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Middle school students show off music skills

The New Hampton Middle School Solo Festival is held each during conference in the spring semester for students in grades 6-8, this year’s took place on Monday.“It is an opportunity for students to perform on their own,” said Middle School Band Dir

Show Choir Dinner Show set for Friday

New Hampton's Main Street West Singers and their director, will present its Show Choir Dinner Show on Friday in the high school gymnasium. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in the high school office or at State Bank.

School taxes to stay steady for next year

Property owners will see their school tax bill jump next year, although the entire increase is because of the $19.415 million bond referendum voters approved earlier this month.Superintendent Jay Jurrens gave his annual “budget preview” during las

Nashua will pay almost half

The Nashua City Council has agreed to pay almost half of its communications bill to Chickasaw County.And that means the proverbial ball is in the county’s court.“That means Chickasaw County has some questions it has to answer,” Sheriff Marty Heman

Fools for Fitness will benefit TRIBE Trail

Fools For Fitness, a fundraiser for the proposed TRIBE Trail that will run around New Hampton, will be held on April 1 at the Pub at the Pinicon in New Hampton.There will be a live auction of local school and college autographed memorabilia, TRIBE

Laundromat will return to New Hampton

New Hampton will once again have a laundromat in town with Roger Dreckman, owner of the laundromat located just outside of Lawler, stepping up and bringing his knowledge to town.New Hampton Economic Development Director Tammy Robinson said she had

Art lovers gather at Carnegie

This past beautiful Saturday brought visitors to the Carnegie Cultural Center to view the photographs of Paul Herold, of Fort Atkinson, of Iowa landscapes.Herold is currently the president at Herold-Reicks Surveying in New Hampton and said his fat

Fareway celebrates 25 years

Flash back to Thursday, Feb. 13, 1992, the first day Eileen Eichenberger and Tammy Miller reported to work at what was then New Hampton’s brand-new Fareway store.“I never in a million years thought I’d be here for 25 years,” Eichenberger said.

Calendar has major changes

New Hampton schoolchildren will spend fewer days at school next year if an academic calendar presented to the School Board on Monday is approved.But Superintendent Jay Jurrens was quick to point out that the number of hours students will spend in

District takes its first step on building project

The New Hampton School Board has dipped its proverbial toe into its upcoming building project.Meeting for the first time since voters approved a $19.415 million bond referendum, board members Monday night approved the results of the Feb.

City may see plenty of bikes

The City of New Hampton submitted an application to be a RAGBRAI “pass-through town” and it appears coordinators of the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa are very interested in the idea.But city officials say they won’t know for sure u

Nashua-Plainfield Chapter celebrates National FFA Week

The Nashua Plainfield FFA Chapter will celebrate National FFA Week, Feb. 18-25, 2017.

Nashua-Plainfield High School prepares to host speech districts this Saturday

Hosting a speech contest takes many hours of planning, scheduling, finding volunteers and judges while coaching speech students for the upcoming contest.

N-P Lions Club celebrates its 85th year

Lions Club International was started 100 years ago this year in Chicago, Ill., by a businessman named Melvin Jones. He asked a simple world changing question.

Plainfield pastor says goodbye after 14 years

Pastor Shawn Geer and his family have been a part of the Nashua-Plainfield area for over 14 years and saying goodbye to the First Baptist Church, friends, family and community will not be an easy task.

ISU Extension to offer crop scout class on March 22 at Nashua farm

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will be offering a crop scout school on Wednesday, March 22, at the ISU Northeast Research Farm near Nashua in the meeting room of the Borlaug Learning Center.This is an all-day class specially designed

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