Caden Woods and Jaslene Tevalan were named this year's homecoming king and queen for H-D-CAL during the school district's pep rally on Friday, Sept. 22.
Woods has been involved with football, basketball and track over the years. He plans on attending Iowa State, where he wants to major in marketing and minor in business management. His parents are Nicole and Jon Hager.
 

Last week, local city officials made their way to the annual Iowa League of Cities Conference in Des Moines, where they attended workshops and networked with other city officials.

Three veterans were honored with Quilts of Valor during Franklin County’s veterans picnic on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Harriman Park.
 
Dennis Horst, LaVern Muller and Dawn Galindo were the three recipients of the quilts.
 

For the last three years, the Hampton Senior Center has held two cribbage tournament fundraisers a year — one in the spring and one in the fall.
The team at the center held their most recent tournament on Saturday, Sept. 20, where dozens of players from near and far showed up to participate.

 This year's Franklin County Relay for Life event took place at the Franklin Wellness Center on Saturday, Sept. 13.
 

 Hampton native Emily Borcherding was one of two Iowa teachers to recently receive a prestigious teaching award from the University of Northern Iowa this year.
 
When asked about receiving the UNI Dr. Robert E. and Phyllis M. Yager Exemplary Teaching Recognition Award, Borcherding said she felt honored.

For Latimer resident Ava Crooks, horse riding has become a way of life.
 

Trinity Lutheran Church has a new pastor-in-training, and he goes by the name of Tyler Linneman.
 
The 24-year-old, who grew up in Carrolton, Missouri, is currently in his third year of seminary school with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. He’s the 22nd consecutive vicar to be placed at the Lutheran Church in Hampton — one of the longest-running vicarage programs in the country.
 
 

Lance Thompson has spent most of his life involved with school extracurriculars, so it only makes sense that he’s now serving as the new activities director and assistant principal at H-D-CAL High School.
 
As a child, going to public schools in Decorah, he participated in football, track, wrestling and baseball. He stayed busy year-round.
 

There is a group of volunteers who tackle special assignments and projects at Franklin General Hospital — everything from beautifying the place to purchasing small gifts for employees as tokens of appreciation. Who are they exactly? They are the members of the hospital’s auxiliary group.
 

The Franklin County Democrats held their annual fall rally at Maynes Grove on Monday evening, Sept. 8.
 
Franklin County Democratic Party Chair Catherine Crooks told the Chronicle this was her tenth year organizing the event, which serves as their main fundraiser for the year, but that it has been a staple for the party for decades now.
 

H-D-CAL High School art teacher Nicole Nelson was beaming with excitement as she gave the Chronicle a tour of her newly-renovated art classroom on Monday morning.
 

Jason Eaton made his big debut on 99 The Wave Friday night, as OnTheGoMedia’s newest on-air personality.

Tamra Schmitt, who has a way with words, doesn’t like to be called a “cancer survivor,” rather a “cancer thriver.”
 

Lisa Rodriguez has been hard at work on the upcoming Relay for Life event, which is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Franklin Wellness Center.
The annual event, which is set to run from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., will feature the following:
 
—Captain Carter and Captain America with the Iowa League of Heroes, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
—Spiderman and Superman with Team of Legends, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.