Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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You don't have to look very far to find progress here in Hartley. The new elementary school is nearing the finish line and construction of the Highway 18 Industrial Park has hummed right along this summer. Local history buffs are also enjoying the new barn that's being built at the Patch-Eeten House, and other vital community amenities like the Hartley Community Daycare Center have seen significant improvements recently. Outside city limits, construction of the new middle school in Sanborn will...
Calling this year a doozy would be the biggest understatement of all time. Nothing is as it once was, and nobody could have dreamt up this "new normal" in their wildest fever dream. Despite the unprecedented times, a few signs of normalcy have returned during the last month. Baseball and softball are back, and though Little League was canceled, the pool opened last week. Parks are open again, too, so kids have at least a few things to keep them busy. They've been cooped up and bored for way too...
Tourism tours continue in O’Brien County During the past two months, O’Brien County Tourism has promoted four different tours that families can enjoy locally while maintaining a safe social distance from others. If you missed information about the tours, you can find it at www.obriencounty.com. The O’Brien County trivia treasure hunt will take you on a search through the county, looking for answers to the questions you can find in a downloadable format on the website. Look for Tour O’Brien County on the homepage slider. We’ll See You Outside b...
Efficiencies are often found in times of crisis. Last week's primary election in Iowa was evidence of that. More than 520,000 votes were cast, shattering the previous record of 449,490 set in 1994. Despite unprecedented obstacles, it was a smooth and secure election thanks to loosened restrictions on absentee voting made by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate. "This election was a terrific example of counties, state agencies and the federal government working together to ensure Iowans could vote s...
Food pantry at Hope Lutheran The food pantry at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly is still open. Temporary hours are Mondays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and Wednesdays, 1-5 p.m. Please knock on the church door and food will be brought out to you. McCarty shower is June 13 A drive-by bridal shower for Katrina McCarty will be held Saturday, June 13 from 9-10:30 a.m., at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Curbside treats will be available. McCarty and her fiance, Austin Bostwick, are registered at Target, Menards and Amazon. Kelsey Holtz graduates from BVU...
If you've ever wondered what it would feel like to live through the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, Great Depression and civil unrest of the 1960s all at once, 2020 is just the year for you. The last week has been heartbreaking. Millions of Americans have taken to the streets in protest following the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis on Memorial Day at the hands of police. Multiple videos of the situation were circulated by news outlets and on social media platforms, leading to a...
The embarrassment is over. Iowa's Fourth Congressional District no longer has to worry about its representative spouting off racist remark after racist remark. National media outlets will no longer do deep dives into northwest Iowa, asking why voters keep electing a bigot. When the calendar flips, we're actually going to be represented in Congress again. 2020 isn't so terrible after all. Iowa District 2 State Sen. Randy Feenstra knocked off nine-term incumbent Rep. Steve King in Tuesday's...
The what-ifs of the COVID-19 pandemic hardly seem answered almost two months after everything shut down. Iowa re-opened some shuttered businesses and other gathering places this week, but after all we’ve been warned about this virus, you have to wonder why. How can we begin the process of re-opening the state before we’ve even reached the projected peak of infections? It seems head scratching and dangerous. Despite a surge in both coronavirus deaths and infections, Gov. Kim Reynolds last week signed an order allowing malls, restaurants, fit...
