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Snow’s going to delay pool renovations

When New Hampton Parks and Recreation Director Rick Kramer awoke and looked out his window on the morning of March 24, he may have mumbled a few choice words under his breath.Dang it, there’s a pool project to finish.Just a couple of days before,

Good Friday tradition

As Leo Deutsch pulled into the gas station early Friday morning, he looked at the sky and couldn’t help but smile.“Look at that, it’s just beautiful,” he said, “and you know what?

Winter returns; schools letting out early

Winter returned to Chickasaw County on Tuesday, and that gave area schoolchildren a rare April "early out."

Michael John Farrell, 68

Michael John Farrell age 68 of Waucoma, IA died Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at his home.

Michael Paul Carlin, 76

Michael Paul Carlin, age 76 of New Hampton, Iowa died Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at his home surrounded by his wife and children.

Lions serve up fish, yard dice ahead of dicey weather

The calendar says spring is here, and even the snow, ice and sleet in the forecast did not deter the Nashua-Plainfield Lions Club from holding its biannual fish fry.Fish, desserts and Yahtzee-style yard dice; what more was needed for a fun Friday

A lesson in 'adulting'

New Hampton High School seniors learned a lot on Wednesday.They found out that credit scores are indeed important. They discovered how quickly they can go into debt.

County eyes connecting to city water

Rather than pay to replace a three-decades-old septic system and leach field at the county group home, the County Board of Supervisors is considering extending the New Hampton water and wastewater mains to reach it.“If the septic system fails, we’

School Board votes to wait

One by one, they made their way to the microphone on Tuesday night.They made their pitches for an expanded vocational agriculture and industrial technology center. They made their cases for a new wrestling room.

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