The need for workers, the lack of housing and a desperate shortage of daycare slots are the three biggest challenges facing New Hampton in 2021.
And in a sense, they are intertwined.
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The need for workers, the lack of housing and a desperate shortage of daycare slots are the three biggest challenges facing New Hampton in 2021.
And in a sense, they are intertwined.
So New Hampton city and business leaders went outside the box to tackle the three-headed monster, and the result —...
The Chickasaw County Attorney’s Office will lose both of its lawyers next month, leaving county officials scrambling to fill the two vacancies.
Chickasaw County Attorney Jennifer Schwickerath last week submitted her resignation, effective Aug. 13, and she confirmed later in the week that the county...
Summer is in full color at libraries around Chickasaw County as summer reading programs kick off, some this month, some next month, for children and families.
The New Hampton, Fredericksburg, Ionia, Alta Vista, Nashua and Lawler libraries are bursting onto the scene in an array of color after a...
While many town celebrations have grand marshals, Frederika does things a little differently. It has a king and a queen to represent its town and lead the annual parade.
And just what does the royalty — this year it’s Shirley Mack and Sylvan Mutschler — have to do to be selected?
Live a long...
New Hampton could see the construction of a dozen new homes soon and the city’s lone day-care center may also benefit from the new housing development after the City Council approved the preliminary plat for the “Croell’s Fourth Addition” during last week’s meeting.
The addition will extend...
It did not rain on Nashua’s Water Over the Dam Days Parade Saturday morning, or at least, for the most part, it didn’t.
Not that it would have mattered to a lot of the parade watchers, especially those who make their living from the land.
Those people were positively giddy, and why not? For once,...
Sports
Down 6-0, New Hampton roared back to stun No. 1 ranked Roland-Story 9-8 in the Class 2A substate game Tuesday night in Mason City.
New Hampton won its fourth straight postseason game and continued its hot steak — it has won 12 of its last 14 games — to earn a trip to next week’s state tournament in...
After narrowly winning its first round of district action on July 10, 5-4 over Central Springs, New Hampton’s baseball team has been on a roll.
The Chickasaws continued post-season play with a 7-4 victory over Forest City and took the district crown Saturday over Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, 7-3, in...
A big first inning against Nashua-Plainfield Tuesday night propelled the Turkey Valley girls to the second round of regional action.
At the start of the second inning, the Trojan girls owned a 5-0 lead and would go on to win 9-4 over the Huskies.
For Turkey Valley, Jalyssa Blazek led at the plate...
When the Northeast Iowa girls conference golf meet was over Thursday, New Hampton had done something no other school has ever done — win its sixth straight girls golf conference title.
Led by Chickasaw senior medalist Emma Ewert with an 80 and runner-up Lydia Olson at 92, the Chickasaw girls...
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