After a season in which it finished third place in the Upper Iowa Conference with a record of 12-4, the Turkey Valley girls basketball team had six players, the most in the conference, honored as all-UIC players.

Although New Hampton and Turkey Valley Superintendent Jay Jurrens would like to see state lawmakers act relatively soon on a program that provides initiatives to school districts that share administrators, he will laud them on another issue.

The two men who represent Chickasaw County in the Iowa Legislature don’t have a lot of confidence that lawmakers will finish their work on time in 2020.

A location change wasn’t going to cause the New Hampton Lions Club members any problems when it came to their annual French Toast and Pancake Breakfast.

During the regular season, Turkey Valley won each of two the meetings against South Winneshiek fairly easily, defeating them by an average of 19 points.

Tiana Marie (Schwickerath) Hobbs, 31, of St. Robert, MO, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2020 in her home.


Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 PM on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at Conway-Markham Funeral Home in New Hampton.


The money is nice, but the reality is that the annual TRIBE Trail Steak Fry is really more about “exposure” than it is about fundraising.

Free throw shooting down the stretch can often times be the difference in winning and losing the ball game, and it was for the Turkey Valley boys basketball team in the district final playoff game on Thursday night held at New Hampton High School.

John and Shea Epperly agonized over the decision, but in the end, family carried the day.