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Nashua-Plainfield students take ‘pledge’ to stay in school

“Believe in you, graduate” was the message from Principal Scott Striegel on Friday afternoon when the grades 7-9 met in the gym to make a promise to themselves.Iowa’s graduation rate has increased in recent years to 90.8 percent.

Chickasaws rebound with 32-6 win

 
New Hampton bounced back in a big way Friday night as the Chickasaws used a strong run game and a suffocating defense to roll past Osage 32-6 in Class 2A, District 2 play.

New Hampton, Osage to kickoff at 6 p.m.

New Hampton and Osage will kick off their varsity football game at 6 p.m. because of weather conditions.
The fresh-soph game, which was scheduled to start at 4:45 p.m., has been postponed.

Carnegie ready for artsy Sunday

It will be a feast for both the ears and the eyes on Sunday in New Hampton, as the Carnegie Cultural Center will host “A Day of Art,” starting at noon with a performance by the University of Iowa College of Music piano students at Trinity Lutheran

City Council members get earful on raises

Residents expressed outrage when the discussion of a pay raise for the City Council members and the mayor came up at Monday evening’s meeting.The current pay for a Council member is $30 a meeting; this does not include special session meetings and

Supervisors appoint county attorney

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors accepted the resignation of Chickasaw County Attorney Pat Wegman at the weekly meeting on Monday, then appointed local attorney Jennifer Schwickerath to take Wegman’s place for the remainder of Wegman’s te

Economic Development director likes ‘momentum’

New Hampton's economic development director definitely sees progress when it comes to “filling” the city's Main Street.But Tammy Robinson is also renewing her call to potential entrepreneurs that New Hampton is open for business.“The big

4-H offers something for everyone

Give Jaci Tweeten a soapbox for just a few minutes, and she can tell you — eloquently yet simply — why 4-H matters.“You know, when people ask me that,” the Chickasaw County ISU Extension youth coordinator said, “I guess my best answer is this: The

TRIBE paving coming soon

The hope for committee members is that bicycles will be on the TRIBE Trail before the snow flies.And really, it’s more than a hope for folks like Rick Kramer, Megan Gleason and Brian Quirk.

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