Hampton Chronicle

09/22/2025

Father and Son-in-Law Duo from Franklin County Honored with Military Medals, Accolades

On Monday, Sept. 15, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) announced that his office helped secure 12 medals, pins, and accolades for the late Roy Spangenberg and the late Arvin Stadtlander — a father and son-in-law duo from Franklin County.

Delores Stadtlander accepted the medals on behalf of Roy, her father, and Arvin, her husband, alongside her daughter, Ginger.

The medals and accolades secured for Mr. Spangenberg include the WWII Victory Medal, the WWII Honorable Service Lapel button, the Good Conduct Medal, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two Bronze Star attachments, and the Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar.

The medals and accolades secured for Mr. Stadtlander include the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.

Read more in the next edition of the Hampton Chronicle.

09/20/2025

Jack Zimmerman, the former publisher and editor of the Sheffield Press for more than six decades, has passed away. Jack devoted decades of his life to his work, and for that, we are grateful. Thank you for everything, Jack. You will be missed by many.

Read more about Jack's life and legacy in the next edition of the Hampton Chronicle.

Photo from Chronicle archive.

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09/20/2025

The Hampton Senior Center is holding their third annual fall cribbage tournament today. Half of the proceeds from the fundraiser will go back to the senior center, with the rest of the funds going to the players. Players traveled from near and far for today's tournament.

Read more in the next edition of the Hampton Chronicle.

Photos by Jennifer Burnham.

09/20/2025

The Hampton Cub Scouts are selling popcorn at Fareway until noon today! Here are Cub Scouts Carson Treanor and Mason West, off to a strong start.

Photo by Jennifer Burnham.

09/20/2025

Update: Bulldogs comeback attempt falls just short as the Vikings squeeze out a 21-20 victory.

Bulldogs Trail at Halftime

H-D-CAL is down 14-7 to Vinton-Shellsburg at halftime. The Vikings scored on their first drive of the game, but the Bulldogs immediately responded with a 66-yard touchdown pass from sophmore quarterback Blaek Burmester to senior Aaden Keehn. The Vikings added another touchdown to take the 14-7 lead with 15 seconds left in the first half. The Bulldogs will receive the second half kick and look to come from behind and pull out the victory.

Photo by Evan Pharr.

09/20/2025

Bulldogs Trail at Halftime

H-D-CAL is down 14-7 to Vinton-Shellsburg at halftime. The Vikings scored on their first drive of the game, but the Bulldogs immediately responded with a 66-yard touchdown pass from sophmore quarterback Blaek Burmester to senior Aaden Keehn. The Vikings added another touchdown to take the 14-7 lead with 15 seconds left in the first half. The Bulldogs will receive the second half kick and look to come from behind and pull out the victory.

Photo by Evan Pharr.

09/20/2025

Bulldogs Host Vikings for Homecoming

It is time for more Friday nigbt lights as H-D-CAL fooball begins district play tonight with a home game versus the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings. The game is set to kick off at 7 p.m. and the Bulldogs will look to bounce back after last week’s loss to Iowa Falls-Alden. It is homecoming night and the 2025 H-D-CAL homecoming court was introduced to the crowd before the game.

Photos by Evan Pharr.

09/19/2025

We've got some more exciting homecoming news: H-D-CAL alumni Payton McNealy and Skyler Valley were just voted onto the 2025 homecoming court for Grand View University! The school's king and queen will be announced next week, so stay tuned.

Photo provided by Heather McNealy.

09/19/2025

Caden Woods and Jaslene Tevalan have been named this year's homecoming king and queen for H-D-CAL! Congratulations to them and all of the candidates.

Photo by Jennifer Burnham.

09/19/2025

Great turnout for the H-D-CAL homecoming parade! Next up: pep rally in the new gymnasium at the high school, where the homecoming king and queen will be crowned.

Photos by Jennifer Burnham and Evan Pharr.

09/19/2025

Here is the preliminary list of candidates that have filed for the November 4th, 2025 City-School Election.

A couple things to note:
1. The candidate order is not official as that will be determined next week.
2. The deadline for a candidate to withdrawal or be objected to is next week and either of these situations could change the list.

Once the list is official and firm (Wednesday Sept. 24th), an updated version will be posted.

Questions? Call or email us!

09/19/2025

H-D-CAL Football Pep Rally at CAL

The H-D-CAL football pep rally for tonight’s homecoming game made its way to CAL Elementary School. Football players along with the cheerleaders and the H-D-CAL band led cheers to get everyone pumped up for tonight’s game. To end the pep rally at the elementary school, Jettsen Heiden handed the game ball to Bulldogs’ cross country runner Arnold Guevara, who ran with other members of the cross country team to the next destination for the pep rally. Tonight’s homecoming game will kick off at 7 p.m. as the Bulldogs host Vinton-Shellsburg.

Photos by Evan Pharr.