Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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The state of the former elementary school in Hartley remains unchanged more than two years after it switched ownership. Michael Reese, whose firm Hestia Investments in 2021 purchased the school from the H-M-S Community School District, this week offered few details about progress and current state of the facility. Reese in December 2022 unveiled elaborate plans for the building, which closed in May of 2021 following the construction of the new elementary school and junior high. Reese issued a...
A Sanborn man is behind bars after allegedly robbing Sanborn Savings Bank on Monday. According to the O'Brien County Sheriff's Office, a 911 call was received at 1:02 p.m. reporting a robbery at the bank. Bank officials reported a black male entered the building and handed a teller a note. The note said that this was a robbery and demanded cash. No weapons were displayed or referenced during the robbery. An undetermined amount of cash was taken from the bank at that time and the subject left...
A Hartley family is picking up the pieces after a fire significantly damaged their home early Sunday morning. Hartley Fire Chief Brad Meedering said the department was called to Mike and Christina Larson’s residence on Highway 18 at around 2:20 a.m. Upon arrival, responders could see flames around the chimney and east area of the residence. Firefighters engaged in an exterior attack and then moved inside. Several walls were damaged in the fight, and the home sustained significant water and smoke damage. Meendering suspected the fire started in...
Just a week after the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn School Board's decision to have the district continue to cover the costs of student lunches came word that it will not be doing so. In a communication sent on Monday, Superintendent Patrick Carlin informed H-M-S families that student lunch costs cannot be covered by the district. "It is with much disappointment that I must announce that the H-M-S Community School District will not be able to extend the covering of lunch cost as previously announced...
• Traffic Noah Charles Parmelee, Sioux City, Minor in Possession, Tobacco. Yardao Junco Diaz, Sheldon, No Valid Driver’s License. Randall Alan Chamberlain, Sioux City, Dark Windows. Dominick Petitt, Paullina, Speeding; No Proof of Insurance. Terry Randall Hilton, Jr., Colquitt, Ga., Seatbelt Violation. Landyn Richard Vossberg, Akron, Use of Electronic Device. Cheyenne Joyce Niemeyer, Doon, No Proof of Insurance. Nathanial James Frazer, Hartley, No Proof of Insurance. Jesus Lopez Lopez, Worthington, Minn., Use of Electronic Device. Ethaniel Davi...
New hours at Fiesta Foods to start Beginning on Monday, Jan. 29, Fiesta Foods in Hartley will be open from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. all seven days of the week. May City firemen hosting soup supper The May City Fire Department will host its annual soup supper on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 5-7 p.m., at the fire hall. A vareity of soups will be on the menu. See the ad on Page 2 for more details. ECHO Apartments to host annual meeting ECHO Apartments in Everly will host its annual meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. The gathering will be held in the fire...
Grace Berberich graduates from UI Grace Berberich, of Royal, was among the nearly 1,700 undergraduate, graduate and professional students conferred their degrees last month at the University of Iowa. Berberich was a student in the College of Nursing whose program of study was Nursing. The degree awarded was a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Audit report released for City of Hartley T.P. Anderson & Company, P.C. has released an audit report for the City of Hartley. According to the report, the city’s receipts totaled $6,625,798 for the year e...
After a few weather-related postponements, Clay Central/Everly Elementary students last week were finally able to thank a vital piece of the Maverick Community – the Clay County Sheriff's Office. Students invited the department to the school where all gathered in the gym for morning free-play. The youngsters were thrilled when the deputies joined them in a game of knockout as the rest of the school trickled into the gym. After an intense match, CC/E staff members Iesha Toft and Michelle Huntress...
Clay Central/Everly Elementary hosted its first-ever "Read Around the Building" event last Tuesday. Numerous parents/guardians and community members were invited to read to students throughout the building. All found it fun to find any spot in the building to read. Pairs were reading in tents, on the stage, in custom-made reading nooks in classrooms and bean bags strategically placed throughout the building. The older students had the choice of being read to or reading to their special guest,...
Author’s Note: This is first of a series of devotion from Psalm 146. Each devotional will cover one or more verses of this Psalm, beginning with verse 3 to the end of the Psalm. “Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his plans perish.” – Psalm 146:3-4 Our nation is in much trouble; and the people of this country are looking for solutions to the many problems they are facing. In their search t...
• Jan. 27, 1949 It was estimated that between 700 and 800 people stopped at the Burns Chevrolet Co. on Highway 18 to look at the new 1949 Chevrolets. Area residents also had the opportunity to stop at Lorenzen Motor Co. to see the new 1949 Pontiac models. Verlin Bobzien, of Hartley, entered the Chillicothe Business College at Chillicothe, Mo., to enroll for the course in commercial and railroad telegraphy. He was an Army veteran. Ninety-six percent of the 1,087 students enrolled in O’Brien County high schools took advantage of the opp...
South O'Brien built a double-digit lead in the first half but Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn found a way to overcome a cold shooting night to earn a 46-38 win. H-M-S won the game on Jan. 16 at Paullina despite only making 17-of-71 shots from the floor. The Hawks were also at a disadvantage at the foul line, where they were 5-of-8 compared to South O'Brien which was 11-of-19. Despite trailing by five points in the first quarter and 22-10 at halftime, H-M-S did not make many significant changes during...
A long layoff had some effect on Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's bowling teams during their first action of 2024, but both were still victorious during a triangular on Jan. 16 at Sanborn. The Hawk girls finished with a 1,830 team total, topping West Sioux which finished with 1,695. Emmetsburg does not have a girls' team. A highlight for H-M-S was Keyanna Brower bowling the girls' high game (145) and high two-game series (283). Other individual scores for H-M-S were Jordan Lux 111-138, 249; Lexi Croatt...
A good start against South O'Brien did not translate to overall success for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Jan. 16 at Paullina. After scoring 15 points in the first quarter, the Hawks managed just 10 the rest of the way in a 78-25 loss. Four Hawks scored in the first quarter which ended with the Wolverines (1A No. 10) leading 29-15. South O'Brien limited H-M-S to five points in the second quarter while extending its lead to 47-20. "I thought our offense in the first quarter was some of the best...
Wrestlers from nearly 30 teams competed during the two-day Herb Irgens Invitational hosted by OABCIG on Jan. 19-20 at Ida Grove. Okoboji/HMS finished 18th overall, scoring 46 points. Don Bosco of Gilbertville won the title with 269.5 points, Sergeant Bluff-Luton was second with 178 and Jesup was a close third with 177. James Gellerman (175 pounds) was the only wrestler from H-M-S to place. He won by fall over Mickael Manzer of East Sac County (no time listed) and won a major decision over Kaleb...
