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Added touches to a hallway at North Side Elementary School give students to stimulate their senses while “getting the wiggles out.”

At the end of November, South Side staff installed a sensory hallway, which includes interactive features to exercise a student’s senses. The hallway includes a crayon hopscotch path to challenge a student’s mobility and color recognition, handprints on the wall for students to jump and touch, a path to “bear walk” on hands and feet and more.

A chilly morning, holiday tunes and classic Christmas characters provided the perfect backdrop for a growing winter tradition throughout the area.

Last Thursday morning, Iowa Select Farms’ Operation Holiday Meal stopped in Hampton to distribute 1,000 five-pound pork loins as part of the company’s effort to donate 18,000 loins at 14 locations throughout its coverage area.

Franklin REC recently welcomed the next step in its efforts to increase the use of solar energy in the county.

On Dec. 3, REC hosted an open house and ribbon cutting for three new solar arrays. Franklin REC General Manager Becky Bradburn said the three arrays have been in the works since 2016, when Basin Electric Power Cooperative was offering an incentive to purchase energy produced out of renewable energy.

A new home will allow La Luz Hispana to not only continue to provide outreach, but expand its services as well.

This week, La Luz began service at its new location in the former Hampton Heating and Cooling building at 7 Second Ave. NE, moving from its previous location at 116 First Ave. NW.

The new location provides La Luz with an expanded space to continue to offer its normal programming, such as language classes, cultural events and other services.