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Checking out 'Black Friday'

Brisk temperatures in the upper 30s didn’t keep a couple of men from standing outside Shopko Hometown and chatting while waiting for the store to open for its so-called “Black Friday” sale.“It’s my first time doing ‘Black Friday,’” said Jim Koblis

Great Plays to explore using part of school

The issue for Great Plays Daycare is simple: It simply doesn’t have enough room at its current location on South Linn Avenue.“We have more kids on the waiting list than we have enrolled,” Great Plays Board Member Lacy Carolan said, “and we’re just

Council agrees to give incentives to uniform shop

A new business is planned for the southeast corner of Main and Chestnut, Economic Development Director Tammy Robinson told the New Hampton City Council on Monday.Tammy Barta presented a business plan to open a medical uniform service called Follow

Resident questions how county is taxing for rescue

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors is directing the county attorney’s office in writing to look into concerns brought by a citizen about the scope of the Emergency Management Agency Commission and taxation for rescue services.The Chickasaw

Prichard takes over as Iowa House minority leader

Iowa House Democrats have chosen Rep.

Former N-P student gets shot at $100k

Caleb Lines had just taken a biology exam, but a chemistry quiz was 30 minutes away as he made his way around the Wartburg College campus recently when his phone rang.He gave it a quick glance and saw it was from a Texas number and silenced it.

City extends contract with Sheriff’s Office

The Nashua City Council on Monday night approved an extension between the city and the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office on a contract for law-enforcement services.The new contract will run through June 30, 2019, and both city officials and Chicka

Glen D. Vander Kolk, 72

Glen F. Vander Kolk age 72 of Waverly, IA, died Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City.

Vets honored with quilts

Lifting the spirits of veterans was the mission Catherine Roberts took away from a dream of bestowing a quilt on her son serving in Iraq when she founded the Quilts of Valor Foundation in 2003.All veteran recipients interviewed showed appreciation

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