Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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A nursing home in Sanborn is attempting to mitigate the spread of a COVID-19 outbreak inside the facility. Fourteen cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed at Prairie View Campus as of Monday, according to a joint news release by the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and O'Brien County Public Health. Those affected are in isolation and additional testing of residents and staff will take place as directed by IDPH. "We are in contact with our families and are doing everything we can to support...
An old school building in Hartley is ready to host a new group of students. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School moved 11 miles east to the old elementary in the City With a Heart. With the former middle school in Sanborn demolished and the new elementary school slated to open this month, 5-8 grade students will now make their home in the former PK-4 building on First Street Southeast. Middle school Principal Mark Dorhout said the transition was eased after classes dismissed in mid-March due to...
Mysterious packages of seeds have put ag experts in Iowa on high alert this summer. Thousands of American households began receiving unsolicited seed packages from China last month. Recipients are urged not to plant or dispose of the seeds, as they could be invasive. Instead, they should contact the Iowa Department of Agriculture so the agency can collect, analyze and properly destroy the seeds. "The Iowa Department of Agriculture is working closely with the USDA to trace, collect and properly...
The Clay County Fair announces the rescheduling of all announced concerts as part of the SRG Concert Series in the Grandstand at the 2021 Clay County Fair. Events rescheduled to 2021 include: • Skillet with special guest Ledger, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. • Hermans Hermits starring Peter Noone with special guest Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. • Josh Turner with special guest Dillon Charmichael, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. • Darci Lynne and Friends Fresh Out of the Box Tour wi...
Northwest Iowa could use a drink. Dry conditions have expanded across the region in recent weeks thanks to a lack of rain in July. Though the situation isn't dire for local crops right now, precipitation is needed in the near future. "For the most part, things are still looking pretty good," said ISU Extension & Outreach field agronomist Joel DeJong, who serves nine northwest Iowa counties including O'Brien. "A rain would be great, don't get me wrong, but they're hanging in there." According to...
There are few traces left of the old Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School. Cleanup work at the Sanborn site is nearly complete. On Monday, only the basement area under the old gym needed the excavator's attention, as rubble and steel from the two-story portion of the facility had been removed off site. Tree limbs were being trucked away from the area and crews could be seen progressing with foundation work on the north and west portions of the property. The middle school was demolished in...
• Traffic Jeffrey R. Sauter, Jackson, Minn., Failure to Obey Stop Sign. Carol L. McClain, Sanborn, Open Container. James Allen Kobold, III, Primghar, Speeding. Trey James Blochowitz, Little Rock, Seatbelt Violation. Tonya Elizabeth Schonrock, Sioux City, Speeding. Tucker Kade Lang, Sheldon, Minor in Possession. Marvin Barrera Maldonado, Hartley, No Proof of Insurance. Marvin C. Lopau, Sibley, Speeding. Allisa Mae Johnson, Sioux City, Failure to Maintain Control; Failure to Obey Stop Sign. Ricardo Bernal Hernandez, Sheldon, No Valid D...
Who else is loving this fall-like weather we are having? I know the summer lovers are going to sharpen their pitch forks and come after me with a vengeance, but I am ready for fall! Tuesday will mark the first day of the Non-Profit Take Out Tuesday's fair food experience hosted at the Clay County Fairgrounds. Hy-Noon Kiwanis are the first non-profit up this Tuesday and will be open 4-7 p.m. The World's Greatest County Fair will also be hosting a drive-through or walk-up Fair Food to Go experienc...
On March 16, a bomb dropped on Iowa when Gov. Kim Reynolds recommended all schools close for four weeks. It wasn’t a surprise as we’d been expecting it in light of the dire COVID-19 warnings at the time. Yet, when it actually happened and schools closed, we were stunned. Close the schools for a month? Lock the doors? Inconceivable! Even so, superintendents immediately suspended classes. On April 17, the governor extended the shutdown order for the remainder of the academic year. The sit...
Over 200 graduate at NCC Two hundred and four students graduated from Northwest Iowa Community College on Friday, May 8, during virtual commencement ceremonies. The following are area students who received diplomas and degrees. Everly: Meghan S. Siefken, Associate Degree in Nursing; Lucas A. Sindt, Automotive Service Diploma. Hartley: Rachel L. Crist, Associate Degree in Nursing; Ashley R. Heetland, Associate Degree in Nursing; Obaga J. James, Practical Nursing Diploma; Kourtney R. Schnurr, Practical Nursing Diploma; Crystal J. Starr,...
HFD to hold water fights The Hartley Fire Department will host community water fights on Thursday, Aug. 13 on Central Avenue. Hotdogs will be served starting at 6 p.m., and the water fights will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. Hotdogs will be served until they’re gone. H-M-S school registration Aug. 6 Registration of students for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District for the upcoming 2020-21 school year will be held from noon-7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6. All district families should have received a...
• Aug. 9, 1945 Sylvan Ewoldt, of Hartley, purchased the R.C. Sawyer grocery store at Sanborn. Mr. and Mrs. Ewoldt planned to move to that community in the near future. They had been farming near Sanborn and Hartley for a few years. Goals for the Hartley patriotic chest drive were $800 for the town of Hartley and $600 each for Hartley and Omega townships. William Treimer was chairman for Hartley and William Specht was the Hartley township chairman. An innovation at the upcoming O’Brien County 4-H fair was the seven livestock exhibition ten...
Duane Lyle Barnes, 69, of Independence, Mo., passed away at home on April 4, 2020, surrounded by his family. Duane was born on July 28, 1950 in Fairmont, Minn., to James and Ardis (Winkelhaus) Barnes Upon the death of his father in 1960 the family moved to Grampa Winkelhaus' farm in Hartley. He graduated from Hartley High School in 1968 and then from Spencer Business College in Spencer (now called Iowa Lakes Community College). He met Beverlee Gibler, of Independence, Mo., while both were workin...
Iowa's spring sports seasons were cancelled and baseball and softball schedules were abbreviated due to COVID-19. Now high school football teams will have their regular seasons shortened as a consequence of the continuing pandemic threat. The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced on July 24 that varsity schedules will be reduced from the traditional nine games to a maximum of seven. According to the IHSAA, the revised plan for the 2020 season "considers flexibility for school return...
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