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City leaders, committee begin preparing for RAGBRAI

 New Hampton has taken “baby steps” when it comes to preparing for RAGBRAI, but Mayor Deb Larsen told the City Council Monday night that planning will really pick up steam early next month.Larsen told the council that a RAGBRAI Committee has been

School gets set for bond sale

 New Hampton Community Schools will begin raising the money for its new building project on May 1, the day the district plans to sell $10 million in bonds.The School Board made the decision Monday night to sell only a portion of the bonds needed t

Author discusses latest book

 Author Linda McCann was at the Nashua Public Library on Saturday discussing her newly released book “Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Northeast Iowa.” McCann has been working on this book for months, talking with a dozen men who were in the C

Alice Wendland dies at 92

Alice Wendland age 92 of Nora Springs, formerly of Fredericksburg passed away Thursday, Mar. 23, 2017, at the Nora Springs Care Center.Funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, Mar. 27, 2017 at St.

Deborah (Stoner) Turner dies at 87

Deborah  (Stoner) Turner age 87, died February 11, 2017, at Shell Lake Health Care Center in Shell Lake, Wisc.

Trojans run at UIC Indoor

Forget the places in the team standings, the Turkey Valley track teams showed plenty of potential at the Upper Iowa Conference Indoor Championships.The Trojan boys finished fifth while the girls took sixth at the meet held on Monday at Luther Coll

No wins but girls find NEIC success

Although wins were tough to come by for the New Hampton girls track team Tuesday at the Northeast Iowa Conference Indoor, coach Jeanette Laures found plenty of positives.  “Overall, I thought the meet went pretty well,” Laures said.

Funeral home gears up for a busy summer

 When something weighs 24,000 pounds, you place it right where you want it.Just ask the folks at Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home, who had a 24,000-pound crematory placed Tuesday into what will become the area’s only crematorium.“It’s not like you ca

Students get a lesson on roller skates

 There was a lot of “falling down” during gym class on Monday afternoon, when the Nashua-Plainfield students began their roller skating unit for gym class.Physical Education Teacher Jill Kalvig will have her students roller skating at the Husky We

Hitting the track

All in all, it wasn’t a bad start at all for the New Hampton boys track team.  Running in its first and only indoor meet of the season Tuesday night, the Chickasaws put together several solid performances at the Northeast Iowa Conference Indoor. 

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