Go back in time to 2010 when Heather Maurer was first preparing for the Wedding Extravaganza.

The way the calendar falls and a state law that doesn’t allow school years to start before Aug. 23 has led to some creative ideas for the 2020-21 school calendar in New Hampton.

New Hampton boys basketball coach Ryan Rausch is adamant that his team is, as he put it, “soooo close to putting it all together.”
But all the Chickasaws had to show for it last week was two more Northeast Iowa Conference losses.

New Hampton boys basketball coach Ryan Rausch is adamant that his team is, as he put it, “soooo close to putting it all together.”
But all the Chickasaws had to show for it last week was two more Northeast Iowa Conference losses.

Duane G. Kellogg, age 82, of Fredericksburg, IA, passed away on Monday, January 27, 2020 at Linn Haven Rehab and Healthcare in New Hampton.

Kathleen “Kathy” Rahlf, age 82, of New Hampton, IA passed away on Monday, January 27, 2020 at MercyOne in New Hampton.

Bruce A. Kellogg, age 66, of Ionia, IA passed away on Monday, January 27, 2020 at his home with his family by his side.

One in four high school students. That’s how many the CDC’s new data has shown have vaped in the thirty days prior to the federal survey. It was facts like these that attendees of the Chickasaw Connections Community Forum on Friday night learned.

A week from today [Tuesday], we will be free, for the politicians will have Iowa in their rear-view mirrors as they head to New Hampshire.