This year’s Veteran’s Day ceremony held in front of Nashua’s students and community members, recognized the WWII veterans in the area.Speaker Tom Kolodziej told the crowd that there were many things he could think of to talk about that day, but sa
New Hampton FFA member Rachel Grober receives a check for the mum sales that Ace Hardware did for the New Hampton FFA. The group received over $1,200 from the project along with the students learning about the mums growth and operations.
In an effort to showcase its products and give back to the community, FCA (Fiat, Chrysler Automobiles) US, in conjunction with Vern Laures Auto Center, conducted the “Booster Club Fund Raiser.”Vern Laures Auto Center provides the vehicles and the
Charlie Rochford has been asked the question more than a few times.“Why don’t you sell the farm?”And he has the same answer every single time.“Why don’t you cut my leg off because it would be the same thing.”His answer cracked up the crowd Sunday
Pastor Lance Kittleson told a few great jokes Thursday night that had the folks gathered for Alta Vista’s Veterans Day program in stitches at times.But the underlying message of the observance’s guest speaker was deadly serious.He reminded the vet
On a gorgeous Veterans Day morning, Gretchen Hintz Wronka returned home to honor not only her father and his fellow veterans but also the people they left behind.“I recall the joy I felt when my oldest son, Peter, a sailor on the aircraft carrier
During the first week of October, New Hampton residents Mark Schwickerath and Raymond Schwickerath attended the annual reunion of the 25th Infantry Division in Honolulu, Hawaii.
After more than five months of discussions and a couple of revisions, the New Hampton City Council on Monday night finally wrapped up its work on the city’s new golf cart ordinance.Council members passed the third and final reading of the ordinanc
Sydney Lau delivered the line and then couldn’t help but laugh.“That’s preposterous,” she said on stage as she joined her fellow “The Trial of the Wicked Witch” cast members on stage and was met with eerie silence.“And it is preposterous because t
For this election, at least, Iowa shed its label as a “purple” state.Tuesday, the Hawkeye State was pretty much red, the color designated to the Republican Party, and about the only solace for local Democrats was hanging onto its Iowa House of Rep
A new committee has been formed regarding the issue of Nashua having a “city manager,” and Council members Rolland Cagley and Kyle Lane will be the two who are checking into the issue more.Earlier this year, Council member Ryan Jung presented the
