News
04/16/2026 - 8:08am
The Hampton-Dumont Community School Board approved a transportation director agreement with Belmond-Klemme Community School District during their April 15 meeting.
This comes after the resignation of H-D Transportation Director Dan Schipper, which...
Opinion
04/15/2026 - 8:33am
Last night, at the time of my writing this, was Cultural Evening at Grinnell College. Overseen by the student-led International Student Organization (ISO), the tradition dates back decades, to the 1960s at least, and has likely gone through more...
Sports
04/15/2026 - 8:36am
This week’s Athlete of the Week is Victoria Flomo.
Flomo, a foreign exchange student from Liberia who’s staying with the Schirmer family in Hampton, plays soccer for H-D-CAL. And she loves it, she said. According to her, the sport is all about...
Obituaries
04/16/2026 - 2:01pm
Marvin Fredrick Plagge, 90, of Latimer, passed away Friday, March 27, 2026, at MercyOne Hospital in Mason City. Funeral services were held 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 7, at Immanuel United Church of Christ in Latimer. Burial followed at Marion...
