Kids are out of school and the lazy days of summer are here. Parents will have their hands full with the summer activities and weekly grocery bills will be going up now for area families.
With busy summer schedules and many “glowing boxes” to occupy children’s attention, some parents may wonder, “Is it obvious if my child doesn’t read over the summer?”“Specifically over the summer we can definitely tell,” said New Hampton first-gra
A little before 3 p.m. on Monday, Suzy Turner’s classroom was hopping.A group working on a National History Day website huddled in one corner of the room.
Helen Hartmann has been attending the American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Chickasaw County since the 1980s, which basically means she’s been there from the beginning; after all Relay for Life started in 1986.“I said I was doing this when the
The nerves will still be there Saturday, but they won’t come close to what Lacey Carolan experienced a year ago on the day The Extreme Bull Riding Tour came to New Hampton.“Oh my gosh, I was a wreck,” she said with a laugh.
The Alta Vista Days Parade makes its way past the city’s Veterans Memorial Saturday morning, officially kicking off our unofficial “Festival Month” here in Chickasaw County.
From all outward appearances, New Hampton Parks and Recreation Director Rick Kramer appeared calm last Thursday night when the workers started up the pumping system motor at the New Hampton Municipal Pool.On the inside, however?“I was a little bit
Jason Speltz’s annual 10-day “weather watch” began last week and that can mean only one thing: Heartland Days is nearing.“I know there’s not a dang thing I can do about it,” the New Horizons-Chamber director said, “but I can’t help myself.
The 22 counties that make up the mental health and disability services region called County Social Services will be allowed to realign.An appropriations bill to that effect, which Board of Supervisors Chairman Jacob Hackman discussed with the boar
There’s a new face in grain marketing at the Five Star Cooperative. Dustin Watt originates and markets grain for Five-Star, with an office in the location north of New Hampton, where he began in February.He’s no stranger to farming.— For more on t
The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors approved for the County Engineer’s Office to proceed with hiring an additional employee, which he said would be a floating equipment operator to haul spot rock and so forth.
They’re trying, but it appears there will be at least one more delay when it comes to the opening of the New Hampton Municipal Pool.Parks and Recreation Director Rick Kramer said Wednesday in all likelihood the pool won’t kick off the 2018 season
Jane Manges knows that four hours is her limit.“Heck, I’m going to be 88 on Saturday,” she said with a laugh, but the truth of the matter is that going back to the jewelry store where she and her late husband worked side-by-side is more than a lit
The New Hampton Public Library summer program runs throughout June, offering a reading challenge and programming for all ages.More than 60 youth are signed up as of May 30, which is a record in Director Carrie Becker’s tenure, which goes back to s
