The Turkey Valley boys basketball team entered last week with a trio of Upper Iowa Conference games on the horizon. In order to keep their hopes at a fourth consecutive conference championship alive, they likely needed to win all three. 

Edwin C. Eisele, age 94 of Fredericksburg, died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at Linn Haven Rehab & Healthcare in New Hampton.

Larry V. Underwood, age 77, died unexpectedly Friday Feb. 7, 2020, as a result of an auto accident.
There will be a memorial service in Iowa at a later date.

An apparent burglary at New Hampton’s lone pharmacy closed the business last Monday as employees worked to sort out what was taken.

For the first time all season, the New Hampton girls basketball team has a winning record at 10-9.

The caucuses themselves went just fine, and those who attended them touted Iowa’s importance in the presidential election race and the fact that this was grassroots politics at its best.

Scott Frerichs didn’t pull any punches; the veteran New Hampton football coach isn’t happy with the Iowa High School Athletic Association.

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors accepted its 2018-19 audit but also unanimously voted to send copies of it to both the County Attorney’s Office and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office after several issues were reported.