Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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Local kids looking to cool off this summer won't be able to take a dip in Hartley. The city council on Monday agreed to keep the pool closed in 2021 to accommodate construction of a new aquatic center. Voters overwhelmingly approved a bond issue last week to partially finance the facility, and city officials want to get things moving as soon as possible. "If we're going to be aggressive, we're not going to have a pool season," said Council Member Ron Hengeveld. Increased construction costs were...
Hartley will recover February's natural gas surge prices by adding the expense to customers' bills during the next year. The city council on Monday agreed to add 24 cents per CCF to bills for the next 12 months. Doing so will allow the city to recoup gas price surges from February, which skyrocketed during the five-day polar vortex. "Everybody is doing something different, and there's not a perfect answer for the situation," said Superintendent of Public Works Jaron Benz. "It was such an odd...
More Iowans are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Effective March 8, Iowa vaccine providers were allowed to start vaccinating additional priority populations. Individuals 64 years of age and younger with medical conditions that are or may be an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 are now eligible. Conditions listed on the CDC's website include cancer, chronic kidney disease, COPD, obesity, Type 2 diabetes as well as several others. O'Brien County Public Health Director...
All households in the 51338 zip code will receive a special survey this spring as part of an Iowa State University research project. ISU Associate Professor Dr. David Peters met with the city council on March 2 to encourage Everly's participation in the survey, which is part of his class' research project. A questionnaire will be written and approved this month, and later distributed and analyzed in April. Results will be presented to the council in May. According to City Clerk Kristi Fliss,...
An upstart cross-state bike ride is facing an uphill climb. Iowa's Ride, which was established in 2019, was supposed to traverse the Hawkeye State from east to west last July on its inaugural trip. It was slated to pass through northwest Iowa with overnight stops in Emmetsburg, Sheldon and Rock Rapids, but the COVID-19 pandemic slammed the brakes on the event. The ride was postponed to the summer of 2021; however, speculation about its viability has grown significantly in recent months. The...
• Traffic Jeanne Hyatt, Des Moines, No Proof of Insurance; Registration Violation; Driving While Suspended. Kenneth Leroy Freudenburg, Council Bluffs, Dark Windows. Daniel DeJager, Sanborn, Registration Violation. Tony Lee Foxhoven, Primghar, Failure to Yield. Heath Donald Brown, Paullina, Speeding. Alexis Jane Longman, Hartley, Minor in Possession of Tobacco. Thomas Steven Geelan, Ruthven, Minor in Possession Alcohol. Joseph Charles McElroy, Ocheyedan, Failure to Obey Stop Sign. Montana D. Bartell, Stockton, Ill., Speeding. Dylan D. Miller, H...
CC/E menus Monday, March 15: No School – Staff Development. Tuesday, March 16: Breakfast – French toast, fruit, juice; Lunch – Popcorn chicken, cauliflower, peaches. Wednesday, March 17: Breakfast – Banana muffin, fruit, juice; Lunch – Taco, corn, sidekick, churro. Thursday, March 18: Breakfast – Egg biscuit, fruit, juice; Lunch – Pork chopette, mashed potatoes/gravy, carrots, dinner roll, banana. Friday, March 19: Breakfast – Donut, fruit, juice; Lunch – Fish sandwich, baked beans, oranges. M...
Stay safe on ice across NWI The Iowa Department of Natural Resource is reminding everyone to beware of ice conditions and check ice thickness often as temperatures continue to warm. Ice conditions change constantly and its thickness can vary across the lake. Rocks, trees, docks or other things that poke through the ice will conduct heat and make the ice around it less stable. Trust your instincts – if the ice does not look right, don't go out. A blanket of snow on top of an ice-covered lake insu...
It’s no secret that the worst global pandemic in a generation has brought unforeseen challenges and hardships. But it’s often during these challenging times when the American people band together, and we’ve seen it: folks across Iowa have risen to the occasion to help out their friends, family members, neighbors, and communities. We’ve also seen it in our government. Even in increasingly partisan times, state legislatures – and even Congress – have worked across party lines to provide rel...
attended a Parochial school located about a mile away from our farm. I graduated from eighth grade in 1963, and had not yet adjusted to high school when President John F. Kennedy was shot. The world was turned upside down, and I didn’t know what to do about it. High school was a struggle for me. I had to work hard to get good grades, especially in math and science classes. Sports were just as difficult for me, partly because we didn’t have organized sports in Parochial school, and partly bec...
