Willy Mafuta couldn’t help but chuckle when he was asked about snow; after all, the pastor at the United Methodist and United Church of Christ churches in New Hampton and the UCC Church in Ionia was born and raised in the Democratic Republic of Co

After not starting the week the way they wanted to, the New Hampton cross country team ended it with a bang.

The district’s leading rusher had some pretty impressive numbers in the first four weeks of the season. And then Central City’s Isaiah Damm met up with Turkey Valley’s defense.

In the perfect world, New Hampton students would be eating their lunches in the middle school’s new cafeteria and playing volleyball in the new competition gym.

The volunteers who make up the Chickasaw County chapter of Spay and Neuter All Pets, better known by its acronym SNAP, totally understand the New Hampton Parks and Recreation Department’s decision to forego the end-of-season Doggie Swim.

The New Hampton football coaches dangled pizza in front of their players Friday night, and they literally ran to get their slices.

An extra game on the New Hampton schedule gave the Chickasaws just what they needed Thursday — their first five-set match of the season. 

Jacqueline D. Dybevik, age 71, of Elma, IA, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN.

Kimberly Ann Johnson age 62 of Nashua, IA, died Saturday, September 28, 2019, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.