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Beryl Sjobakken, 94

Beryl Sjobakken, age 94 of New Hampton, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at the Patty Elwood Center in Cresco.
A private family burial will take place at a later date.

Main Street wants to be able to use more of their sidewalks

Main Street business owners and New Horizons-Chamber Director Jason Speltz made a pitch to the New Hampton City Council to loosen the city code that gives them very little space to display their wares outside their stores.

Turkey Valley gets its revenge

Sweet revenge.
That’s what No. 2 Turkey Valley got on Friday, as they defeated No. 16 Rockford in the opening round of the eight-player playoffs after falling to the Warriors in the first round in 2018 by a score of 64-58.

Contested race results in Tuesday's city/school elections

Here is a look at the unofficial election results for contested races in Chickasaw County:
 
FREDERICKSBURG MAYOR
James F. Mitchell 158
Write-Ins 63
 
FREDERICKSBURG CITY COUNCIL (2 SEATS)

Schwickerath knocks off Larsen in New Hampton mayoral race

New Hampton elected a new mayor on Tuesday as challenger Bobby Schwickerath knocked off incumbent Deb Larsen by a relatively large margin.

Kicking off the holidays

Songs like “Jingle Bells,” “All I Want for Christmas is You” and “Mary Did You Know?” carried down Main Street as shoppers bustled in and out of stores and up and down the sidewalks during Saturday’s Holiday Open House. 

Blazek places third at state XC

Although it was a frigid and windy day at the state cross country meet on Saturday in Fort Dodge, it didn’t seem to affect Jalyssa Blazek and Jaycie Byrne, as they both ran their best times of the year for Turkey Valley.

One tough ending

It was obvious from the opening serve that every point was going to matter in the Class 3A regional final match between No. 6 New Hampton and No. 7 Mount Vernon.

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