For the third time in the last four years, the Chickasaw baseball team is advancing to the substate game.
New Hampton defeated Osage by a score of 7-2 on Saturday night at Mikkelson Park to claim the Class 2A District 3 championship.
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Take 30 or so kids ages 4-8, count them off by fours and don’t expect it to go quickly.
There was Tara Hackman Wednesday morning, counting “1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3 …” when a little girl said, “I’m not 3; I’m 4!”
It wasn’t the last time that Hackman had to remind her “Chickasaw Explorers” that she was...
As Jay Jurrens recapped last week’s School Board meeting Thursday morning, he paused and smiled.
“When this goes into the paper, we’re exactly a month from having students in the building,” the New Hampton superintendent said. “Summers always seem to go fast, but this one is flying by.”
And how...
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The heat is definitely on in Northeast Iowa, and Chickasaw County is under an excessive heat warning until 7 p.m. on Saturday.
After a relatively cool start to the day, temperatures climbed into the upper 80s in New Hampton by mid-afternoon and throw in a tropical-like dew point of 79 degrees, the...
Cedar Valley Chamber Music is returning to New Hampton this weekend, and let’s just put it this way: Carnegie Cultural Center Director Jill Eike is pumped.
“It’s great for our community,” she said, “and last year went so well, we’re really excited to see what this year brings.”
The Cedar Falls-...
Sheila Kobliska says youth mental health issues are becoming more prevalent, and it’s why MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center and Senior Life Solutions is combining to put on a unique course next month.
A “Youth Mental Health First Aid Course” will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the hospital’s...
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For the third time in the last four years, the Chickasaw baseball team is advancing to the substate game.
New Hampton defeated Osage by a score of 7-2 on Saturday night at Mikkelson Park to claim the Class 2A District 3 championship.
“I thought it was a well-played baseball game. Records don’t...
Aggressive base running in the fifth inning put New Hampton up for good and the Chickasaws tacked on four runs in the sixth on their way to a 7-2 victory over Osage in a Class 2A district championship game Saturday.
And now New Hampton is knocking at the state tournament door again. The Chickasaws...
The Turkey Valley baseball team concluded regular season play last Monday, as they faced both West Fork and Kee High in a tournament at their home field in Jackson Junction.
West Fork entered with a record of 19-5, much better than the Trojans 4-22.
However, Turkey Valley managed to keep the...
This past weekend, the New Hampton Golf and Country Club hosted their 37th annual Mid-Summer, and coordinator Ryan Rausch believes this year’s event exceeded the expectations.
“This has been by far the most well-prepared we’ve ever been in the five years I’ve been running it,” Rausch said. “We fell...
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