Kiersten Tenge figured she and her teammates would be nervous when New Hampton opened the abbreviated 2020 softball season last week.

“X” marks the spot.
For the New Hampton baseball team, that means a substantially sized bulls-eye rests on the back of every red and black Chickasaw jersey that takes to the field this summer.

Clifford Alvin Bast, age 91 of Nashua, died Monday June 22, 2020, at the Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City.

New Hampton School Board President Joe Rosonke said he and his fellow board members had one thing in mind when they approved student fees for the 2020-21 school year during its monthly meeting last week.

They pitched some softball, they hit some baseballs and, heck, some kids even dressed up and went to prom.
Welcome back, normalcy, or at least, hello, “new normal.”

Travis Francis Bouska, age 36 of Iowa City and formerly of New Hampton, died Friday, June 19, 2020, at his home.

There will be a Chickasaw County 4-H and FFA Achievement Show in 2020.
And it will be held at the Big Four Fairgrounds in Nashua, or at least most of it will
After that, it won’t look anything like past shows.

Virgil A. Chihak, age 89, of Spring Valley, MN formerly of Lourdes, IA passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020 at his home in Spring Valley.