Sooner or later, it’s going to snow in Northeast Iowa.And while this year, the first measurable snowfall came relatively late, winter has definitely arrived.About 2.5 inches of snow fell on New Hampton overnight on Saturday, and we are about to ge
As New Hampton High School senior Val Rinken led Dixie Zeien and her four grandchildren around the “Santa Store,” grandma looked into the gift box and couldn’t help but laugh.“OK, who got this truck?”“I did,” said little Ryan Kuhn. “For mommy.
The margin was worse, but Chad Sweitzer saw at least some progress Thursday night when his New Hampton boys basketball team fell to 0-2 with a 79-46 loss to Mason City. The loss came two nights after the Chickasaws dropped their season opener by
The term free throw is a bit of a misnomer, as they're not free and, in fact, at times the shots are very hard to sink. Although Turkey Valley's boys won their first game of the season, they did so with a paltry 13 percent at the line,
Just over a month after we find out that enrollment is down another 18 students, (51 students less since the last bond issue) another $19 million dollar proposal is going to be in front of the voters.I haven't seen how this building is going
The question came out of left field Saturday night as Noah and I watched Penn State’s remarkable comeback in the Big 10 football championship game.“So Dad, did you use typewriters when you started in newspapers?”What?“No seriously, that was a lot
Maybe one of the best holiday stories from a year ago was the success of the Salvation Army Kettle Campaign, the first-ever held here in Chickasaw County.By the time it ended, more than $10,000 had been raised and that money certainly went to good
It looks likely that voters in the New Hampton Community Schools will be heading to the polls in early February to decide if the school district will build a new middle school.A committee of community members, teachers and other district staff mem
