New Hampton had never started its track season so early, but all in all, the Chickasaws’ girls coach Jeanette Laures will take it.

Andy Hugeback’s job Thursday morning was simple: Make sure his mom was at work by 9:30 a.m.

A record-breaking season, one in which Turkey Valley’s boys basketball team won a school-record 22 games, has netted the Trojans plenty of postseason recognition.

If the rumors turn into reality, the superintendent of two local school districts said there’s reason for concern.

After a season in which it finished third place in the Upper Iowa Conference with a record of 12-4, the Turkey Valley girls basketball team had six players, the most in the conference, honored as all-UIC players.

Although New Hampton and Turkey Valley Superintendent Jay Jurrens would like to see state lawmakers act relatively soon on a program that provides initiatives to school districts that share administrators, he will laud them on another issue.

The two men who represent Chickasaw County in the Iowa Legislature don’t have a lot of confidence that lawmakers will finish their work on time in 2020.

A location change wasn’t going to cause the New Hampton Lions Club members any problems when it came to their annual French Toast and Pancake Breakfast.