Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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There were eggs on the menu, but education was the main dish Saturday morning at the first Eggs & Issues forum of 2023. Four local lawmakers fielded questions from patrons during the first of three gatherings planned this winter in Spencer. The main topic of discussion was the Students First Act, a new law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds last week that will bring sweeping changes to education funding in Iowa. The law will allow taxpayer dollars to be used for tuition at K-12 private schools....
An abundance of snow days this winter garnered significant discussion Jan. 25 by the Clay Central/Everly school board. Snowy conditions have kept students out of the classroom multiple days since December. Board members debated how to make up the lost classroom hours, but ultimately tabled a decision until a future meeting. Board Member Allyn Heikens noted the district must keep in mind the staff's contracted workdays and professional development hours. After a lengthy discussion about potential...
The Hartley City Council on Jan. 24 filled one of two key vacancies in the public works department. Members voted to hire Isaac Molendorp as the city's new gas superintendent. He succeeds Adam Lux, who resigned from the post in December. Molendorp's starting wage was set at $22.50. According to Superintendent of Public Works Jaron Benz, Molendorp has been a resident of Hartley since last summer and currently works in the plumbing industry. He is a graduate of Sibley-Ocheyedan and attended...
Hard work pays off, and sometimes it's in the form of a pie to the face. Such was the case for students at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary last week. The young Hawks celebrated achieving their Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) goals by slamming pies into the faces of five unlucky teachers and Principal Ashley Benz. Students filled the gym to watch the mayhem, which was recorded and posted on the district's Facebook page for all to see. According to Benz, a student's name...
• Traffic Karen Ann King, Sanborn, Open Container. Kayloni Ann Mitchell, Sioux City, Speeding. Matthew Jonathon Gerdts, Bayfield, Wis., Dark Windows. Kyle Andrew Hisken, Willmar, Minn., Speeding; Seatbelt Violation. Gregory Sean Richardson, Burnsville, Minn., Speeding. Luis Lopez Lopez, Worthington, Minn., Speeding. Madeline Marie Wankum, Milford, Registration Violation. Chase Matthew Fuhrman, Paullina, Seatbelt Violation. Gabriella Lee Carpenter, Royal, Speeding. Jacob Matthew Reiser, Sheldon, No Proof of Insurance. Nevaeh Hope Vos, Des M...
May City firemen hosting soup supper The May City Fire Department will hold its annual soup supper on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 5-7 p.m. Free will donations will be accepted. See the ad on Page 4 for more details. Daycare fundraiser is March 4 The Hartley Community Daycare Center will hold its annual fundraiser on Saturday, March 4. The evening will feature a prime rib meal and casino games. See the ad on Page 8 for more details. CMI annual meeting is Feb. 8 Century Mutual Insurance will hold its annual meeting for all policyholders on Wednesday,...
Hartley snow ordinance reminders The City of Hartley is reminding residents about snow ordiances regarding snow removal and street parking. See the ad on Page 4 for more details. Lydia Harders named to Central College dean's list Lydia Harders, of Hartley, has been named to the dean's list for the fall 2022 semester at Central College in Pella. She is a 2022 graduate of Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School. The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher...
To the editor: Eminent domain is a hot-button issue. Three investment companies – Summit Carbon Solutions, Navigator Heartland Greenway, and Wolf Carbon Solutions/ADM – are seeking permits for hazardous CO2 pipelines that will cross thousands of acres of Iowa farmland. Several landowners have voluntarily signed easements, but many others, like me, adamantly refuse to sign. Consequently, we are being threatened with land condemnation and eminent domain if the Iowa Utilities Board approves the permits. Hazardous, privately-owned, CO2 pip...
To the editor: I wish George Washington were here. If he was here, our kids could go swimming this summer. If we lived in a free country, we could say the heck with the government and fill the pool with water and let the kids swim. By the way, have you noticed how HARD it is to say the word “government” without saying the word “damn”? Most likely, the old swimming pool didn’t have a bonding wire between the ladders. IF that is true, how did we survive the 50 or 60 years? A bonding wire is about as necessary as a Covid shot. The way I understan...
