities available outside of school … parking lot problems … bullying … too few class options … making sports safer … more art in school.

Exhilarating Exhaustion

Overheard a lot at the annual New Hampton Elementary School Carnival Friday night were two words: “I’m exhausted.”
Of course, that was the view of the parents.

Middle School gearing up for 'Midmester'

What do you do when you’re offered a chance to take a class that can teach you how to make better donuts?
You sign up for the class, of course. And hopefully, you eat some donuts.

Longtime city jeweler passes away at age 93

Several years ago, as Bob Manges worked on repairing a watch, he talked about his craft.

Howe to dance at the next level

New Hampton’s Kaycee Howe has signed a letter of intent to join the competitive dance team at Mount Mercy University next year.

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