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Supervisors deal with recorder’s departure

Chickasaw County Recorder Cindy Messersmith informed the Board of Supervisors last week that Oct.

Homecoming to remember!

New Hampton High School Principal Sarah Updegraff is looking forward to welcoming her students back to class today [Tuesday], if for no other reason, it means homecoming week is over.Now don’t get Updegraff wrong — she and most of her staff member

Normal week leads to fast times for Chickasaws, Trojans

The New Hampton and Turkey Valley cross country teams finally enjoyed a “normal” week, and they capped it off with a shining run on a cold Saturday outing in Cresco.

Trojans bounce back, roll past Kee

After a loss to Central City, Turkey Valley couldn’t afford another defeat if they wanted to advance to the state playoffs in a wild card spot. 

‘Celebrities’ make push for reading

One of the highlights of homecoming every week is the annual tradition of “Celebrity Readers,” and this past Thursday, the “celebrities” — the members of the fall sports teams at New Hampton High School — spent the morning with a designated New Ha

Firefighters called to high school, but it’s just a little furnace issue

It’s not the kind of news — the fire department is headed toward one of your buildings — any superintendent wants to take.But the fact that the call came on a Sunday morning and the news that it wasn’t a full-blown fire, or even close to that, mad

Chickasaws hope to build on loss

The experiences, at least in the eyes of New Hampton volleyball coach Jess Geerts, more than made up for the Chickasaws’ first loss of the season on Saturday.

Director: Vaccinate early for respiratory flu

Last flu season, the respiratory flu slammed Iowans around Thanksgiving and Christmas on the way to its peak in January, then hit again in early March.“They’re thinking if we vaccinate earlier, the flu won’t be so severe, ‘build up immunity early

The walls go up next week

Jay Jurrens has been through a construction project before so he’s not panicking — not even coming close — at a slight delay when it comes to New Hampton Community Schools’ $19.415 million project.“We’re going to be fine, and after going through a

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