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Turkey Valley’s Reicks repeats at UIC, Trojans score first dual win

Cale Reicks became a repeat Upper Iowa Conference champion pretty much the same way he did last year — by pins.  A year ago Reicks upset the No.

Chickasaw girls go three-for-three

For just a split second during New Hampton's win over Decorah Friday night, the gym was quiet enough to hear the New Hampton bench start laughing.  “Oh, Emma [Nicolaisen] said something about an 'on fire' emoji,” coach Matt Schult e

Cowboys back in town

The 12th year of Cowboy Poetry welcomed new and returning performers to Lawler for two performances as well as one afternoon performance in New Hampton on Saturday.On Friday night, Gerry Mishak was happy to say that he saw faces in the crowd that

Chickasaws must settle for second

Twenty-four hours after New Hampton came up short in ending Waverly-Shell Rock’s dominance at the Northeast Iowa Conference tournament, the results still stung.  “I’m not going to lie,” Chickasaw senior Ryan Gorman said Sunday night, “we wanted th

Coming out party

New Hampton trailed 60-59 Thursday night when Keagan John saw Tristan Sweitzer penetrate into the lane.  The Chickasaw junior knew there was a good chance he was going to get a pass so he was ready as Sweitzer spun, saw John in the corner and hit

Readers sound off on upcoming school vote

Our generation needs to step up and vote yesMyself and many of the IDC board members would like to thank our superintendent and School Board members for responding to our petition to bring a school building plan forward.Several of the IDC members

If you can afford the ‘buck sixty,’ then vote yes in referendum

It’s a no-brainer to construct a new school building when it’s both reasonable and necessary. Reasonable means the property tax increase is modest.It’s tougher to nail down what is necessary.

From wrestling to speech, leaving the referendum behind for a bit

My joke the last month or so has gone something like this: I can’t wait for Feb. 8.Why?Because the referendum will be over.

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