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Festival ready to celebrate love for ‘junk’

Julie Winter-Havel and Jason Speltz aren’t expecting 20,000 or so folks to descend upon New Hampton today and Saturday, but they both have high hopes for the first-ever “Route 24 for the LOVE of Junk.”The festival will run from noon to 7 p.m.

Motorcyclists say they wouldn't miss trip to annual rally

Come rain or frost, Debby and Kevin VanderMeyden have been attending the motorcycle rally in New Hampton for a good two decades, before they were part of the group of regulars dubbed the Skunk Valley Riders.The Des Moines couple met Gene Davis, wh

Inundated yet again

Chuck Stanton spent his Sunday afternoon diving for golf balls, and maybe the New Hampton Golf and Country Club board member was on to something.“There’s nothing we can do about the weather,” he said, “so I guess I was just trying to have a little

Wet weather becomes the norm in area

The way it’s been going we may need Noah to show up with his ark soon.The Nashua area received more than eight inches of rain in an eight-day period that ended Monday, and the rest of this week didn’t look all that great; in fact, National Weather

A soggy Big Four Fair

When Nancy Hillesheim says she has never experienced a Big Four Fair quite like this one, that’s saying something; after all, she’s been the Fair Board secretary since 1980.“We’ve had a storm or two, but this was absolutely crazy,” Hillesheim said

Making a statement

A kill by New Hampton’s Maddi Moorman went down hard in set three against Charles City Tuesday night to give the NH girls a 21-11 lead.

Fundraising begins on proposed Splash Pad

Fundraising has started for a Splash Pad that proponents want to build at Cedar View Park in Nashua.A committee has been formed and planning has taken place for the pad to begin construction in the spring, the committee is hoping.The committee con

Fair honors one of its biggest supporters

“He was one of a kind.”That was the most-heard phrase all night at the wake for Cindy Messersmith’s husband of 31 years, Bradley “Gomer” Messersmith, who died from cancer last December.“He is. He was.

N-P makes progress on the court but falls to 0-4

Amber McCall doesn’t like to lose so her Nashua-Plainfield’s volleyball team’s 0-4 record gnaws at the Huskies’ coach.

Huskies can’t match up with Broncos

This wasn’t the script Nick Lamphier had in mind when he took over as Nashua-Plainfield’s head football coach.
Oh, he knew the schedule wasn’t easy so the 0-2 record may not be palatable but it is understandable.

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