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Delores Felder dies at 85

Delores Felder age 85, of Alta Vista, passed away on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at University of Iowa Medical Center in Iowa City. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11a.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at St.

Jean Marie Roths dies at 79

Jean Marie Roths age 79 of New Hampton, died Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Linn Haven Rehab and Healthcare in New Hampton.Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 8, 2017 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in North Washington with Rev.

Cemetery commission prepares for summer

Appreciating cemeteries is a mission of the Chickasaw County Cemetery Commission who asked the Board of Supervisors to do the same when signing a proclamation for the month of May to be Cemetery Appreciation Month.The commission continues to do wo

Trojan golfers on road for postseason

Turkey Valley’s boys will be up first when it comes to the postseason golf tournaments as they will make the short trip to Nashua-Plainfield for sectional action on Friday, May 12 at 10 a.m.Along with the N-P hosts, North Butler, Postville, Ricevi

Lawler wants to make tracks safer

After multiple accidents dealing with the train tracks over the years, Lawler has the chance to install cross arms and lights on three streets with railroad crossings.At the Lawler City Council’s April meeting the councilmembers discussed the opti

RAGBRAI may have plenty of ‘detours’

New Hampton is hoping that it can close its Main Street on the day that RAGBRAI swings through town in late July, but that may not be the only detour motorists face that day.The City Council on Monday voted to apply to the Iowa Department of Trans

Former Chickasaw hoping for one final fling on the diamond

Central College senior Noah Stochl didn’t want to go through another 2016 on the baseball field.  For a guy used to winning baseball games, last spring was one season-long nightmare.  A year ago, the Dutch went 10-30 and missed out on qualifying f

New Hampton ready for the golf postseason

New Hampton’s girls will compete in a 3A regional and the boys in a 2A sectional when the postseason golf season begins next week for the boys and the week after for the girls.  The boys have an advantage of starting their quest for a trip to the

School gets good deal on bonds

New Hampton School Board members received a nice surprise — lower-than-estimated interest rates — on Monday when they sold $10 million in bonds for its upcoming school building project. Yet, it was an “expected surprise.”“We were pretty conservati

The farm is the star!

Being on the farm isn’t something every kid gets to experience so the Ed and Lavonne Suhr family’s mission is to help students and community members become more knowledgeable by inviting them to the farm.So for three days — beginning on a rainy an

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