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County youth coordinator loves new job

Eleni Parsons has a big goal — a utopian one at that — when it comes to Chickasaw County’s 4-H clubs.

New Theisen’s store opens in style

A dream 10 years in the making came to realization Friday morning when New Hampton’s new Theisen’s store opened.

Turkey Valley royalty crowned

Crowned 2019 Homecoming Queen Friday night was Turkey Valley's Liza Herold. She joined King Kannon Leuenberger as they were crowned by 2018 royalty Karissa Schmidt and Carter Reicks.

Leuenberger crowned Turkey Valley homecoming king

Half of Turkey Valley's homecoming royalty has been set as Kannon Leuenberger was crowned king in between the varsity and junior varsity volleyball matches Thursdasy night.

Renovation culminates dream

This has been a dream of Lisa Pool’s for a long time. 

New pastor takes ‘long road’ to Iowa

Willy Mafuta couldn’t help but chuckle when he was asked about snow; after all, the pastor at the United Methodist and United Church of Christ churches in New Hampton and the UCC Church in Ionia was born and raised in the Democratic Republic of Co

School construction project ‘getting there’

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.

This run is for the dogs

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.

More than a milestone

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.

School Board told skin issues in wrestling are ‘never the room’

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

Work begins Chickasaw Legacy Pathway

It was a groundbreaking ceremony, yet, it was much more.

‘Metamorphosis’ barn part of statewide tour

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?

Free ‘winter water’ eliminated

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.

Environmental health director settling in nicely

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.

Robinson crowned homecoming queen

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.

It’s harvest time - let’s be careful out there!

Students from Chickasaw County came to the Big 4 Fair grounds on Friday to learn about farm safety now that harvest season is right around the corner.

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