The New Hampton School Board members liked what they heard from two food service companies that made presentations during a meeting last week, but in the end, the board decided to keep the status quo.Representatives of Taher and Opaa, two companie

Let’s face it, the weather lately hasn’t conjured up thoughts of baseball and softball, which is a problem for the New Hampton Parks and Recreation Department.That’s because the deadline for parents to sign up their kids is this Wednesday — yes, a

There will be a changing of the guard at the New Hampton Fareway Food Store in early March.Randy Frisch, who has captained the local store since its opening in October 1993, will retire from his 41 year career with Fareway Food Stores.His replacem

Chickasaw County road crews Monday began what will be a long cleanup process after a blizzard socked the area Saturday night and most of Sunday.

New Hampton Head Start, located in the United Methodist Church at 201 North Locust Ave., will be holding Registration and an Open House on Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.Head Start, operated by Northeast Iowa Community Action, is a full day progra

New Hampton High School art teacher Melissa Nelson will be the featured artist in the Ray Frederick Gallery on the Marshalltown Community College campus.Her exhibit, entitled “Unfinished/Finished: Art as an Art Teacher,” opens with a reception fro

The New Hampton School Board’s goal Monday night was simple: Get the end of the school year back into May.Mission accomplished … but it lasted all of one day.“I really would like us to see if we can make this work so that we’re done by May 31,” Bo

New Hampton has received a letter on inquiry from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources citing “failure to meet effluent limits.”Discharge monitoring reports from the wastewater treatment plant showed it exceeded ammonia effluent limits contain

Chickasaw County Chief Deputy Reed Palo was one of the first to arrive at the Alta Vista apartment on Aug.

A broken gas line caused an explosion at a mobile home in Parkview Court on New Hampton’s east side Wednesday morning, and New Hampton firefighters were on the scene for almost six hours.“The good news is no one was injured,” New Hampton Fire Chie

When Chickasaw County residents call County Engineer Dusten Rolando, they usually want to know one thing.“Can you get to us today?”“The objective is to get to everybody so everybody can get out,” Rolando said, “at least a path.”There are some 20 r

Recap the latest storm, warn about the next approaching weather system, repeat.That’s been the routine, at least lately, at the National Weather Service office in La Crosse, Wisconsin.And this week is no exception.— For more on this story, see the

The Nashua City Council Monday night adopted the first reading of an ordinance that would provide a curfew for minors in the city.After much discussion about the issues that curfew proponents say are going on “after dark” in the city, council memb

The County Social Services 28E Governing Board earlier this month heard from its attorney regarding mediation with Kossuth County and turned down the proposal in order to seek a state audit or arbitration to recover $315,791 in remaining funds the

It’s a quiet Wednesday noon hour at the New Hampton Public Library.