The contractors building New Hampton’s new middle school, competition gymnasium and industrial technology and vocational agriculture center told Superintendent Jay Jurrens he would be surprised at just how fast the walls of the new facilities woul
Although rain dampened the Turkey Valley football game Friday, halftime was dry. Crowned as the 2018 TVHS Homecoming Queen was Karissa Schmidt, daughter of Aaron and Karla Schmidt.
A development agreement to share increased tax revenues with a business that built a new warehouse, a curb cut that will cause loss of a parking space by the courthouse, and a tile line repair in a saturated area — barely — were approved in a half
For the second straight year, a Reicks was selected as Homecoming King at Turkey Valley High School as Carter Reicks was crowned at an assembly Thursday afternoon.
Building confidence and camaraderie and passing culture to one’s children.These are the reasons participants in past sessions of the Carnegie Cultural Center’s “Just Write” memoir workshop said they found value in the program.“We watched you gain
Ashley Kasuboski and Linda Trewin say they are both excited about the changes that have been taking place at Trends and Traditions recently.Kasuboski recently moved from Hair Studio A to the Trends and Traditions location at 23 W. Main St.
New Hampton High School Principal Sarah Updegraff is looking forward to welcoming her students back to class today [Tuesday], if for no other reason, it means homecoming week is over.Now don’t get Updegraff wrong — she and most of her staff member
One of the highlights of homecoming every week is the annual tradition of “Celebrity Readers,” and this past Thursday, the “celebrities” — the members of the fall sports teams at New Hampton High School — spent the morning with a designated New Ha
It’s not the kind of news — the fire department is headed toward one of your buildings — any superintendent wants to take.But the fact that the call came on a Sunday morning and the news that it wasn’t a full-blown fire, or even close to that, mad
Last flu season, the respiratory flu slammed Iowans around Thanksgiving and Christmas on the way to its peak in January, then hit again in early March.“They’re thinking if we vaccinate earlier, the flu won’t be so severe, ‘build up immunity early
Jay Jurrens has been through a construction project before so he’s not panicking — not even coming close — at a slight delay when it comes to New Hampton Community Schools’ $19.415 million project.“We’re going to be fine, and after going through a
To say it’s been hectic around Zip’s Truck Equipment in recent weeks would be a lot like saying the sun rises in the east.It’s just a fact.“I’m not going to lie, it’s been a little crazy — OK, it’s been a lot crazy,” Zip’s Vice President David Rot
The Chickasaw County Jail, constructed in 1958, was marked 100 percent compliant by Jail Inspector Delbert Longley in a Friday report.Longley called the jail “very clean, well maintained and well-managed” despite being “an older facility that does
