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Civil War returns to Nashua

Outside the Old Bradford Pioneer Village Museum sat rows of canvas tents, and fires burning in the rain.Civil War reenactment participants walked up and down the rows and huddled near the fire for warmth Saturday while rain poured down and the tem

Supervisors tab two veterans to VA Commission

Two new Veterans Affairs commissioners, Katie Boehmer and David Boss, have been selected by the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors to fill out what will become a five-member board.Ten county veterans — three women and seven men — submitted thei

New Hampton girls set new records while advancing to state

Balance again carried the Chickasaw girls golf team at Aplington-Parkersburg Monday. With their first-place finish in the regional final, New Hampton's girls will be making a trip to the state girls golf tournament in Panora next Tuesday.

Congress still hasn’t figured out how to deal with the budget

Think about this for a moment: Two days away from a federal shutdown, Congress comes up with a stopgap measure to keep the government operating ...  for a week.A few days later it arrives at a bipartisan budget deal lasting a bit over four months.

‘Not In My Back Yard’ not good enough reason to oppose something

I am responding to one person’s view on a hog barn being built near her parent’s farm that she does not live by.  I understand that this person may never be OK or come to understand the need for a hog building near her family.

Lots of good things are happening here in New Hampton

We have several things to welcome here in town.Our new EMS Director Austin and his wife Breezy are all moved in, so we welcome them to our town.

Grad parties take our reporter back in time

Attending graduation parties this past weekend really took me back to missing my high school days.Who doesn’t reminisce about returning to their youth, being active in sports, choir, swing choir, extra curriculars?Simpler times when our parents to

A new chapter begins

Emma Nicolaisen asked her fellow graduates to be a plant.Danni Priestley implored her fellow soon-to-be alumni at New Hampton High School to be a “Froot Loop” in a bowl of “Cheerios.”And Brianna White reminded her fellow students that “it’s always

Robert "Bob" Galligan dies at 53

Robert "Bob" Galligan age 53 of Americus, Kansas, formerly of Lawler, died Thursday, May 4, 2017 at the Holiday Resort in Emporia, Kansas.A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m.

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