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Irish Fest will not be held this summer

One of Chickasaw County’s “Festival Month” mainstays will not take place this summer as Lawler Irish Board of Directors announced Wednesday that it will cancel the event scheduled for June 19-21.

Making an investment in the city

New Hampton Municipal Light Plant General Manager Brian Quirk would love to travel 117 years back in time.

Chickasaw Drake Relay hopefuls Rinken, Rochford hoping event gets rescheduled

After competing in the long jump at the Drake Relays at less than 100-percent in 2019 due to an injury and not performing as well as she had hoped because of it, New Hampton senior Rachel Rinken had her eyes set on qualifying for Drake again this

Drive-up testing gets green light at MercyOne

MercyOne New Hampton will begin offering drive-up testing for the Coronavirus COVID-19 on Monday, but both hospital and clinic officials are stressing that the testing can be done by appointment only.

Volunteer couple urges others to get educated on benefits of Cedar Valley Hospice

Shirley and Ron Bonzer of Plainfield loved their roles as Cedar Valley Hospice volunteers. They began volunteering together because Shirley wanted to give back to the organization that served her father 30 years ago. 

Coronavirus putting back-to-back title dreams in jeopardy for NH girls

Everything was set up perfectly for the New Hampton girls golf team.

Auditor: Vote absentee in primary

Chickasaw County’s June 2 primary ballot is set, and election officials are making a pitch to residents to “vote at home” because of concerns about the Coronavirus COVID-19.

Finding connections

New Hampton Schools are now in their third week of being shut down due to the Coronavirus pandemic. 

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