Margaret “Marge” Ann Quirk, age 72 of New Hampton, died peacefully and surrounded by her family on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at the New Hampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
After falling to Rockford in the first round of the eight-player playoffs in 2018, Turkey Valley was able to get their revenge on Friday night, as they defeated Rockford 52-8 in the opening round of the postseason.
New Hampton voters have a decision to make next week when they head to the polls to select a new mayor.
Do they want to stay the course or do they want a change?
After securing the district championship two weeks ago against Easton Valley, it would have been easy for the Turkey Valley football team to overlook their final opponent of the regular season - winless Central Elkader.
Country music singer Scott McCreery’s song “Five More Minutes” — or at least one verse of it may sum up the feelings New Hampton’s six seniors felt as they left the football field for one final time Friday night.
It wasn’t a decision Howard and Marty Wilshire took lightly, but after 44 years of owning and operating the New Hampton jewelry store, they have decided, as they put it, “to smell the roses.”
