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‘It’s part of the job’

The streets of New Hampton were relatively quiet on Saturday evening as New Hampton Police Officer Chad McGee patrolled the city.It wasn’t a typical Saturday evening; after all, it was Christmas Eve.Still, McGee knew at any time he could be called

Ag land values drop again

It wasn’t shocking news by any means, but the annual Iowa State University Land Value Survey showed farmland value dropped for a third straight year in 2016.The survey results that were released last week and showed the statewide per acre value de

Youth leaders address the issues of poverty, hunger and food insecurity

4-H Food and Fitness members gathered from 9 school districts around NE Iowa for the Regional Youth Leadership Team winter gathering on the Luther College campus.These youth and adults from area schools meet quarterly to learn about wellness issue

Commercial Manure Applicator Training Scheduled for Chickasaw County

New Hampton, Iowa - Commercial manure applicators should plan to attend the Commercial Manure Applicator training program scheduled for Thursday, January 5, 2017, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Engineer says county dealing with plow issues

Snow has been on the minds of the Chickasaw County Roads Department.County Engineer Dustin Rolando said the county has been getting hit on the holidays and weekends with a small chance of snow coming up this weekend.“The wind picked up on Saturday

Fast start leads to New Hampton rout

Any worries that New Hampton might be a little rusty on Monday night were quickly erased.  The Chickasaws, who hadn’t practiced since Thursday because of the weekend storm, put up 47 first-half points on their way to a 73-44 non-conference victory

Turkey Valley boys suffer first UIC loss

Considering MFL was the team picked at the start of the season by Turkey Valley coach Chris Sullivan to win the Upper Iowa Conference boys basketball race, Sullivan and the Trojan boys put up a very good fight against the Bulldogs Tuesday night at

It’s official: School vote set for Feb. 7

It’s now official: Voters will head to the polls in early February to decide if New Hampton Community Schools will build a new middle school.As expected Monday night, School Board members received a petition signed by 151 district residents to cal

County pay to be decided this month

The Chickasaw County Compensation Board gave their recommendation of 3 percent increases for all elected officials and a 2.5 percent increase to the county attorney for 2017 to the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors.Compensation Board member St

Trojans girls improve to 8-0 with 51-39 win

Since MFL and Turkey Valley just played on December 8, the Bulldogs may have spent some time trying to find ways to stop the top Trojan scorers.  But then along comes Elli Winter.  The Turkey Valley junior scored seven points when the teams first

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