The best job in Nashua late Saturday afternoon?
That’s easy — serving as a judge at the Best Dam BBQ Challenge. The pay may not have been great, but sometimes there are much better rewards than monetary ones.
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The best job in Nashua late Saturday afternoon?
That’s easy — serving as a judge at the Best Dam BBQ Challenge. The pay may not have been great, but sometimes there are much better rewards than monetary ones.
But before the judges went to “work,” the barbecuers spent much of Saturday putting their...
Brian Moore has big plans for what he thinks can be a gem for the Chickasaw County Conservation Board.
And even though the longtime director of the board won’t be around — in an official capacity, at least — to see the changes at the Bypass Refuge Area on New Hampton’s west side, he’s getting the...
When the City Council meeting ended last Monday night, New Hampton Mayor Bobby Schwickerath turned to the city’s new attorney and smiled.
“Hey, that wasn’t that bad, was it?”
Todd Prichard couldn’t help but laugh and replied, “I survived.”
In all seriousness, though, last week’s meeting was the...
The weather was almost pristine Friday afternoon at Mikkelson Park.
That’s if you prefer a California cool climate.
That meant it was a perfect time for a ride on two wheels around the countryside and for many of the motorcycle enthusiasts that converged on the east end of New Hampton – it was a...
Take away the start, and it was dang near impeccable.
The 2021 Big 4 Fair, that is.
“Oh my goodness, it was good and way beyond our expectations,” Big 4 Fair Board Secretary Nancy Hillesheim said Tuesday after the four-day fair wrapped up its run on Labor Day. “The weather was perfect, the crowds...
After going almost three months with relatively few reports of COVID-19 positive tests, Chickasaw County can’t seem to escape “double digits” when it comes to the Coronavirus.
For a fifth straight week, Chickasaw County Public Health and Homecare Services Administrator Lisa Welter’s weekly report...
Sports
Drew Wilken may still be smiling after he received his medal at La Porte City Golf Course a week ago this past Thursday.
Wilken, Nashua-Plainfield’s top boys cross country runner, came up with his first ever career victory at the Union Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 9.
Not only did Wilken cross...
This one was for Alex.
In what was one of the bigger wins for the Nashua-Plainfield football program in recent years, the Husky football squad is back in the win column after an impressive 28-0 shutout over Central Springs last Friday night.
The opening Class A, District 3 game held a tremendous...
Standing 6-foot-2 tall and weighing in at 230, Turkey Valley’s Collin Kleppe is used to pushing defensive linemen around. He’s one of the reasons the Trojans totaled 467 yards from scrimmage Friday night while whipping Rockford 60-12 in district action. But Kleppe’s pretty good with his descriptive...
New Hampton took a big stride between Week 1 and Week 2.
The Chickasaws took an even bigger one between Week 2 and Week 3 as they used a potent ground game, a couple of big passing plays, an opportunistic defense and a big special teams play to beat Oelwein 50-20 in New Hampton’s final non-district...
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