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Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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The purchase of a skid loader by the City of Royal was delayed so another unit can be investigated. During the council meeting on April 12, Maintenance Superintendent Sherman Nielsen said he received a bid from Ziegler Equipment in Sheldon for a Caterpillar skid loader. He had already obtained a bid for a new Bobcat, the same brand as the city’s current unit. Although he is not familiar with Caterpillar, Nielsen said it should be comparable. According to discussion, advantages of Caterpillar’s bid are a lower price and a better warranty. “It...
The purchase of a skid loader by the City of Royal was delayed so another unit can be investigated. During the council meeting on April 12, Maintenance Superintendent Sherman Nielsen said he received a bid from Ziegler Equipment in Sheldon for a Caterpillar skid loader. He had already obtained a bid for a new Bobcat, the same brand as the city’s current unit. Although he is not familiar with Caterpillar, Nielsen said it should be comparable. According to discussion, advantages of Caterpillar’s bid are a lower price and a better warranty. “It...
The best team score of the season was not enough to give Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn its first War Eagle Conference boys' golf dual win at Sanborn. The Hawks finished the meet on April 17 with a 203 team score. But with three players at the top of the leader board, the Falcons were able to record the winning total of 184. Jack Mastbergen fired a 47 to finish fourth among the medalists. Other H-M-S scores were Charlie Conway 51, Lucas Kroese 52 and Blake Meendering 53. Ethan Baker played JV and...
A late addition to the schedule gave Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn an opportunity to excel in several relay events during the OABCIG Boys' Invitational. The quartet of Ryan Borden, Ethan Diehm, James Gellerman and Kooper Ebel combined to win two relays and place second in another during the meet on April 18 at Ida Grove. The first-place finishes came in the 4x200 (1:36.88) and sprint medley (1:39.03) relays. The same group came in second during the 4x100 (:45.41). Borden and Diehm combined with...
No matter which direction the wind was blowing, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' golfers were up to the challenge during two War Eagle Conference dual meets at Sanborn. The Hawks' win on April 17 came against West Sioux, which only had two players compete. The final team score for H-M-S was 216. All four Hawks topped the leader board, led by Gracie Knobloch who shot a 46. Other scores were Kinsey Schirmer 50, Elise Haack 54 and Abby Kunzman 66. The wind direction may have changed the next day, but...
• April 29, 1948 A statewide move to stamp out the menace of flies in Iowa was being translated into action in Hartley. Getting rid of flies called for a double-edged attack that included a sanitation program followed by spraying with DDT. The building committee of the Hartley Methodist Church decided to go ahead with construction of a new parsonage on the site of the existing pastor’s home. The old parsonage was to be sold and then moved as soon as possible. A visitation day for seventh and eighth graders was sponsored by the Hartley Pub...
Director district boundaries in the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School will be slightly different as a result of minor population shifts within its territory. A new director district map approved on Monday was developed to bring H-M-S into compliance with allowable variations in population. The changes will not alter the composition of the school board and only required modest adjustments. "Nobody is living in the wrong [director] district, but there were some minor tweaks," said...
Royal residents had an opportunity to express their views about a proposal to turn operation of the city's water utility to Iowa Lakes Regional Water. Approximately a dozen people attended the public meeting on April 12 regarding the plan, which grew out of an earlier discussion regarding piping under Royal's water tower. "Things rolled into what's the future plan for the Royal water system; how would it look if we operated it," said ILRW CEO Brad Veit. Under the proposed 28E agreement, ILRW...
Football schedules for the 2023 and 2024 seasons have been released by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Regular season football schedules are determined by the IHSAA. After district and group assignments were approved by the Board of Control in March, schools could select preferred non-district opponents and submit them to the IHSAA through a priority list. According to the IHSAA, attempts were made to align schedules with as many priority list selections as possible; however,...
The 2023 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' track and field season continued with a pair of sixth-place team finishes. Kooper Ebel and Bradley Zamudio were the top finishers for H-M-S during the meet hosted by Unity Christian on April 10. Ebel placed second in the 100 meter dash (:11.48) and Zamudio was runner-up in the 400 meter hurdles (1:02.03). Adam Schierholz finished added a third-place finish in the discus with a throw of 124'4". Other running event participants were: 100 – Ryan Borden, s...
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' track and field team had two good tests to continue its 2023 outdoor season. Competing in the Unity Christian Coed on April 10 at Orange City, H-M-S scored in three events for a total of nine points. The 4x800 relay team of Kamryn Ebel, Clara Funk, Lexi Croatt and Jocelyn Abonce finished third (12:49.03), Emily Mutombo finished fifth in the 100 meter dash (:13.28) and the sprint medley relay team of Payton Diehm, Abby Otto, Mutombo and Moriah Otto finished...
From a win-loss perspective, the 2023 boys' golf season did not start favorably for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn. The Hawks fell short against Remsen St. Mary's by 30 strokes (178-208) in their opening War Eagle Conference dual on April 11 at Sanborn. Jack Mastbergen had a good round, shooting a 43 to finish No. 2 among the Top 4 players on the leader board. Other scores for H-M-S were Charlie Conway 51, Slayton McCarter 56 and Lucas Kroese 58. St. Mary's Austin Klein (42), Collin Homan (44) and...
With three golfers finishing among the Top 4, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn won its opening War Eagle Conference girls' golf meet of the 2023 season. Gracie Knobloch (43), Elise Haack (47) and Kinsey Schirmer (57) finished Nos. 1, 2 and 4 among the medalists for the meet with Remsen St. Mary's. Abby Kunzman shot a 71 for H-M-S, which claimed the 218-231 win on April 11 at Sanborn. Bella Arens was St. Mary's lone medalist, shooting a 54. Playing in windy conditions at Primghar on April 13, the Hawks...
