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School levy rate will drop next year

If you don’t think school finances are complicated, the rebuttal would be New Hampton Superintendent Jay Jurrens’ budget presentation to the School Board during a special meeting last week.Enrollment in the school district dropped 19 students from

Supervisors come up with plan for ‘deficiencies’

The Chickasaw County Financial Report on the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, was presented to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday [March 5].Of public interest is the “Management Letter” portion, in which private auditors Hacker, Nelson and Co.

Chickasaws crown six champs at JV tourney

New Hampton/Turkey Valley boasted six first place finishers by the conclusion of the Riceville JV tournament. These individuals were Kael Glenn, Colton Rochford, Ryan Pickar, Austin Geerts, and Jacob Reicks.

Five Trojans honored by UIC coaches

The Turkey Valley basketball team had a stellar season, posting an 18-5 record on their way to winning their third straight conference championship. 

Chickasaw golf goes high-tech

When New Hampton girls head golf coach Eric Olson envisioned his plan to raise money for a golf simulator, his goal was to gain enough funds for one launch monitor for the simulator. 

School days about to get longer

New Hampton Superintendent Jay Jurrens heard the message he received from School Board members last month loud and clear.Back on Feb.

Supervisors reduce amount of tax increase

The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to effectively reduce the combined county tax asking to $8.74575 per $1,000 assessed valuation.That’s nearly 13 cents higher than the rate set last year, nearly a 1.5 percent increase, but nearly

City will give Ambulance Council $50 for legal fees

The New Hampton City Council will only contribute up to $50 of the legal fees of the Chickasaw County Ambulance Council for paying an outside attorney to draft a bid request to provide ambulance service.Mayor Deb Larsen asked the council if it wou

Abbreviated parade

It was the shortest Parade of Bands Concert in recent memory, maybe of all time, but it wasn’t for a lack of trying by New Hampton’s band directors and their students.In other words, blame Old Man Winter.“I think I had my each of my bands for some

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