In the perfect world, New Hampton students would be eating their lunches in the middle school’s new cafeteria and playing volleyball in the new competition gym.
The volunteers who make up the Chickasaw County chapter of Spay and Neuter All Pets, better known by its acronym SNAP, totally understand the New Hampton Parks and Recreation Department’s decision to forego the end-of-season Doggie Swim.
The students and staff gathered, as they do every Friday morning, for Mass, but this one was a bit more special as St. Joseph Community School celebrated its 115th birthday.
A University of Iowa epidemiology professor told New Hampton Community Schools’ officials that the skin issues it endured last season were not caused by the wrestling room at the Chickasaw Wellness Complex, School Board members learned at its regu
It’s a decision that needs to be made by many farmers and landowners: Do you sink money into a seldom-used barn, or let it go, eventually tearing it down?
If New Hampton residents want to run a “trickle” of water to keep their pipes from freezing this winter, they will have to pay for that water and the sewer treatment for it.
It wasn’t that Penny Andorf wasn’t happy in Black Hawk County; after all, she loved her co-workers and her duties as part of that county’s Public Health Department’s Environmental Health Division.
New Hampton had another big day as it continued its week-long celebration of homecoming Friday, but the school saved the two bests for last as Abby Robinson was crowned homecoming queen and the Chickasaws beat Waverly-Shell Rock in the big game.
New Hampton’s homecoming celebration shifted into high gear on Thursday as a number of events were held, highlighted by the crowning of Ethan Rosonke as the homecoming king.
A St. Ansgar author will share her her latest historical novel set in World War II during a program at the Alta Vista Public Library this coming Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
Kathy Babcock has always been a huge proponent of flu shots, but the administrator of Chickasaw County Public Health and Homecare is doubling her pitch this year for a couple of reasons.
Changes are coming to the New Hampton Tribune, but the paper’s publisher is emphasizing that the commitment to community journalism and Chickasaw County will not waver.