Recently my wife, Rita, and I decided to start looking for a new car. It isn’t that anything is wrong with our old car, but we think we want an SUV instead of the sedan we are driving. Our Toyota car is seven years old, has 90,000 miles on it, and has nothing wrong with it that a $9 car wash won’t fix. We do regular maintenance, have replaced one set of tires, but it rides comfortably and gets great gas mileage. So, why do we want to buy another vehicle? It’s complicated! We try to be savvy...
• Feb. 5, 1948 Although the fuel oil shortage had not been so keenly felt in Hartley as in other sections of the state, plans were discussed by the Chamber of Commerce to set up an emergency fuel oil council. The committee would attempt to allocate fuel oil so that all would receive enough to heat their homes. The Hartley Hawks made history when they marched through the three toughest opponents, Sheldon, Primghar and Gaza, to win the O’Brien County basketball tournament. In the title game, Hartley pulled away from tournament dark horse Gaza, 55...
Darwyn Verne “Tony” Snyder passed away on Dec. 2, 2022, in St. Louis, Mo. at the age of 98. He grew up in Marathon, the only child of Rodney and Naomi (nee Goetschius) Snyder. He expressed fond memories of small-town life and later, Sioux City, where the family moved in 1941 when he was 17. He was enrolled at Morningside College for 1-1/2 years before enlisting in the Army. He was deployed overseas to Marseilles in October 1944, and participated in the southern invasion. During the winter of 1944-45, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He...
After fashioning a 7-2 record through the first half of January, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' basketball team has lost seven of their last eight games. The only win came against MMCRU, 63-51, on Jan. 24 in Hartley. H-M-S led by 11 points in the first quarter and by 15 late in the second before taking a 31-20 lead into half time. The Royals narrowed the margin to eight points in the third quarter and made another run to get to within seven with less than two minutes to play. The Hawks then...
Getting any consistent scoring proved a difficult proposition for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' basketball team during three games last week. Hosting Remsen St. Mary's [1A No. 4] on Jan. 23, H-M-S was held to single digits in three of the four quarters of a 60-28 loss. St. Mary's built a 30-10 lead by half time. Despite scoring 12 points in the third quarter, H-M-S trailed by 30 heading into the final eight minutes. Emily Mutombo scored 11 points and Kylee Schiphoff scored seven. Adding two...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn senior Kooper Ebel has reached another milestone in high school athletic career, this time on the basketball court. Ebel scored his 1,000th point during the Hawks' game with West Sioux on Jan. 20. Ebel was presented with a special basketball commemorating the accomplishment prior to the game with Remsen St. Mary's on Jan. 23. He was congratulated on court by Hawk coach Naet Hoaglund and teammates. "What a milestone and accomplishment for Kooper. I couldn't be more proud...
Boyden-Hull proved to be ungracious hosts on Jan. 26, sweeping both games of a non-conference basketball doubleheader with Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn. In the girls' game, H-M-S only scored seven points in the first half while the Comets finished with 25 to take an 18-point lead into half time. Boyden-Hull extended the advantage to 38-14 at the start of the final period. The Hawks nearly doubled their point production by scoring 23 points during the fourth quarter, but the Comets maintained their...
This winter's weather has impacted the Siouxland Conference dual wrestling schedule, but so far Okoboji/HMS has taken advantage of every opportunity to compete. The Pioneers improved their conference dual record to 4-0 with a double dual sweep of Central Lyon/George-Little Rock and West Lyon, on Jan. 24 at Inwood. They edged CL/GLR, 39-33, and won convincingly against the Wildcats, 45-27. One of James Gellerman's wins was a pin of Ethan Pedersen of CL/GLR, and Bryce Dodge added a pin on James...
Pin totals were more than enough for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's bowling teams to sweep Sioux Central during a meet on Jan. 27 at Sioux Rapids. The varsity boys finished with their highest team total of the season to top the Rebels, 2745-2328. Scores for the Hawks were Jack Mastbergen 225-238, 463; Marcus Aaron 192-175, 367; Riley Russell 201-151, 352; Dawson Niichel 147-170, 317; Drew Prins 123-193, 316; and Caleb Aaron 138-145, 283. The Baker game scores were 202, 183, 184, 165 and 196. H-M-S...
