Chickasaw County officials opened contract negotiations with employees on Thursday with three quick meetings in rapid succession.

With the arrival of Thanksgiving week and Christmas just around the corner, thoughts of charity run through the minds of many.

You probably won’t see mobs of crazed people breaking down doors and beating each other up over the last $10 DVD Player here, but Black Friday is a big deal in New Hampton, too.

At times it looked a bit wild and disjointed on both sides, but that’s what season openers are for. Along with first-game jitters, the New Hampton girls are learning a new system, and it might take a little time.

New Hampton’s Carnegie Cultural Center (CCC) received a boost in prestige on Nov.

If you loved hearing someone read off numbers, Tuesday afternoon’s bid opening for New Hampton’s $19.415 million construction project was the day for you.

New Hampton football coach Scott Frerichs put it simply when he was asked about the four Chickasaws — seniors Josh Fenske, Braydon Fisher and Tyler Rentschler and junior Noah Fenske — who landed on the Iowa Newspaper Association’s Class 2A all-sta