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A kindergartner’s life

Jill Flugum’s day begins at 7:45 a.m. when she readies her classroom and herself for her day as a kindergarten teacher at St. Joseph Community School. 

Non-traditional Democrat touts ability to beat Trump

Tom Steyer believes one way Democrats can beat Donald Trump in 2020 is to run an outside-of-the-box candidate, and guess what?
That describes the California billionaire to a proverbial T.

Dance team adds yet another feather to cap

It was — as Maddie Hoeck put it so well — “nine hours of agony.”

Ready to go to work

Bobby Schwickerath laughed last week when he was asked if he was ready for Monday night’s City Council meeting?

After long deadlock, ambulance deal struck

It was a saga that actually began at the end of 2018 when Chickasaw Ambulance Service owner and operator Jeremy McGrath notified Chickasaw County Ambulance Council Chairman Steve Geerts that he was going to opt out of its contract.

Rush to open new school

The 2019-20 school year was less than a month away from commencing this summer, and New Hampton Community Schools Jay Jurrens sat in his office and espoused confidence.

Iowa BIG North lands ‘STEM Best’ grant

Iowa BIG North is one of 19 educational programs in Iowa that will receive some additional funding from Iowa’s STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Advisory Council.

A winter like no other

“Winter, where art thou?”
That was the “lead” headline on the front page of the Jan. 1, 2019, Tribune, and trust us, if we would have known what was coming, we would never have written it.

Shopko closes; Theisen’s moves

The long-rumored closing of New Hampton’s Shopko store became a reality this past spring, but the city and surrounding area came out a winner when Theisen’s agreed to purchase the building and move their store across the street.

Student from Sweden keeps busy in NH

Simon Lindquist came into his foreign exchange year in America with high expectations. He has yet to be disappointed. 
He describes his experience as “absolutely fantastic” so far, and he is loving every minute.

It’s a changing of the guard of sorts in New Hampton

New Hampton’s mayor and fire chief will not be the same at the beginning of 2020, as city voters and fire department members decided 2019 needed to be a year of change.

Despite myriad of challenges, farmers somehow get ‘win’

It’s never a great sign when one sees farmers giving up their Thanksgiving holiday weekend because they still have crops in the field or post-harvest field work to complete.

Salvation Army declares victory

When the Chickasaw County unit of the Salvation Army began its Red Kettle Campaign last month, Kris Markham publicly hoped it could reach it’s goal.
Privately, though, Markham was just hoping that the campaign would reach five digits.

It’s a year of change at MercyOne New Hampton

There was much to celebrate in New Hampton’s medical community this year.

Sad chapter comes to an end with conviction

One of the most tragic and horrific crimes in the history of Chickasaw County was settled in 2019, when Cheyanne Renee Harris was found guilty by a Plymouth County jury in February of the first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in dea

Iowa learns what we always knew: Pub’s tenderloin is the best

This is one of those stories that most of us in and around Chickasaw County already knew: The Pub at the Pinicon’s breaded tenderloin is the best one in all of Iowa.

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