Vera Barbara Kriener, age 91 of Lawler, died Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, at her home.

Joseph William Cook, age 84, of Center Point, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2021, surrounded by his loving family at his home, from renal kidney failure and chronic heart complications.

Maurice "Maurie" Randall, age 89, of New Hampton, passed away on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at Cedar Valley Hospice in Waterloo, IA. 

Donald C. Miller, age 76, of Elma, IA passed away on Thursday, July 22, 2021 at Colonial Manor in Elma with his family by his side.

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.