The New Hampton Dance Team came away from state competition with a bang last month as its hip-hop team placed third out of 12 teams in the division.“It was a close one!” said New Hampton Dance Team Coach Emma Schwickerath.

After going back and forth for the past couple of months, the New Hampton School Board has decided to offer early retirement incentives to four teachers this year.The board discussed the issue at last week’s meeting, and after examining issues the

Cora Schwickerath brought her crappie into the “warming house” at the Ice Fishery Sunday and couldn’t help but smile, especially after the fish was measured.“Well, that’s 10 1/2 inches, that’s a pretty nice fish,” Chickasaw County Conservation Boa

The Nashua communications bill was a hot topic Thursday night when Nashua Mayor Angie Dietz, Nashua City Attorney David Skilton and other concerned citizens visited the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors to get some answers.Dietz said the probl

If Devan Elliott and Abby Dirksen didn’t have a healthy respect for ice, they certainly do now.And the two New Hampton women feel lucky they were able to walk away from an accident on Tuesday afternoon with nothing more than a few cuts and bruises

The New Hampton City Council voted Monday night to replace a water main on a one-block stretch of West Court Street in an effort to cure water issues area residents are experiencing.Council members considered two options as part of its 2017 Street

New Hampton School Board members Monday night voiced their frustrations over a recent guest view in the Tribune and urged district residents to be informed when they cast a vote in the upcoming bond referendum.During a discussion about the Feb.

Foster Popken, Jeffrey Reicks, Emma Glaser and Caitlin Houdek tramped through the imaginary “jungle” in John Connor’s New Hampton High School English classroom.The quartet’s large-group speech teammates — Michaela Fitzgerald, Sydney Wegner and Sar

Pancakes will be in the air on Sunday morning when the Nashua VFW Post 6792 will be holding their annual Pancake Breakfast from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Any parent of an athlete knows all about the hectic schedule of traveling for sport specific clinics.

Large Group Speech Contest is coming soon and the Nashua-Plainfield Speech Department is putting the finishing touches on the projects and preparing for the Large Group Speech contest which will be held in a few weeks.Filming, editing and practici

After beginning to help herself, Ruth Kipp began helping others in the New Hampton community by forming and running a Weight Watchers program in New Hampton and Charles City.Kipp became a member of Weight Watchers in October of 2013.“I thought I w

The VFW Auxiliary ladies in Nashua keep busy throughout the year and donate their time and money to many worthy causes along the way.

Bill Northey watched the gym fill to almost capacity Thursday afternoon, and the Iowa secretary of agriculture was, in a word, impressed.“A lot of FFA chapters might come up with the idea of let’s do this,” he said, “but when they find out how muc

Chickasaw County Conservation Director Brian Moore has been talking about security cameras in the county parks for some time and has decided to put aside funding to begin that project in his next budget.“We are wanting to be able to monitor the pa