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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

Pub has top tenderloin in all of Iowa

Minutes after the Pub at the Pincion received the 2019 Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin Award, the folks from the Iowa Pork Producers Association issued a warning: Expect a “pork tenderloin tsunami.”

Ready to show it off!

It’s been, as Superintendent Jay Jurrens put it with a weary smile, a “process,” but New Hampton Community Schools’ $19.415 million building project is complete.
Or at least it’s 99.9 percent complete.

Seniors are the leaders of the band

If you have been in the vicinity of the high school any of the recent mornings, you have probably heard some music blowing on the breeze from the football stadium.

Judges learn that the Pub at the Pinicon makes one tasty tenderloin

Phil Zwanziger had no idea that the three people who came into the Pub at the Pinicon for a late lunch recently were judges for a statewide contest sponsored by the Iowa Pork Producers Association.

Halloween traditions to continue

Two of Chickasaw County’s biggest Halloween traditions are on tap once again this year, but both are coming with some changes.

Light Plant ‘election’ not so easy

A New Hampton resident made a pitch last week to the City Council to have members of the New Hampton Light Plant Board elected, rather than appointed, but he may have to first lobby the Iowa Legislature to change state law.

Early voting begins for city, school elections

The ballots are in and that means voting for the Nov. 5 municipal and school elections is now underway.

Rain can stop anytime now

Area farmers were praying for a little rain a month ago; today, they’d love Mother Nature to turn off the spigot.

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