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Weather dampens bridge, field work

The area saw a little needed drying out over the weekend as area rivers were expected to hold at minor flood stage.On Thursday Chickasaw County had about 16 areas where roads were closed such as washouts, County Engineer Dusten Rolando said.

Birth Center has plenty to celebrate

Emily and DJ Schueth have no regrets whatsoever when it comes to making the decision to “stay home” and have their baby at Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton.“We heard from many other people who had their babies at Mercy that it was a great place,”

It’s homecoming week in New Hampton!

New Hampton High School homecoming queen and king candidates — (front row, from right) Kori Jirak, Taylor Bearman, Faith Erdman, Olivia Burke, Sadie Tenge, (back row) Nick TeKippe, Ryan Anderson, Tom Clark, Max Babcock and Mason Cleveland — pose f

New veterinarian likes the variety her career offers

Growing up on a farm in northwest Iowa, Kim Van Driel always had an interest in animals.But the doctor behind New Hampton Veterinary Clinic, which recently opened at 703 N. Sherman Ave., didn’t always know she wanted to be a veterinarian.

Sheriff: Departure of female dispatcher may cause jail issues

Female inmates will no longer be able to be housed 24/7 at Chickasaw County Jail after a female dispatcher and jailer resigned her position with the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office.Dispatcher Ashely Schuchhardt resigned effective Sunday, Sept.

Supervisors give communication project green light

At the recommendation of the 911 Board for “approach one” and in the face of overwhelming public support at a hearing on Monday night, the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to move forward with additional action toward borrowing up t

Nashua commits to supporting new Splash Pad

The Nashua City Council on Monday night agreed to support the Splash Pad project a group of residents are undertaking by providing  plumbing for the new water and sewer lines to the site, grading the site and also committing to water usage.Sewer S

Victories may not come, but Trojans show improvement

Isn’t there a saying that attitude is everything?
Then the Turkey Valley girls should continue to grow as a team, even though they struggled at the Waukon tourney last Saturday.

And then there were five

After winning their first set against Decorah by a 25-9 score Tuesday, the Chickasaw girls were up 17-4 in the second set.

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