The front page of the March 12, 2020 edition of the Sentinel-News carried four stories most readers would consider “positive.” The main article provided an update on construction progress at H-M-S’s new elementary school, while two side stories highlighted the Hartley Community Center’s upcoming fundraiser and Royal organizing plans for a July visit from Iowa’s Ride. The fourth story told the tale of H-M-S’s quiz bowl team, which had just won the KCAU-TV tournament for the first time in school history. The script had completely flipped the...
Harold Peter Becker, 89, currently of Royal, escaped this world and was greeted in Heaven by his parents on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Funeral services will be delayed. Although Harold was never late for anything, some of his offspring are perpetually tardy. Harold was born the sixth of 14 children to Mathew and Justine (Bormann) Becker. He lived most of his early years on the family farm east of Wesley. He graduated from Britt High School in 1950, having received an “A” in shop class. The life lessons he learned, both on the farm and in sho...
Private family graveside services for Iris J. Franker were held, with a memorial service to be held at a later date. Interment was in North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery at Spencer. Warner Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements. Iris June Franker, the daughter of Eibe and Alma Hansen Wilken, was born June 28, 1929 in Dickinson County. Iris was raised on a farm south of Rossie and graduated from the Cornell High School. She then attended business school in Omaha, Neb. Iris married Robert Ray Franker on Nov. 7, 1948 at the First Lutheran...
• March 14, 1946 In the second game of the girls’ state basketball tournament, Hartley lost a close contest with Guthrie Center, 29-27. Hartley’s usually strong offense was held in check by the Guthrie Center girls, pre-tournament defensive favorites. Amy Brehmer, high scorer of the 1944 state tournament, was held to 11 points. With the close of Saturday night’s business the Swanson Grocery ceased operating in the Fick building. That location was taken over by Herm Fick, former Hartley grocery man. The Swansons planned to reopen their store a...
Seven Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn students virtually competed in the Individual District Speech Contest on Saturday, Feb. 27. All of their performances received I ratings, earning them the opportunity to compete in the State Individual Speech Contest. Three seniors participated in three different categories. Emily Sindt and Desyre Martinez competed for the second year in a row, with Sindt receiveing her I rating in Radio News Announcing and Martinez earning a I in Improvisational Acting. Chayton...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the DNR’s Prairie Lakes Wildlife Unit in Clay, Palo Alto, Emmet, Kossuth, Humboldt and Buena Vista counties. Areas scheduled for prescribed burns in Clay County are Deweys Pasture, Hawk Valley, Tom Tuttle Marsh, Little Sioux, Fen Valley, Elk Lake, DU Marsh, Barringer Slough and Dan Green Slough. Prescribed burns are used to improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant c...
Clay Central/Everly knows a thing or two about adapting to the times and rolling with the punches, be it due to class sizes, administrative changes or a pandemic. The closing of the 7-12 grade building caused the former Coaches Fish Fry to take on a new name, switching to the Clay Central/Everly School Fish Fry. Due to lingering COVID-19 concerns this year, the school yet again shape-shifted the annual fundraiser into a drive-thru event. Typically, the fish fry is a large affair with games,...
Last week, Clay Central/Everly Elementary participated in Read Across America Day 2021. Students discovered truth in Dr. Seuss' literature such as, "You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book." During the month of February, CC/E PK-6 grade students logged all books read at home and at school. For every book completed the students put a heart on the reading wall next to their name and the name of the book read. CC/E librarian Pati Lindsey placed 40 Seuss...
Plenty of parking spots were needed to accomodate 10 tractors March 3 at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School. The H-M-S FFA Chapter hosted Drive Your Tractor To School Day, inviting students to cruise to class in their favorite farming equipment. A variety of models were on display in a multitude of sizes and colors. High school teacher Jim Thomas even got in on the fun and particpated with his antique Ford tractor, which was the smallest machine on display in the parking lot. Marked by many...
