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Upstairs, a group of older children were working on the performing arts Wednesday afternoon.
In the Carnegie Cultural Cultural basement, meanwhile, younger kids were putting together some pretty cool visual arts pieces.
Welcome to the Art Safari, a summer tradition at the New Hampton museum in...
Madison Kolbet stood near the sweet corn field and wondered aloud.
“I really don’t know what the big deal is,” the New Hampton High School sophomore said. “I mean when people need help, you help them, right?”
So before she and Grant Anderson presented a check for $1,000 to New Hampton Parks and...
New Hampton School Board President Joe Rosonke admitted he was stealing a line often uttered by teacher and coach Cory McDonald.
But, on this day, the one in which the school district broke ground on its $19.415 million building project, it had to be said.
“It’s a great day to be a Chickasaw.”...
Nashua-Plainfield Elementary and Intermediate School students will get one extra day of summer vacation this year.
As junior high and high school students head back to school next Wednesday, students in grades K-6 can enjoy one last day of sleeping late because the elementary and intermediate...
Tony Trower will be the first to admit that he’s learning as he and Boy Scout Troop 48 continue preparations for the first-ever New Hampton Motorcycle Rally.
“I took a call from someone who can’t make it this year and she said, ‘Make sure, you save me one of the lapel pins,’” the scoutmaster said...
Matt Crayne will be the first to admit he’s not an expert in astronomy, but the Chickasaw County Conservation Board is, in a word, pumped for next week’s Great American Eclipse.
“It’s something you’re not going to see every day,” Crayne said, “and the more I’ve learned about it, the more I can’t...
Sports
Josh Fenske visited the Southern Illinois University last month and came away impressed. “I liked the campus. It’s beautiful. I liked the coaches and I felt like it was a good place for me,” he said. “The coaching staff was a key part. ... They have guys who know football and you can look up...
The New Hampton football team will head to Decorah tonight [Friday] to finally play someone other themselves. The Chickasaws and Vikings, for a second straight year, will scrimmage against each other, beginning at 7 p.m. “It’s a good thing for us,” New Hampton coach Scott Frerichs said. “...
Cole McDonald will be the first to admit that he’s been presented some once-in-a-lifetime opportunities because he’s a member of the University of Iowa baseball team. He got a chance to travel to the Dominican Republic last November. He was on a team that won its first-ever Big Ten...
Michael Millage found the right fit, and now he can just focus on his senior year at New Hampton High School.
The two-time state champion committed to wrestling at the University of Northern Iowa on Wednesday morning.
“To me, it was just the right place with the right coaches,” said Millage, the...
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