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Supervisors reduce amount of tax increase

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to effectively reduce the combined county tax asking to $8.74575 per $1,000 assessed valuation.That’s nearly 13 cents higher than the rate set last year, nearly a 1.5 percent increase, but nearly

City will give Ambulance Council $50 for legal fees

The New Hampton City Council will only contribute up to $50 of the legal fees of the Chickasaw County Ambulance Council for paying an outside attorney to draft a bid request to provide ambulance service.Mayor Deb Larsen asked the council if it wou

Abbreviated parade

It was the shortest Parade of Bands Concert in recent memory, maybe of all time, but it wasn’t for a lack of trying by New Hampton’s band directors and their students.In other words, blame Old Man Winter.“I think I had my each of my bands for some

As much fun as it is, carnival funds fill a void for elementary school

The New Hampton Elementary Carnival Committee runs a “well-oiled machine” by repeating what works, say its two co-chairs, TLC Coordinator Michelle Hoy and fourth-grade teacher Dennis Pagel, who have a few decades on the committee between them.Prin

Library celebrates birthday of Dr. Seuss

A birthday celebration brought children and their parents to the Nashua Public Library on Saturday morning during the Read Across America Day in honor of Dr.

City Council adopts curfew ordinance for minors

The Nashua City Council Monday night approved two ordinances that proponents say will to keep Nashua minors safe and on the right track.Both ordinances — one puts into place a city-wide curfew while the other is a so-called “social hosting” law de

It's going to be a fast week!

Auditions, practice and final performance all in a week is what the Nashua-Plainfield Elementary students will be doing this week with the help of two directors.Sign up sheets were sent home with the students and auditions were held on Monday for

N-P speech team sending six entries to state

Blizzards, road closures and cold temperatures did not stop Nashua-Plainfield speech students from shining at the district Individual speech contest on Feb.

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