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Turkey Valley takes third in the UIC

How do you turn nine hits into 18 runs? 
In the second game of a doubleheader sweep over Postville Thursday, walks helped the Trojans earn an 18-3 win, scoring the highest run total of the season.

Getting ready for the fair

Though a city kid, Adam Waddell’s respect was palpable as he gently curry-combed the mud off his dairy cow, Daisy, in preparation to have her washed and sheared for the 4-H and FFA Achievement Show this week.The 11-year-old New Hampton resident an

Family gearing up for ‘the pull’

Julie Eckenrod rounded up the grandkids Saturday afternoon for a quick picture and laughed as she did so.“They’re cleaning tractors,” she said, “and I just can’t believe how much they get into this.”“This,” of course, is the annual Kenwood Avenue

New Hampton takes two more

Braydon Fisher understandably has no regrets when it comes to his decision to play baseball this summer.

Ralph Frederick Smith, 97

Funeral services for Ralph F. Smith of Belmond, formerly of Thornton, will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 9, 2018, at the Retz Funeral Home in Thornton with Pastor John Tunnicliff officiating.  Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Thornton.

Thomas C. Murphy, 72

Thomas C. Murphy, 72, of Caledonia, Minn., died Friday, June 29, 2018, at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, Wis., weeks after being diagnosed with cancer.

Eunice M. Borlaug, 84

Eunice M. Borlaug, age 84 of Saude, IA, died Thursday, July 5, 2018, at her home.
A Memorial Service will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2018, at Saude Lutheran Church with Pastor Peter Faugstad officiating.

City’s housing needs assessed, of use in federal grants

The 51-page New Hampton 2018 Housing Needs Assessment from Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments was acknowledged and approved by New Hampton City Council on Monday.The city started this process about a year ago because it wanted to use t

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