Turkey Valley recorded consecutive wins earlier this season, but this week marked the first time the Trojan volleyball program has two straight wins over different opponents.

The Chickasaw County Jail, constructed in 1958, was marked 100 percent compliant by Jail Inspector Delbert Longley in a Friday report.Longley called the jail “very clean, well maintained and well-managed” despite being “an older facility that does

Forget the 0-4 beginning to the season, or even the rather pedestrian start to Friday’s game, New Hampton’s football team will be playing for the Class 2A, District 3 lead next week.The Chickasaws, down 7-6 at halftime, played arguably its best ha

New Hampton High School homecoming royalty was “completed” Friday night when Faith Erdman was crowned queen during a coronation ceremony held at halftime of the football game between the Chickasaws and Iowa Falls-Alden.Erdman received her crown th

Ask New Hampton cross country coach Jamie Ohrt and her Turkey Valley counterpart, Sarah Bakula, about settling into a routine this season, and they both pretty much have the same answer.
What routine?

After Charlie and Tate Geerts had balloons tied around their wrists and ran around the gym floor to show them off, their mother talked about her “other” family. 

Turkey Valley’s homecoming candidates — (front row, from left) Kayla Burke, Kelsey Kurtenbach, Karissa Schmidt, (back row) Carter Reicks, Dalton Rush and Simon Schmitt — pose for a photo as the school prepares to kick off its homecoming activities

New Hampton’s homecoming celebration shifted into high gear Thursday night as the annual parade drew a large crowd to downtown New Hampton and a king was crowned later in the evening at the high school.Tom Clark was named king at the end of a fun