Flash back to a month ago, and the members of the New Hampton softball team were gearing up for the season by attending voluntary practice sessions, and Lisa Rude was excited to begin her first year as the head coach for the Chickasaws.
New Hampton’s city clerk is asking for the public’s patience after Mayor Bobby Schwickerath and the City Council approved an emergency proclamation during last week’s meeting.
On Monday, March 23, St. Joesph Community School’s staff could be seen parading around New Hampton in their cars, honking their horns to alert their students they were about to drive by so they could wave at them.
Winter may not be done with us quite yet as the National Weather Service office in La Crosse, Wis., is warning that a strong, early spring storm system will track across the Midwest on Easter Sunday and Monday.
Lavonne Ohm can tell you the exact time she learned that Iowa’s governor was closing the state’s restaurants.
“Eleven a.m., March 17,” she said, “and for a minute, I think my heart stopped.”
