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Students, families skate to better health

The past couple of weeks, the Nashua-Plainfield Elementary students in Jill Kalvig’s physical education class have had more gym time, smiles and laughing than other units.The students have been asking since the beginning of the school year and it

Nashua-Plainfield Junior High Band plays at Waverly contest

Weather and missed practice time could not discourage the talented Nashua-Plainfield Junior High Band, which overcame recent weather that impeded practice time to earn a “Superior” rating at the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association Large Group C

Ambulance situation remains up in air

The Chickasaw County Ambulance Council has a little more than 3 1/2 months to find a provider, yet at a meeting Tuesday night, council members made little headway on finalizing a request for proposals (RFP) that they hope to send out by April 1.An

Board ‘buys down’ insurance increase

Chickasaw County will continue to buy down an increase in employee health insurance premiums using reserve funds and some new funds, as discussed on Monday.Renewal rates from Wellmark came in at what would have been almost an 8 percent increase ov

Boosters set to make final fundraising push for soccer

It’s been almost two months since the School Board voted to add soccer as a sport at New Hampton, and the New Hampton Soccer Boosters are continuing to make strides in order to have the program instituted by next spring.

Not a bad way to start

The Chickasaw girls track team kicked off their season Tuesday at the Wartburg College Select Invitational. 
Although they only had 14 girls compete at the event, many of them shined against some of the state’s best athletes. 

Love for music leads to new business for Nashua woman

Turning her love of music into a career is exactly what Hannah Pederson is doing while raising her three young children.

It’s March Madness with a bit of a twist

At the very least the titles — “Dirt on My Shirt,” “Ivan,” “The Grapes of Math,” and “Diary of a Worm” — sound cool as Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School kicked off its own version of March Madness with an assembly to kick off a new reading progr

Four Trojans selected for all-UIC girls honors

Although some of Turkey Valley’s games were called off due to the weather, the Lady Trojans racked up some impressive numbers while taking the runner-up spot in the Upper Iowa Conference this season.

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