Decision day is almost here when it comes to a $19.415 million bond referendum New Hampton Community Schools will put forth to voters on Tuesday.At stake is a proposed new middle school, competition gym and a new industrial technology and vocation
Agriculture Education Pork Partner Joanne Tupper visited the New Hampton Elementary School on Tuesday with two little piglets to help the fourth graders learn about the pork industry.Tupper described what she and her husband, Larry, do as they rai
Rapid Printers was packed on Thursday night as community members filed into the business to congratulate owner Brad Schwickerath on 20 years in business.“It feels great,” said Schwickerath who is very proud of the accomplishments the staff has mad
The public will be able to vote for the best tasting chili before the Super Bowl at the Townhouse while they hold their second annual Super Bowl Chili Cook-Off contest.Last year this event drew in a big crowd who were excited to see if their chili
The Adult Education Classes that the Husky Wellness Center offers recently held their cake decorating class. Carol Goddard has been baking and decorating cakes for 36 years and was the instructor for the class.
The hitting clinic that took place last Saturday at the Husky Wellness Center proved to be very informative.Optimum Level Softball out of Coralville put on the clinic.
If Heather Maurer has learned anything when it comes to the annual Wedding Extravaganza Rapid Printers puts on each winter, it is that longer is not necessarily better.“What we’ve found over the years is that most brides come in the morning,” she
The crowd may have been small, but the number of questions certainly wasn’t at the penultimate referendum informational meeting last Thursday evening.About 50 New Hampton Community School residents attended the meeting to learn more about the prop
Author David Thoreson visited the New Hampton Public Library last Thursday night to speak about the book that features many of his photos and journal entries from sea, Over the Horizon!
The 12th year of Cowboy Poetry welcomed new and returning performers to Lawler for two performances as well as one afternoon performance in New Hampton on Saturday.On Friday night, Gerry Mishak was happy to say that he saw faces in the crowd that
New Hampton Tribune General Manager Kim Bucknell (left) presents Quilts of Valor local chapter member Denise Sinnwell with a check for $500 as part of the proceeds from the newspaper’s annual Veterans Day Commemorative Edition, a special section t
English, math, social studies and math are out – in a way, at least — and classes like “Disaster Zone: Preparing to Help Your Community,” “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” and “Enviro-Maniacs” are in at New Hampton Middle School.The school kicked off
Bill Boyd wanted to “stay in the game” and umpiring gave him that opportunity.And now, years later, the New Hampton man is Iowa’s umpire of year as Boyd was bestowed the honor this past weekend at the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association annual conve
The many libraries in the county take care of the residents through books, movies and programs as well as technology.To do so, however, they rely on the funding they can find and had their yearly meeting with the Chickasaw County Board of Supervis
This storm definitely didn’t miss Chickasaw County; in fact, Old Man Winter threw a little more at us than originally expected.New Hampton received eight inches of snow during the storm that hit the area on Tuesday night and continued throughout t