The number of COVID-19 positive tests jumped dramatically last week, and New Hampton High School officials made the decision Monday to move to its “hybrid” approach for classes.

Kathleen Clara Meirick, age 91, passed away peacefully, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, at Colonial Manor, Elma, with her son, Tony, and her daughter, Sandra, by her side.

The New Hampton versus Iowa Falls-Alden varsity football game will be played Friday night, but the freshman game was cancelled because members of the team may have been exposed to COVID-19.

New faces traveling to different places.
The New Hampton Chickasaw volleyball team will feature a fresh-faced roster in 2020.

The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is simple: Cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.

New Hampton High School is gearing up for its annual homecoming celebration next week, but it’s going to look a whole lot different this year because of both COVID-19 and the relative earliness of this year’s homecoming football game.

Overheard outside St. Joseph Community School last week:
“I never thought I’d say this, but I am so pumped to go to school.”