Alta Vista celebrated Saturday — well, actually the whole weekend — with Alta Vista Days that included a parade, children's activities, live music and a softball tournament.
As summer nears the Chickasaw County Firefighters Association Extreme Bull Riding that is coming to New Hampton nears as well.Lacy Carolan and the Firefighters Association have been hard at work finalizing plans for the event that will be held on
Long time residents of Fredericksburg Doug and Lisa Kleiss have been selected as this year’s Grand Dairyman for Fredericksburg’s Dairy Days celebration. “It is an honor for us to have been chosen to be the grand dairyman for this year’s Dairy Days
In the cafeteria, middle school students danced, played the guitar and drew.In Angie Rowan’s first-grade classroom, students threw “beach balls” around and took one last turn with the interactive Osmo program.Out on the curb, bus driver Jacob Hack
After months of discussion, the Nashua City Council felt like it had finally decided — despite a split vote — to not only create a city administrator position but also hire someone to fill it.Not so fast, however, as two days after council members
Alta Vista Days will kick off the county’s celebrations for the summer this weekend.The fun begins on Friday with softball games and an 80s themed poker bike ride that starts at 6:30 p.m.
New Hampton High School FFA Advisor Jim Russ said he looks at two of his students receiving this opportunity as an honor to receive their goal of being a Borlaug-Ruan internship.“To have two students selected as juniors is amazing to me,” said Rus
The Markham family is proud to have served their communities for 10 years now, and with a funeral home that has 129 years under its belt to boot.Jerry Conway was the founder of the present day Conway-Markham Funeral Home and after changing hands m
Hannah Heit is preparing for an epic summer experience.The New Hampton High School junior is traveling to Ethiopia as a Borlaug-Ruan International intern through the World Food Prize.Heit will join 23 other students, from 12 different states, at r
When Joe Glaser learned that he and Mick Gage had been named the Heartland Days Parade grand marshals, one thought popped into his head.Well, make that one feeling and one thought.“It was humbling,” he said, “but I kept thinking, ‘There are a lot
This Memorial Day marked a special one for Alta Vista as the town came to together to dedicate its Veterans Memorial.VFW Commander Jerome Boehmer said this memorial is special and was made possible because of the many donors that contributed to ge
On a breezy Memorial Day, the flags blew briskly in the wind at the Chickasaw County Veterans Memorial.And virtually every speaker who came to the lectern highlighted the fact that Memorial Day honors those men and women who made the ultimate sacr
This summer parents and children are invited to attend a sensory motor play group with Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton Athletic Trainer and Wellness Coordinator Maggie Peterson.“I have previous clinical experience developing sensory skills and sa
