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Foundation ready to celebrate new runway

 
The New Hampton Airport Foundation is moving up the date of its annual fundraising breakfast for a couple of reasons.
First, foundation officials are tired of dealing with Mother Nature in September.

Hospital gearing up for its 100th birthday

 
If this Saturday was Aug. 5, Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton would be ready to celebrate its 100th birthday.

Relaxin' in Lawler

 

Goal is to make bull riding event an annual one

 
Heartland Days’ newest event very well may not be a one-year deal, at least one of the lead organizers of the Extreme Bull Riding Event said Saturday night.

Nashua Library program has a patriotic theme

 
It was a fun-filled, not to mention patriotic, evening last Wednesday at the Nashua Public Library. 

New Hampton will celebrate history making teams this fall

 
Scott Hogeland led five New Hampton teams to the state boys basketball tournament in the 1990s, but one moment inside Veterans Auditorium so many years ago still stands out.

Nashua Matters electronic sign finds a home

 
Driving by the Nashua Fire Department is a surprise for many since there is a new digital sign up and running to inform the public about upcoming events. 

A mighty little church

 
The Rev. Peter Faugstad sat in the sanctuary of Jerico Lutheran Church and pondered the question — how would those original members feel about the church today?

Pool project lands key grant

 
New Hampton Parks and Recreation Director Rick Kramer drove a long ways Wednesday, but the 522-mile round trip to Corning proved well worth it.

Bored this summer? HWC has the cure!

 

‘Great community’ members will lead the WODD parade

 
The grand marshals of the Water Over the Dam Days has been announced and shocked was the best word to describe Dick and Sue Baldwin when they heard the news. 

Farmers fret over lack of rain

 
The Iowa State University Extension agronomist who covers Chickasaw County understands the nervousness farmers are feeling these days.
Hey, 2012, with its brutal drought, is still fresh in most growers’ minds.

Museums get their own week

 
The massive antique tractors seemed especially immense next to the Barntsen siblings —  Gwendolyn, 6, Conrad, 4, and Lute, 2. 

‘Family reunion’ in the works for Irish Fest grand marshals

Forty-one years ago, Tom and Carole Leonard made the move from Milwaukee to Lawler, and they’ve never regretted it once.

Hot Heartland party!

It wasn’t perfect, but dang, it was close.
Yes, it tried to rain on our parade, and yes, it was pretty dang warm Saturday and Sunday, but it wasn’t just Mother Nature that made it a hot Heartland Days 2017.

Supervisors unsure how to deal with new gun law

 

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