Hampton News

Monday, Tuesday meetings in Hampton The Franklin County Board of Supervisors meets Monday, Feb.

Franklin Arts Council makes impact By Brian Thies Hampton will never be mistaken for Paris, home of the Louvre, or New York City and its renowned Carnegie Hall, but that really doesn't matter to anyone familiar with the Franklin County Arts Council .

Maxine Meyer Maxine Mallory Meyer, 87, former of Hampton, died Jan. 16, 2012, at Fairhaven Retirement Community in Whitewater, Wis., with her family by her side.

Former Hampton resident, ISU student dies in car wreck A 21-year-old former Hampton resident, Kathrine Leona Jo Kofoot of Algona, died Friday, Jan.

As Del Block and Dale Siems grew up in Franklin County, they were well aware of the family resemblance.

City committee takes budget income as proposed, taxes would drop 76 per $1,000 By Mira Schmitt-Cash The City of Hampton overall tax rate in the fiscal 2013 budget estimate, using last year's numbers and 2010 census data, is about $13.60. This is a decrease of 76 cents from last year, as a result of a decrease in the employee benefits and emergency ... (more)

Kuehner earns Outstanding Music Educator award Leon Kuehner, retired band director, Hampton-Dumont High School, has been selected as the recipient of the National Federation of State High School's Outstanding Music Educator Citation Award.

Court records show the charge against Chad Murray was dropped Jan. 10. The motion to dismiss cited a section of Iowa Rules of Criminal Procedure.

HAMPTON, Iowa - Complainants have dismissed lawsuits against a building inspection company after a 2009 fatal fire in Hampton.