Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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Voters in two local cities will have some choices to make when they enter the voting booth next Tuesday. Everly has the most competitive ballot on the Nov. 7 slate. Five candidates – incumbents Tara Patrick and Denise Cook, along with challengers Roger "Lefty" Ginger, Tatum Geerdes and Josh Seaman – are vying for three spots on the city council. Incumbent Mayor Ron Thompson is also being challenged by current Council Member Tracey Grigg-Schuver. Hartley also features a contested ballot. Gre...
WHAT DID WE ASK? The Sentinel-News sent questionnaires to each candidate in the Nov. 7 election. Questions included: 1. Please provide background information about yourself (i.e. family, career, etc.). 2. Please detail any past experience in local government or other community organizations. 3. Why are you running? 4. Do you have any concerns about your city/school district or issues affecting it? 5. What goals do you have for your city, and how would you go about achieving them? 6. Is there any...
What did we ask? The Sentinel-News sent questionnaires to each candidate in the Nov. 7 election. Questions included: 1. Please provide background information about yourself (i.e. family, career, etc.). 2. Please detail any past experience in local government or other community organizations. 3. Why are you running? 4. Do you have any concerns about your city or issues affecting it? 5. What goals do you have for your city, and how would you go about achieving them? 6. Is there anything you'd...
What did we ask? The Sentinel-News sent questionnaires to each candidate in the Nov. 7 election. Questions included: 1. Please provide background information about yourself (i.e. family, career, etc.). 2. Please detail any past experience in local government or other community organizations. 3. Why are you running? 4. Do you have any concerns about your city/school district or issues affecting it? 5. What goals do you have for your city, and how would you go about achieving them? 6. Is there any...
WHAT DID WE ASK? The Sentinel-News sent questionnaires to each candidate in the Nov. 7 election. Questions included: 1. Please provide background information about yourself (i.e. family, career, etc.). 2. Please detail any past experience in local government or other community organizations. 3. Why are you running? 4. Do you have any concerns about your school district or issues affecting it? 5. What goals do you have for your city/school district, and how would you go about achieving them? 6....
To the editor: This letter is to catch the ears of the Hartley City Council members and those citizens of Hartley who have requested from the Hartley Rec Trail Committee a safe crossing across Highway 18. Our committee has until June 30, 2024 to finish work on a crossing across Highway 18 or we will lose the $20,000 grant that we were awarded by the Rural Community Revitalization Program. Our committee has worked tirelessly to get a crossing approved by both the city council and either the H-M-S School Board or local land owners, to benefit...
• Traffic Richard Ardos, Sioux City, Speeding. Hayden Ryleigh Waldman, Sioux City, Speeding. Susan T. French, Walthill, Neb., Speeding. Joshua Michael Pyke, Madison, Wis., Speeding. Connor Duane Streeter, McCook Lake, S.D., Seatbelt Violation. Jason Ryan Rutzen, Paullina, Seatbelt Violation. Thomas Robert Ginger, Primghar, Seatbelt Violation. Phillip Dale Keffer, III, Sheldon, Minor in Possession, Tobacco. Egor Kapturenko, Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., No Iowa Fuel Permit; Hours of Service Violation, 2 counts. Jeremie Wayne Rood, Sanborn, Registrati...
HFD hosting pancake breakfast The Hartley Fire Department will host its annual pancake breakfast on Sunday, Nov. 5 at the Hartley Community Center from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. During the event, the Hartley Summer Celebration Committee will hold a silent auction for a chainsaw carving that was made in August. See the ads on Page 5 for more details. Red’s Catering menu for Nov. 8 Red’s Catering in downtown Hartley will be serving several specials on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Red’s will also be serving a Thanksgiving meal again this year. See the ads on Page...
The HHS All-School Reunion met at Red’s Catering on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Attending were Roy Wohlert, Sandy Nelson, Becky Tschopp, Clayton Pyle, Steve Lux and Tammy Ginger. Also present were Matt Wildeman and Rachel Wilson from the Hartley Chamber of Commerce. First on the agenda was the upcoming 150th Hartley celebration in 2029. Discussion was held on whether anything was starting to develop on this, and the Chamber has discussed it. The committee presented their take on the matter. The All-School Reunion will be held in 2025 and the next w...
"Light" was a recurring theme in the musical selections performed during the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn fall vocal concert on Oct. 26. The 56-member choir performed "Cantate Domino," "Through Love to Light" and "True Light." Soloists for the final number were Jamie Diaz and Jordan Lux. Shayla Henderson and Isabel Back also sang "This Little Light of Mine." Emery Cammann and Lux sang portions of the music they learned for All-State auditions on Oct. 21. Director Kristi Daggett commended their...
Cold temperatures coupled with a brisk wind made the Lakeside Golf Course at Fort Dodge a challenging venue for the Class 1A boys' state cross country meet on Oct. 27. One of the competitors was Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn senior George Vargas, who had never been in a race with that level of competition and with as many fans to watch the runners. "The atmosphere was unlike anything George had experienced in his career – the volume of the crowd, the amount of spectators present and the highest level o...
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn volleyball team's 2023 record of 7-18 might suggest that little progress was made to improve on the previous year's mark of 8-17. But Hawk coach Cheryl Kroese feels the positives outweigh the negatives. "Our win-loss record definitely didn't show what this team was capable of. We have battled since mid-September with injuries so unfortunately that was something we were constantly working through," she said. "In spite of that, I do feel like we showed growth throughout...
Two Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn volleyball players were named all-War Eagle Conference for the 2023 season, and three seniors qualified for inclusion on the all-academic conference list. Players earning all-conference accolades are junior Kylee Schiphoff, second team, and junior Frankie Mohni, honorable mention. Schiphoff was second team all-conference last year while Mohni is a first-time selection. Those qualifying for academic all-conference recognition are seniors who have cumulative grade point...
• Nov. 4, 1948 The Hartley Hawks had little trouble with a game but overpowered Paullina team in the annual Homecoming game. Highlights of the evening included the Homecoming parade and the crowning of Queen Wilma Robinson, the freshman class candidate. A.M. King and Son purchased the Hartley Motor Co., the Kaiser-Frazer automobile agency, from Henry and Dale Lorenzen. The latter would continue to operate the Lorenzen Motor Co., the authorized Pontiac agency in Hartley. While Iowans were electing Republican William Beardsley as governor by a l...
A pair of Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn vocalists were recently selected to participate in the Opus Honor Choir. Seventh grader Kate Rodriguez was chosen for the 7-8 Grade Opus Honor Choir, while Emery Cammann was picked as an alternate for the 9th Grade Opus Honor Choir. Over 2,400 students were nominated by their directors for 720 positions in the four Opus Honor Choirs. Selections were made by means of a recorded audition. Guest conductors of the choirs include Tami Meiners, Carroll Community...
Some people request funds for every kind deed, seeking to be reimbursed whenever possible. Others give freely without a desire to receive. Everly local Louie Dehrkhoop is the latter. Known by many traveling on M27 for his beautiful yard displays and gardens, and by even more for his kind heart and amazing work ethic, Louie is a quintessential "good guy." North of Barb's Corner you will see his acreage on the west side of the road, with festive yard displays changing with the each holiday and...
Christmas came early for five Hartley non-profit organizations. The Hartley Community Foundation (HCF) raised a total of $34,535 during its Oct. 1 fundraiser. Attendees could give general donations to be allocated evenly, or specifically designate funds to the Hartley Community Center, Cemetery Chapel Committee, Hartley Community Daycare Center, Hartley Recreation Trail Committee or Friends of the Library. The event also served as a celebration of service for longtime HCF board members and...
