The Chickasaw softball team is officially one game away from playing in the state tournament at Fort Dodge.

Back-to-back games for the JV softball girls found the team a little flat on day two. But they had plenty of energy in the game that counted toward conference standings as they defeated Waverly 17-2.

A college art class changed the direction of New Hampton artist and teacher Melissa Nelson.

As U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, made her way around the Deb El Food Products plant in New Hampton last Wednesday, she was asked her thoughts about the facility that the New Jersey company recently purchased from Sparboe.

Although New Hampton claimed the conference title after a doubleheader against Charles City, the Chickasaws also had two important non-conference games against ranked opponents this past week.

Carlee Rochford laughed when she was asked about the first time she threw a javelin.
Put it this way, it did not go well.

Debra "Debbie" Sue Gilbert age 65 of New Hampton, IA, died peacefully Monday, July 8, 2019, at the Bartels Lutheran Home in Waverly, one day after celebrating her 65th birthday with family and friends.

Robert “Bob” Earl Linderbaum, age 76 of New Hampton, Iowa passed away Monday, July 8, 2019, at Linn Haven Rehab and Healthcare after valiantly battling cancer for the last year and a half.