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Farmers want a break from weather

Terry Basol has said for two months now that farmers can bring in a good crop if they can just get it out of the fields.

Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign kicks off next week

The Chickasaw County unit of the Salvation Army will kick off its 2019 Red Kettle Campaign on Wednesday, and to steal a line from Uncle Sam, it “needs you.”

Board of Health discusses deficit

Chickasaw County Public Health and Home Care Services is already more than $200,000 “in the red” for the fiscal year that began July 1, and for at least one Board of Health member, that is disconcerting.

Comp Board recommends big raises

The Chickasaw County Compensation Board Thursday unanimously approved recommending raises of 6 percent to the county’s elected officials, with one notable exception.

Conference Board makes pitch to keep county assessor

Chickasaw County may lose its assessor, and county, city and school officials reacted by offering Ray Armel a raise, effectively immediately, in an effort to keep him.

Students fervently working on ‘State Fair’

Step right up ladies and gentlemen, come one, come all! 

Main Street wants to be able to use more of their sidewalks

Main Street business owners and New Horizons-Chamber Director Jason Speltz made a pitch to the New Hampton City Council to loosen the city code that gives them very little space to display their wares outside their stores.

Contested race results in Tuesday's city/school elections

Here is a look at the unofficial election results for contested races in Chickasaw County:
 
FREDERICKSBURG MAYOR
James F. Mitchell 158
Write-Ins 63
 
FREDERICKSBURG CITY COUNCIL (2 SEATS)

Schwickerath knocks off Larsen in New Hampton mayoral race

New Hampton elected a new mayor on Tuesday as challenger Bobby Schwickerath knocked off incumbent Deb Larsen by a relatively large margin.

Kicking off the holidays

Songs like “Jingle Bells,” “All I Want for Christmas is You” and “Mary Did You Know?” carried down Main Street as shoppers bustled in and out of stores and up and down the sidewalks during Saturday’s Holiday Open House. 

Election day nears for both cities, schools

New Hampton voters have a decision to make next week when they head to the polls to select a new mayor.
Do they want to stay the course or do they want a change?

It’s the end of an era; Wilshires to close store

It wasn’t a decision Howard and Marty Wilshire took lightly, but after 44 years of owning and operating the New Hampton jewelry store, they have decided, as they put it, “to smell the roses.”

New Hampton enrollment drops

The enrollment numbers didn’t surprise New Hampton Community School officials, yet they still stung.

High flow matters

Let’s get one thing out of the way before we get started with this story.
You want to hug Arlo Brown, don’t you?
Seriously, is he the cutest little boy you’ve ever seen or what? 

Farmers finally get chance to harvest

Last week was a boon for area farmers; the weekend and the start of this week … not so good.

New gym has ‘different feeling’ for Chickasaws

Although the original plans were to have the new gym completed in time for the start of the 2019 school year and volleyball season, New Hampton had to wait until this past weekend to finally open up this facility for the Northeast Iowa Conference

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