After nearly three years of planning and fundraising, improvements and renovations to the Franklin County Convention Center are underway.
The Franklin County Fair Board last week announced last week that exterior work on the building started earlier in October.
Jon Baltes, Fair Board President, said contractor Kingland Construction, out of Forest City, began work on exterior improvements, concrete work, pillars and the installation of a drive under canopy on the west side of the building, among other projects.
Riley Kock’s childhood walks past a law office in his native Greene have led him to life as an attorney.
Kock in September began working as an associate attorney at Miller and Miller, PC in Hampton, where he had summer internships in 2018, 2019 and 2020 while he worked his way through law school at Drake University.
Kock passed the bar exam in September, which completed the first part of his journey that he started at a young age.
Each feature of the new – and recently completed – Sietsema-Atkinson Funeral Home in Hampton has already proven to be valuable assets to guests and the directors alike.
Last Saturday, October 17, the new Sietsema-Atkinson Funeral Home, located on Highway 65, between Pralle City Wash and Wood Vision Clinic, opened its doors for its first visitation hosted at the new location.
Rick and Julie Salvesen see the founding and growth of MID:COM and Midwest Meter, Inc. as their “love story,” and the page of that story has been turned to the next chapter.
The Salvesens earlier this month announced the sale of Midwest Meter, Inc./MID:COM to North Dakota-based FEI, Inc. after more than 40 years of owning and operating the business. FEI, a customer of Midwest Meter’s, is a distributer of agricultural and propane related equipment.
Leah Poland, Mid-America Publishing’s newest printing press assistant, can’t help but smile when she sees one of the company’s finished products on newsstands and in stores.
“It’s kind of cool seeing a paper and being like, ‘I probably touched that and I’m one of the reasons that’s there,’” she said, with a laugh.
A frigid and grey October sky may not seem like a day to get in the water, but for Jared Leisek and Sam Ginn, there’s no time to waste.
Leisek and Ginn, who run the Adventures with Purpose YouTube channel, have dedicated their free time to search and recovery missions typically involving submerged vehicle.
In a new era of learning across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a handful of staff members at Hampton-Dumont and CAL schools have been given the task to make sure students learning from home are connected with the resources they need.
Staff members at the elementary, middle school and high school levels have been tabbed as Distance Learning Coordinators to help students and parents who have opted for online learning receive assistance with technology and accessing online programs.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that human remains have been found in the vehicle that earlier today was retrieved from a rural Franklin County pond.
On Tuesday morning, the Sheriff’s Office in a release stated that a vehicle, believed to be Ethan Kazmerzak’s, was found by dive team Adventures with Purpose in a body of water northwest of Hampton on Monday afternoon.
Area law enforcement is working to recover a vehicle possibly belonging to a Hampton man who has been missing for seven years.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in a release stated that on Monday, an independent dive team, Adventures with Purpose, located what is believed to be Ethan Kazmerzak’s 2006 Volkswagen submerged in water northwest of Hampton.
A new club opening soon in Hampton aims to provide guests of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy live music and a wide array of unique entertainment.
This Saturday, Oct. 24, Project X Night Club, located in the former Coconut Lounge at 11 Second Ave. NW, is slated to host its first event. Plans include a performance by Chicago-based keyboard artist Edgar and His Keys.
Owner Neal Johnson, who also owns and operates Restaurant La Amagita in Hampton, said the club is designed to provide live music and entertainment to a wide array of audiences.
