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New Hampton FFA will hold its annual celebration Saturday

New Hampton’s annual FFA banquet and meeting, at least in advisor Jim Russ’ eyes, comes down to one word — celebration.“It’s a chance to look back on what our kids have accomplished this past year,” he said, “and celebrate our seniors who are gett

TV FFA jumps in to help Nebraska farmers dealing with record floods

It didn’t take long — less than a second actually — for Turkey Valley FFA students to decide they wanted to do something to help Nebraska farmers who have been ravaged by historic flooding.“We had a person just ask, ‘Have you thought about doing s

Chickasaw boys goal is simple: Get back to state golf tournament

After winning the conference championship and making the state golf meet as a team in 2017, the New Hampton boys golf team was not able to repeat either of these accomplishments last season.

Chickasaw girls have big goals this spring

The New Hampton girls golf team has achieved an immense amount of accolades over the past few seasons, including two runner-up finishes at state and four consecutive Northeast Iowa Conference championships.

Trojan boys run to three wins in opener

Turkey Valley’s Eli Nymeyer had just anchored the Trojan distance medley to a win.
“I think we could go faster,” he said after catching his breath. “I’d rather have someone to go up against that pushes me.”

County opposes ‘logging’ bill

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors passed [last] Monday a resolution opposing an Iowa Senate bill that addresses “Transportation of raw forest products” after hearing concerns about it that County Engineer Dusten Rolando relayed after a rec

Lawler’s ‘sons’ are going to dogs again

Don Blazek won’t say the members of the Lawler Sons of American Legion squadron will go through the motions on Saturday night, but he will concede that putting on the annual event is getting easier.“We’ve done it for a few years now, and we kind o

Turkey Valley’s Blazek gets win in outdoor opener

Early last week, the weather forecast predicted rain for Friday. So North Fayette Valley moved their opening coed track meet of the season up a day.

Seniors lead way for young Chickasaw boys

New Hampton boys head track coach Scott Frerichs said his team’s youth showed in their first outdoor meet of the season at the Waverly-Shell Rock Co-Ed Invite this past Thursday.

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