• April 22, 1948 Desiring a break from the run-of-the-mill summer celebration, the Hartley Chamber of Commerce decided to hold a Kinderfest, probably in the latter part of June. Kinderfest was an old German celebration which had been enjoyed in this vicinity in the past. It was primarily a day for children with contests and the crowning of a king and queen. The Hartley FFA Chapter held its first Parent and Son Banquet, which was attended by approximately 170 people. Mr. Hall from the state vocational agriculture office in Des Moines gave a t...
• April 15, 1948 A crowd of approximately 400 people expressed their appreciation for the excellent concert given by the Morningside choir at the high school auditorium. The choir was nationally known and lived up to every expectation. Claris Linder, of Hartley, was a member of the group. Funeral services were to be held for Pvt. Lorenz Nagel, the first of Hartley’s returned war dead. The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nagel, Pvt. Nagel died on Nov. 2, 1944 of wounds received in action. He had only been on the front line for a month. Spr...
• April 8, 1948 The offices of Mayor W.R. Wagner and Chamber of Commerce Secretary Ingwer L. Hansen were located in the Legion Hall, in a room vacated by Peoples Natural Gas. They relocated to the P.A. Leese building, formerly Rahn’s Market on the west side of Central Avenue. The town council appointed R.C. Hoper to fill the unexpired term of A.F. Hansen as park commissioner. The park board announced that the Friday Club and the Hartley Fire Department had donated picnic tables. The Friday Club also planned to erect a fireplace at the park in...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's Emily Mutombo finished in the Top 10 twice during the Dan Lennon Invitational hosted by the University of South Dakota on March 28. After a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 60-meter dash preliminaries (:08.22) and semifinals (:08.26), Mutombo finished sixth in the finals (:08.36). The senior also placed seventh in the long jump. Her best leap was 15'5". Freshman Clara Funk was a Top 10 finisher in the 3200-meter run with a time of 14:29.87. Other individual results...
The early bird gets the worm or, in the case of a track and field meet on March 30, the early birds were able to compete outdoors. South O'Brien hosted its Wolverine Early Bird meet which featured athletes from eight schools. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's girls finished fourth overall and the boys were fifth. The Hawk girls won the 4x100 relay (:57.10) with Frankie Mohni, Moriah Otto, Abby Otto and Emily Mutombo. Individually, Mutombo placed third in the 100-meter (:13.84) and 200-meter (:29.25)...
With the high school baseball and softball diamonds undergoing significant upgrades this summer, the possibility of Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn middle school teams using them was discussed during the March 20 school board meeting. "Does it make sense to maximize our facilities in one place? We have more support to maintain them here," said Superintendent Patrick Carlin. In response to board members' questions regarding transportation and scheduling, Carlin said he did not expect the former to be a ma...
• April 1, 1948 A total of 607 voters marked their respective ballots at the municipal election in Hartley. W.R. Wagner was elected mayor with 328 votes while 204 persons wrote in incumbent P.A. Leese’s name. Carl Rahn, a candidate on the Citizen’s ticket, was elected as was A.F. Hansen, who replaced John Hilbert on the People’s ticket. Incumbents L.W. Anderson, Elmer Neebel and John Voss were also elected. Bloemendaal Hatcheries received a valuable shipment of R.O.P. hatching eggs. They were large-type Leghorns. The eggs were to be hatched...
The property tax levy for retiring a portion of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School's bond debt will be increased during the upcoming fiscal year. The school board voted on Monday to increase the debt levy to generate $130,000. The revenue will be used to redeem a portion of the Series 2018 bonds after June 1, 2026. Superintendent Patrick Carlin said the revenue will help H-M-S "stay on target" to redeem a portion of bonds that were issued to finance construction of new facilities. The...
• March 25, 1948 Mr. and Mrs. Walt Boedeker purchased the Hamburger Shop from Mr. and Mrs. Hoermann. The new owners were well-known as Hartley had been their home for several years. “Coco,” a German shorthaired pointer belonging to W.H. Hesse, placed first in the derby class and second in the open field non-winning class at a field trial for retriever bird dogs at Spencer. Eight bowling teams from the Hartley Bowling Alleys entered the Journal-Tribune tournament at Sioux City. Of them, the Security State Bank team was first with 2,782 and t...
There will be little change in the composition of Class A District 1 for the next two high school football seasons. Districts for 8-Player through Class 4A and groups for the 5A schools were announced by the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) on Monday. Six of the teams which competed in District 1 in the past will do so in 2023 and 2024. They are Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, Akron-Westfield, Alta-Aurelia, Gehlen Catholic, MMCRU and South O'Brien. The newcomer to the district is...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn had the most players named War Eagle Conference academic all-conference for the 2022-23 basketball season. Eligible students must be seniors who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher. Those who achieved the recognition are Elise Haack and Emily Mutombo for the girls, and Lance Berends, Kooper Ebel, Landen Elwood, Travis Kamradt, Lucas Kroese, Tyson Tessum and Trenton Vollink for the boys. Schools with the next-highest number of players earning academic...
The Royal City Council is still interested in turning control of the city's water system over to Iowa Lakes Regional Water. During the council meeting on March 8, CEO Brad Veit reviewed the proposed 28E agreement and answered questions from city officials. If the city turns its water utility over to ILRW, they would assume responsibility for the entire system, including maintenance and upgrades to infrastructure. Local customers would be billed by ILRW rather than the city. Mayor Josh Toft...
