Edna Bethany, age 83 of New Hampton passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 at Patty Elwood Center in Cresco.

Matt Kuhn easily won election to the New Hampton City Council Tuesday night as he garnered 77.9 percent of the vote in the race for an at-large seat.

Picking New Hampton all-conference players might have been especially hard this year with the depth and talent the Chickasaws displayed. But since coaches can’t vote for their own players, it was out of coach Jess Geerts’ hands entirely.

Jimmy Robinson sat at the kitchen table at the New Hampton home and smiled.
“I have good friends here,” he said. “They are good people.”

The corn and bean harvest is about two weeks behind schedule in northern Iowa, but ISU Extension Field Agronomist Terry Basol said that’s about what he expected.

Can the Throndson boys still get on each other’s nerves?

A season few outside the New Hampton locker room would have believed back in August came to an end Friday night as Waukon rolled to a 34-13 win over the Chickasaws in a Class 2A state playoff quarterfinal game.

Chickasaw County Sheriff Marty Hemann discussed the recent case of an Alta Vista couple charged with murder in the death of of their 4-month-old infant at the Monday morning meeting of the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors.