The Iowa Specialty Clinic in Hampton welcomed Amber Campbell, a family nurse practitioner, as their newest provider, a month ago. 
 
Campbell, who’s originally from Belmond, obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Chamberlain University, before working at Franklin General Hospital.
 

Side-by-sides made their way through the county on the morning of June 8 for the memorial ride in honor of the late Jason Harper, who passed away four years ago. 
 
Harper was a longtime chief for Hansell's Fire Department, also serving as the city's mayor, among other leadership roles.
 

The folks at La Luz Centro Cultural celebrated Kyle Whalen’s departure as the director of the nonprofit on Thursday evening, May 30, with a going away party. 
 
Whalen recently accepted teaching positions with AGWSR High School and South Hardin High School. He’ll teach business classes at both schools. 
 

The City of Hampton’s municipal band is back for another season of performing for the community — it’s 103rd season, to be exact. 
 
It kicked off the season Wednesday evening, May 29, with a concert at Band Shell Park, which ran from 8 to 9 p.m. 
 

​​The Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce and ABCM Rehabilitation Center of Hampton employees held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the re-opening of the “Healthy Living Home Care” portion of the business on Monday morning, June 2. 

The students of the 2024 Hampton Police Citizens Academy had their final lesson at Ellsworth Community College on Wednesday evening, May 29. 
 

The sixth annual Hampton Cemetery Walk took place Sunday, May 6. 
 
Eighty three people attended, according to Jim Davies, who helped coordinate the event, which took place at the Hampton Cemetery at 1 and 2 p.m. There were two walks.
 

City of Hampton Public Works Director Doug Tarr taught part of the fourth class of the Police Citizens Academy, which was held at City Hall from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 22. 
 

Franklin County was hit with a severe thunderstorm on Tuesday, May 21, leaving tree damage and flash flooding. 
 
City of Hamton employees could be seen on the Northside of Hampton removing the fallen trees and debris shortly after the rain stopped. 
 

Perla Martinez, of Hampton, was the only Hampton-Dumont middle school student to test out of Spanish 1 through 4 for high school. 
 
Martinez, who translates for her parents on a regular basis, said this was the highlight of her middle school experience, and that she was given the good news within an hour of taking the test. She said she took one year of Spanish in middle school, and that it was easy. 
 

This week, you’ll notice new petunias on display around downtown Hampton. You can thank Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Director Bill Hittle for this. 
 
For a second year, Hittle has coordinated the purchase of petunias to line downtown’s streets. Last year, he was able to raise $5,000 from local banks for his efforts, and he had enough money left over to pay for more flowers this year. 
 

A large water main break in the southwest quadrant of Hampton led to a daylong boil-water advisory from the City of Hampton last week. 
 
City workers began repairing the water main break early Wednesday evening, May 15, working until 3 a.m., through a thunderstorm. 
 

Most of the Hampton Police Department’s officers made an appearance for the third session of their citizens academy, which covered how to handle active shooter situations. 
 
The May 15 class, which was once again held in the city hall’s meeting room, was led by Hampton Police Captain Michael Halsne, who started by giving a brief presentation of the most devastating shootings in U.S. history. 
 

Suzy Knipfel was named the permanent director of the Hampton Public Library’s at the library board’s May 15 meeting. 
 
Before this, she served as the library’s interim director after former director Kim Manning retired in March. She took over as interim director on April 1. Knipfel has been with the library since July 1, 1985. 
 

One hundred and four students graduated from Hampton-Dumont High School on Sunday, May 19. 
 
Principal Matt Trosky shared a few words at the beginning of the ceremony and HD English teacher Cole Miller followed him with a speech.