Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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Local residents peppered Sen. Chuck Grassley with a variety of questions during a town hall meeting Monday afternoon in Ocheyedan. The 90-year-old Republican from New Hartford greeted a dozen guests during the event, which was held at the Senior Activity Center. Many of the questions centered on agriculture issues like the Farm Bill. The quinquennial piece of federal legislation was last passed in 2018 and is due for an update. Grassley expected another extension this year as the new bill...
Everly Community Days had the city popping Aug. 16-18. Events like the Great Plains Zoomobile, Cookie Memorial Mini-Golf Tournament, and street dance highlighted the schedule....
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Brent Johnson honored 439 Iowa farm families with Century or Heritage Farm designations at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. The program celebrates farms that have been owned by the same families for 100 and 150 years, respectively. A total of 277 Century Farms and 162 Heritage Farms were recognized during ceremonies in the historic Livestock Pavilion on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. To date, more than 21,000 Century Farms...
Farmers Trust and Savings Bank, of Spencer, recently donated $100,000 to the Clay County Community Foundation's (CCCF) Disaster Recovery Fund. Donations to the Disaster Recovery Fund support grants to nonprofits and public entities helping with disaster recovery efforts in Clay County. The heartfelt donation from Farmers Trust and Savings Bank helps support grants including the Spencer Community School Foundation, funding a program to replace teachers' personal teaching supplies lost due to...
For health-related reasons within the band, The Mavericks' upcoming show on Monday, Sept. 9, at the Clay County Fair has been canceled. Clay County Fair last week announced Lonestar as the new grandstand act to replace them on the same date. Not every musician has the opportunity to revisit and even potentially improve upon their biggest hits. But on the forthcoming "TEN to 1" record, the award-winning band Lonestar with Dean Sams (keyboards, acoustic guitar, background vocals), Michael Britt...
• Aug. 25, 1949 An intensive training course was given at the Hartley school for prospective student school bus drivers from Hartley and Royal. Safety was stressed throughout the conferences, and the students were given actual driving tests with the Hartley buses. The course was given in an attempt to train additional drivers of school buses. Blaine Hirt, Fred Schoelerman and John Meiske, of Hartley, and Charles Walker, of Paullina, represented O’Brien County as a livestock judging team at the Iowa State Fair. Coach Harold B. Church res...
A memorial service in memory of David J. “Dave” Rozeboom was held Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, at the Hartley Funeral Home in Hartley. Dr. Lynn Dau officiated. Interment was at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley. Hartley Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements. David Jay “Dave” Rozeboom, one of two sons born to James and Dorthea (Zigtema) Rozeboom, came into the world on Oct. 8, 1954, in Rock Rapids. He grew up on his parents’ farm along with his only sibling, Larry. As with most country kids his days were a mix of work and play, helping h...
• Traffic Joel Daniel Wallinga, Primghar, ATV Highway Violation; No Proof of Insurance. Ernie A. Aron, Sioux City, No Valid Driver’s License. Juan P. Garza, South Sioux City, Neb., No Valid Driver’s License. Douglas J. Lepley, Fort Dodge, Registration Violation; No Valid Driver’s License. Bersain Lopez Lopez, Sibley, No Valid Driver’s License. Carson Joel Dagley, Sioux Falls, S.D., Speeding. Mario Jesus Alcaraz, Sioux City, Failure to Maintain Control. Onesmus Omariba Bosire, Olathe, Kan., Speeding. Guillermo Lopez Rangel, Harris, No Valid Driv...
The goal of establishing another street access into the Royalty Addition in Royal is one step closer to being accomplished. City council members on Aug. 14 voted to establish the street north of The Great Hall of Royal, between 1st Avenue and King Avenue. In addition, they discussed designating the street as St. Louis Boulevard, in recognition of the former St. Louis Catholic Church that was closed in 2017. The city purchased the site from Matt and Sara Ricke in 2019 for a street extension. The need for additional access to King Avenue...
There was good news in regard to the cost of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School's property and commercial liability insurance package for 2024-25. A significant reduction in the district's workers compensation experience modification factor (mod) will result in an overall reduction in the package premium. David Treimer, of Treimer's Insurance Agency, said at Monday's board meeting that the mod has fallen from 1.62 in 2022 to .70 for the coming year. "That's really amazing," Treimer...
Community Calendar dates due Sept. 5 The Community Calendar for the communities of Hartley, Melvin and May City will be distributed again this year. Clubs and organizations wishing to list their meeting dates are asked to bring or send them to The Sentinel- News office by Thursday, Sept. 5, at 5 p.m. H-M-S school activities will also be listed. There is no charge to have meeting dates listed on the calendar. When the calendars are printed, they will be available as a courtesy of the sponsors. Red’s Catering menu for Aug. 28 Red’s Catering in...
Shows winning sheep at Iowa State Fair A local exhibitor showed top winning sheep during shows at the Iowa State Fair. Maggie Schoelerman, Spencer FFA, of Everly, showed the White Face champion during the FFA Market Lamb Show on Aug. 8, and also showed the Champion Southdown Ewe and Reserve Champion AOB Ewe during the FFA Breeding Sheep Show on Aug. 9. Abels are ‘a cut above’ at shearers’ competition Top sheep shearers from across the Midwest and Canada put their blade bravado to the test in the sheep shearing competition, judged on Aug. 10 at...
During the 40 years I was a newspaper editor/manager, I strived to ensure the staff incorporated context into their articles. Sometimes, in a journalistic shorthand, that was described “the Iowa angle.” If there was a mass murder in Iowa, I would dip into my stash of clippings and find the list of the worst mass killings in Iowa history. That allowed us to give context to the magnitude of the tragedy. The same with tornadoes and floods. How does the number of deaths compare with the worst of...
Several years ago when we were still in Hartley, I went out to get in the van and it was covered with what looked like clear Karo syrup. I had no idea what it was. Our van sat in the driveway under a fairly large black walnut tree. But what in the world was that sticky substance? Was it something from the tree? I wasted no time getting to the car wash and then I called the garden center in Spencer. He had the cause right on the tip of his tongue. "You have aphids and the syrup is their honeydew,...
