A month later, the impact of Hannah Heit’s “great summer adventure” hasn’t lessened; if anything, it has become more intense.“I think of Ethiopia every single day,” the New Hampton High School senior said, “and I guess maybe the biggest thing I’ve
Sidney Wenzlaff was crowned New Hampton High School's homecoming queen on Friday night at halftime of the football game between New Hampton and Hampton-Dumont.
“I should have known something was up.”But with the entire K-12 school population in attendance Tuesday, Turkey Valley sixth-grade teacher Dan Stepan was blindsided when he was presented the 2017 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Iowa Five St
Areon Day was crowned New Hampton High School's homecoming king on Thursday night during a racous ceremony that followed a short, but well-attended, twilight parade.
Homecoming Week traditions are always a lot of fun, and according to New Hampton High School Principal Sarah Updegraff, there’s still a lot of learning going on as well.“We’re still working and learning, we’re just doing it with a more playful nat
Students from Nashua-Plainfield Elementary and Intermediate schools raised over $2,100 while holding a coin drive last week to help victims of Hurricane Harvey, which tore through Texas and Louisiana recently.This is not the first coin drive the s
The City Council last week started the process to condemn another building on Main Street.The action came after the city recently received a building inspector’s report that stated the building in the 200 block of Main was a hazard and a public nu
The Nashua-Plainfield School Board will begin searching for a new superintendent after board members Monday approved a retirement request from current Superintendent Randy Strabala.“It’s been something I’ve thought about for a while now,” Strabala
Terry Basol doesn’t have a crystal ball to help him see into the future, and even if he did, it probably wouldn’t tell him all that much about the upcoming fall harvest.There are just too many unknown factors that could still influence the outcome
New Hampton School Board member Damian Baltes easily won re-election to a four-year term on Tuesday as he turned back a challenge from Jennifer Heying.
New Hampton High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame not only will welcome five new members but it will also definitely celebrate the 1990s on Friday night as part of the school’s homecoming celebration.Those being inducted this year include three 199
Assistant Chickasaw County Attorney Mark Huegel gave the county supervisors an earful two weeks ago, and he filled their ears again last week.Huegel again took the board to task for continuing to put the state budget audit on the agenda and then n
As Tony Trower and his Boy Scouts cleaned up Mikkelson Park Sunday afternoon, the Troop 48 scoutmaster knew one thing for sure.“We’re having a rally on the weekend after Labor Day next year,” Trower said.
New Hampton High School homecoming candidates include (front row, from left: Addi Bast, Kaelyn Ambrose, Isabel Leichtman, Savannah Anderson, Sidney Wenzlaff (back) Areon Day, Aden Zwanziger, Noah Fye, Alex Schumacher and Shane Burke.Homecoming act
Work will begin soon on the renovation of the New Hampton Municipal Pool after the City Council Tuesday night accepted bids from two companies to complete a project that will cost more than $700,000.Council members voted 5-0 — Councilman Scott Car
