I don’t recall the exact date that I first met Pete Willadsen but I vividly recall the conversation I had with Sports Editor Dorothy Huber later that day.Me: Hi Dorothy, I met some guy named Pete Willadsen today.Dorothy: Oh, how did that go?Me: I’
With no seniors on the roster last year, Turkey Valley’s boys track team didn’t lose any talent to graduation, but they do have a ton of it coming back. In his 19th season, coach Mark Scott will be able to work with 16 returning lettermen, incl
It wasn’t your typical physical education day at New Hampton High School on Friday.Heck, even the school’s two administrators — Principal Sarah Updegraff and Activities Director Brad Schmitt — couldn’t stay away from the inflatable obstacle cours
For the first time in years, the New Hampton boys track team does not have an athlete returning with state meet experience. The Chickasaws are also not the deepest team around, either, as coach Scott Frerichs' roster contains just 20 student
The desserts were downright tasty, but then again, so was the music.And for New Hampton Middle School Band Director, it’s the music that matters when it comes to the annual Jazz Dessert Concert that was held Friday night at New Hampton High Schoo
Elisa Russ has been to every corner of Iowa. She’s traveled to conventions in Indiana and Michigan. She’s visited Washington, D.C.And she jetted off to South Africa, too ...
They aren’t “loud” leaders by any stretch of the imagination, but they are leaders nonetheless. And for that, New Hampton girls track coach Jeanette Laures is grateful. “We have a lot of girls who aren’t going to get in your face,” Laures said,
It’s the flu season that just doesn’t want to end.School and hospital officials are both asking area residents to remain vigilant when it comes to influenza as New Hampton suffers through one of its worst outbreaks in years.“We have 37 kids gone
