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Rendezvous offers blast from the past

Rendezvous weekend is about living history while sharing the experience with family. The Old Bradford Rendezvous was held for the fourth year at Old Bradford Pioneer Village Museum during the weekend.

Capping off a great season

The lull never came this summer to the New Hampton Municipal Pool.“Usually, by August, honestly it gets a little dead out there in August,” New Hampton Parks and Recreation Director Rick Kramer said Sunday, “so I’ve caught myself the last couple o

Church celebrates new home

Jack Kline remembers those early days when he and his friends first began gathering for worship services at the Chickasaw Event Center.“Even before we became affiliated with Prairie Lakes,” he said, “we were already thinking it would be so cool to

Public health mileage concerns cut both ways

In discussion before the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors last week, Hacker Nelson representative Steve Samec advised Public Health to log towns of departure and arrival when turning in staff mileage claims even though staff may visit several

‘Chicago chalk champ’ wows Safari kids with her creation

Kathleen J. Roling has a soft spot for making children happy.

Mercy project moves ahead, but patience is still needed

Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton’s renovation project took another big step last week as part of the hospital’s new Emergency Department opened, but more changes are on the way.For the next two weeks, all those coming into the hospital, even visit

Overwhelmed by generosity

As Liz Markham opened the door to the large room at her family’s funeral home, she couldn’t help but smile.“You’ll be surprised,” she said.And she wasn’t kidding.

School ready for a crazy fall

The parking lot has been somewhat cleared, orientation for New Hampton High School freshmen and new students was held Thursday, the new Chromebooks are scheduled to arrive today or Monday and a few more parking places have been created.In other wo

Supervisors will let sheriff hire new deputy

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors voted on Monday [Aug.

Love of art leads to new business

After apprenticing with Shane Warnke, owner at Captain’s Quarters in Charles City, and working for him for two years, New Hampton native Carisa Kloster had noticed many of her clients were from her hometown.So she decided to set up shop here.She h

It’s all art, all week at Carnegie

Elementary age children have spent the week studiously learning songs, painting and other visual art while absorbing life lessons from “Aesop’s Fables” on an Art Safari.That’s the name of the annual Carnegie Center program with a 15-hour total run

Committed staff make farm a home for 300 cats

Cat patios and on-site veterinary services are just some of the luxuries the cats who live at C&W Rustic Hollow Shelter experience every day, and on Sunday the cats had company from around the state who helped the shelter raise funds to contin

Donating the gift of life

Two area residents — Bill Kunzman and Luci Fober — donate blood during a drive held at St. John’s Lutheran Church on Monday morning.Kunzman is from Charles City, he taught for 28 years at Nashua-Plainfield.

National Night Out draws big crowd to fairgrounds

The sound of the Mercy Air Med helicopter from Mason City swept the crowd and attracted spectators as it landed at the Big 4 Fairgrounds on Tuesday evening [Aug.

Power Show takes folks back in time

Cam Haar was definitely the kid of the bunch gathered around the machine Saturday morning, but he didn’t care.“I’m the young guy, no doubt about it,” the 24-year-old Alta Vista man said, “but I love this.

Classic in so many ways!

Rick Kramer and Grant Anderson will be the first to admit that they were a little nervous – OK, a lot nervous — last Thursday.It was 5 p.m., the State Bank’s Cookin’ for a Cause event to support New Hampton’s TRIBE Trail was supposed to start.“And

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