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Jimmey Lee "Jim" Lampe dies at 82

Jimmey Lee "Jim" Lampe age 82 of Plainfield died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, at his home. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at the Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home in New Hampton.

Sparkling seniors

Nick Hemann admitted his emotions got the best of him Thursday night.  Yes, there’s plenty of wrestling still to be done this season, but when New Hampton hosted Decorah and Osage in a triangular that night, it was, in some ways, a goodbye to eigh

County engineer says warm weather will help, but it will take time for roadways to return to normal

If Devan Elliott and Abby Dirksen didn’t have a healthy respect for ice, they certainly do now.And the two New Hampton women feel lucky they were able to walk away from an accident on Tuesday afternoon with nothing more than a few cuts and bruises

Council will put new water main in the boulevard

The New Hampton City Council voted Monday night to replace a water main on a one-block stretch of West Court Street in an effort to cure water issues area residents are experiencing.Council members considered two options as part of its 2017 Street

School Board sounds off

New Hampton School Board members Monday night voiced their frustrations over a recent guest view in the Tribune and urged district residents to be informed when they cast a vote in the upcoming bond referendum.During a discussion about the Feb.

One very large team

Foster Popken, Jeffrey Reicks, Emma Glaser and Caitlin Houdek tramped through the imaginary “jungle” in John Connor’s New Hampton High School English classroom.The quartet’s large-group speech teammates — Michaela Fitzgerald, Sydney Wegner and Sar

Nashua VFW to hold annual pancake breakfast

Pancakes will be in the air on Sunday morning when the Nashua VFW Post 6792 will be holding their annual Pancake Breakfast from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Winter is taking a toll on winter sports schedules

Brad Schmitt is ready for some “quiet” weather.  Sunny skies and warm temperatures would be perfect, but he’ll settle for dry — as in no snow or ice — weather for a while.  It has been, to put it mildly, a harsh winter for activities directors lik

Crazy winter just got a little nuttier for N-P

Making “the call” to postpone a basketball game or a wrestling meet is a little more complicated than people think.  Just ask Josh Smith, the Nashua-Plainfield activities director who also coaches the Huskies’ girls basketball team.  If the event

Hitting clinic will be next Saturday for all young area athletes

Any parent of an athlete knows all about the hectic schedule of traveling for sport specific clinics.

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