Just like the mail, the garbage never stops.It’s a reality that the Floyd–Mitchell–Chickasaw Landfill near Elma faces on a daily basis.
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Just like the mail, the garbage never stops.It’s a reality that the Floyd–Mitchell–Chickasaw Landfill near Elma faces on a daily basis.The landfill is ready to open some more ground in what is a race against time and accumulation of refuse that ranges anywhere from sofas to dead animal carcases —...
Justin Adam is like every single other high school band director in the state in at least one regard.No offense to the football players or coaches, but boy oh boy, he’d love to have the Chickasaws open the season on the road.“We’d all like more time,” Adam said with a laugh Wednesday morning as he...
Almost as soon as he learned that Mike Anderson would be retiring after 32 years as New Hampton’s police chief, Zach Nosbisch was interested in applying for the job.And now he has it after Mayor Deb Larsen appointed the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office deputy to the position Monday night, and the...
If it’s the second weekend of August — and it is — that can mean only one thing: The folks at Pioneer Power Acres are celebrating Northeast Iowa’s rich farming heritage.The annual Northeast Iowa Antique Engine and Power Show kicks off its two-day run on Saturday morning and numerous outdoor...
Dear Nashua-Plain eld students ... we hate to break this to you, but ... well, um ... your summer’s almost over.And your school superintendent can’t wait for it to be so.And on Thursday, Aug. 23, the kids — are at least a majority of them — will head back to class.Now, don’t get Keith Turner wrong...
One final Sunday of “setting up” and “tearing down” remains for the folks at Prairie Lakes Church, and Pastor Cory Orr couldn’t be happier.“It’s been a long time coming,” Orr said. “When you think about it, it’s been more than three years that we’ve set up and tore down at the Chickasaw Event...
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Mason Cleveland figured Tuesday night sooner or later his New Hampton teammates would bust open the game, but even if they didn’t, the Chickasaws would be just fine.
They were, thanks in large part to a monster game from Cleveland, who figured in both New Hampton runs at the plate, completed a...
District time can be unpredictable. Turkey Valley pitcher Cale Reicks doesn’t usually get nervous on the mound, but maybe he was in the first inning against Edgewood-Colesburg. He doesn’t usually pitch high and outside, but this time he did.
“I guess we were lucky to get out of that first inning...
How do you turn nine hits into 18 runs?
In the second game of a doubleheader sweep over Postville Thursday, walks helped the Trojans earn an 18-3 win, scoring the highest run total of the season.
Three different Pirate pitchers threw a total of 13 walks in the Trojan win.
Turkey Valley, on the...
Braydon Fisher understandably has no regrets when it comes to his decision to play baseball this summer.
“I love playing baseball with this team, and I love playing anything for New Hampton,” the senior outfielder said after the Chickasaw concluded a wildly successful regular season with a 7-3 win...
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