Jason Fisher will be the first to admit that it wasn’t always easy to stand on the sidelines during his first two years as a member of the Wartburg football team.
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New Hampton’s school enrollment has dropped by more than 2 percent, the School Board learned during a meeting Monday night, but Superintendent Jay Jurrens said be believes the district has prepared itself well for the challenges that come with declining enrollment.The district’s Oct. 1 certified...
Adam Polashek is operations manager with Polashek Locker.His parents bought the place in 1983 and celebrated 35 years in business this year. Adam and his brother Cory both work there after having grown up with the business, which employs 10 people.Brad and Amy Neitzke co-own the Ionia Locker with...
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The Nashua-Plainfield Elementary students were led by Chief Deputy Reed Palo from the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office, Nashua Police Officer Stephen Johnson (now with the Sheriff’s Office) and "K9" Duke when they hosted the Huskies Healthiest State Walk on Oct. 3.“Walk more. Connect more,” was...
The vocal students of New Hampton Community Schools truly saved the best for last Monday night as they finished the every-other-year Parade of Choirs Concert with a flourish.Now, don’t get the wrong idea, the performances by the four choirs — Keynotes, Seventh and Eighth, NuHi Chorale and the...
The fate of a city-owned lot remained up in the air on Monday night after the Nashua City Council did not approve the sale of the lot at 202 Main Street to Lincoln Savings Bank.The meeting attracted a full house as a number of residents took issue with the fact that council members earlier this...
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Jason Fisher will be the first to admit that it wasn’t always easy to stand on the sidelines during his first two years as a member of the Wartburg football team.
“It was different — very, very different,” the 2016 Nashua-Plainfield graduate said. “I mean I was used to playing every down, every...
To say Dr. Jacqueline Evans loves to run is an understatement.
The 51-year-old Lancaster, Pa., oncologist who graduated from Turkey Valley High School in 1985, recently completed a marathon in Wyoming, an especially noteworthy achievement because it meant she had achieved her goal of running a...
Two Turkey Valley runners, one from New Hampton and one from Nashua-Plainfield will be representing the area in both the 1A and 2A cross country meets after finishing in the top 15 in their respective state qualifying meets Thursday.
Jalyssa Blazek won the 17-team 1A meet with a time of 19:49.59,...
With Tripoli looming in the postseason, Turkey Valley ended their regular season last Thursday with a 3-0 loss to Central of Elkader to finish the 2018 campaign with a 4-21 record.
The Trojan girls did have a 25-13 loss, but on either end of that was a close 25-21 loss.
“I am pleased with their...
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