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Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 4:28pm
Sheffield’s Sukup Manufacturing Company was given the “Manufacturing Technology Company of the Year” award by The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) at the Prometheus Awards Annual Dinner last Thursday, April 12.
The Prometheus...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 4:26pm
Gov. Kim Reynolds quietly stamped her signature on Senate File 481 late last month following a grueling season of debate in the Statehouse, where officials argued over the risks of banning sanctuary city/municipality behaviors in Iowa.
The new law...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 4:24pm
Earlier this month, the Hampton Rotary Club distributed 155 dictionaries to Franklin County third graders.
John Terwin, co-president of the Rotary Club, said the annual event is greatly anticipated by both Rotary and the students.
“For one,...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 4:21pm
The corridors of the Hampton Public Library were a little noisier than usual last Wednesday, April 11, as local citizens visited to celebrate National Library Week with the staff.
Patrons at the library got a special treat at 2 p.m., when O.J. Fargo...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 4:17pm
Twenty years ago, Carolina Gaytan found solace from a tough time in her life in the choir at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hampton.
Gaytan came to Hampton from Weslaco, Texas in May of 1997 to be with her oldest son, who was struggling with...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 4:13pm
Age of the Geek Column: How hard can it be to not be terrible on the internet?
It's a question that seems to come up a lot lately. Politicians, performers, and regular old people, nobody seems immune to the internet's limitless ability to...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 4:11pm
Alternative Column: I voted for Donald Trump. No kidding.
As Trump was running for president, he declared U.S. policy in the Middle East to be a disaster. How could I not vote for the guy?
The other candidate declared something else, “We came...
