Doris Gifford, age 91 of Waucoma, Iowa, died Monday, July 8, 2019, at Hillcrest Home in Sumner, Iowa.

In the first round of regional action, Turkey Valley cruised to a 13-0 win over West Central and they upended Kee High in the second round 8-2.

The Chickasaw softball team is officially one game away from playing in the state tournament at Fort Dodge.

Back-to-back games for the JV softball girls found the team a little flat on day two. But they had plenty of energy in the game that counted toward conference standings as they defeated Waverly 17-2.

A college art class changed the direction of New Hampton artist and teacher Melissa Nelson.

As U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, made her way around the Deb El Food Products plant in New Hampton last Wednesday, she was asked her thoughts about the facility that the New Jersey company recently purchased from Sparboe.

Although New Hampton claimed the conference title after a doubleheader against Charles City, the Chickasaws also had two important non-conference games against ranked opponents this past week.

Carlee Rochford laughed when she was asked about the first time she threw a javelin.
Put it this way, it did not go well.