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‘Transportation equity’ helps area districts

Although New Hampton and Turkey Valley Superintendent Jay Jurrens would like to see state lawmakers act relatively soon on a program that provides initiatives to school districts that share administrators, he will laud them on another issue.

Lawmakers lagging behind in ’20

The two men who represent Chickasaw County in the Iowa Legislature don’t have a lot of confidence that lawmakers will finish their work on time in 2020.

Only the location changes

A location change wasn’t going to cause the New Hampton Lions Club members any problems when it came to their annual French Toast and Pancake Breakfast.

TRIBE Trail ramps up for Phase III

The money is nice, but the reality is that the annual TRIBE Trail Steak Fry is really more about “exposure” than it is about fundraising.

Departure tough call for MercyOne doctors

John and Shea Epperly agonized over the decision, but in the end, family carried the day.

FFA speaker: All of us are connected to ag

When Greg Peterson first had the idea to make a music video with his brothers, the goal was to show their friends, and maybe a few others, how cool farming is. 

New Hampton school taxes to fall

There’s a very good chance that most property owners within New Hampton Community Schools will actually see the school portion of their taxes drop in 2020-21.

Just your normal winter!

For those who think this winter has been, well for the lack of a better word, lame, here’s the deal.
This is what a typical winter is supposed to be all about. This is, in a word, normal.

It’s people who make hospital tick

The rule at MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center’s Emergency Department is pretty simple: There is no such thing as a “middle-of-the-road” day.
It’s either feast or famine.

NHHS grad ‘covers’ first state tournament

Ryan Anderson sat in the Wells Fargo Arena and took a well-deserved rest late Friday morning.

Leading the Grand March

Fifty years ago, Bill Roths wrestled at the state tournament as a New Hampton High School senior.
Twenty-five years ago, Roths sang a rousing rendition of the National Anthem before the 1995 state tournament finals.

Speech team earns four Division I ratings at state

New Hampton’s large group speech season came to an end last Monday when its coaches and team members learned that none of its entries had received a nomination to the All-State Speech Festival.

NEIC taking a ‘step back’ to mull options

The news about a possible conference realignment for New Hampton High School and its fellow members of the Northeast Iowa Conference is pretty much on hold.

‘Gang’ comes up with Valentine’s surprise at TV

They came in the dark of the night — Mateo, Vinnie, Hulk, Sal, Rocky, Danny, Rambo, Joey and Rocco — to Turkey Valley High School, and they opened every girls’ locker in the joint.

There’s a lot of ‘stuff’ in this new book

Juanita Andersen couldn’t help but laugh last Friday when she was told that the title of her new book — especially the first word — was … well so her.

After further review, city taxes to go up

New Hampton property owners will see an increase in their property tax bills, after all, if the proposed budget that will have two public hearings next month is approved by the City Council.

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