Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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The Hartley Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday recommended rezoning a portion of land in the north part of town to accommodate a new daycare. The rezoning request came from the Hartley Community Daycare Center, which is planning to construct a new facility between North 2nd Avenue W and N 3rd Avenue W, extending from the north boundary of the Terpstra Addition to the north corporate limits. The request was tabled from a previous meeting on Nov. 14. Daycare officials requested that the...
Ongoing enrollment concerns highlighted Superintendent Kevin Wood's mid-year report Monday night during Clay Central/Everly's school board meeting. Wood shared K-6 enrollment figures from the past four years, which showed an 18-student decline from 61 in 2021-22 to 43 this year. The district recently combined grades 3-4 and 5-6 due to small class sizes in an effort to give those students better peer-to-peer interactions and bank General Fund savings on staff salaries. Wood called the move to...
Members of H-M-S Dance Attack are hoping to add to their trophy case next week. The team will perform at the 49th annual Iowa High School and College State Dance Team Championships in Des Moines Dec. 4-6. More than 600 routines will be performed at the event, which is held in Wells Fargo Arena and Hy-Vee Hall. H-M-S Dance Attack will perform in four categories: Hoopla Class I, Lights, The M.I.X. and Hip Hop Class III. Coach Brittany Dolphin was excited for the opportunity to compete among the...
A pursuit through Spencer on Nov. 19 resulted in property damage and the eventual death of the driver being chased. According to the Clay County Sheriff's Office, a deputy attempted to stop a stolen vehicle near the intersection of 11th Street SW and 11th Ave. SW. The driver of the 1998 Chevrolet pickup was identified as Andrew Phillips, 30, of Spirit Lake. Phillips failed to stop for law enforcement and continued driving through the city limits. He is reported to have displayed a firearm and...
• Traffic Nikolle Mae Bell, Sheldon, Failure to Obey Stop Sign; No Proof of Insurance. Easton Teal, Hartley, Failure to Obey Stop Sign; Failure to Maintain Control. Timothy Jason Mann, Fort Worth, Texas, Seatbelt Violation; No Valid Driver’s License. Javon L. Murry, Omaha, Neb., Speeding. Todd Michael Sohn, Sioux Falls, S.D., Failure to Maintain Control. Sergio Alfredo Godinez, LeMars, Registration Violation. Larry Dion Norrington, Milwaukee, Wis., Registration Violation. Jeffrey Allen Burdette, Jr., Sheldon, Seatbelt Violation. Lucas Jeff Dah...
Holiday open houses planned locally Open house season is upon us, with several local businesses planning events in the coming weeks. Check out the ads inside for more details on open houses in Hartley and Everly. Red's Catering menu Red's Catering in downtown Hartley will be serving a variety of specials on Wednesday, Dec. 4. See the ad on Page 4 for more details. Hartley Public Library closed Nov. 29-30 The Hartley Public Library will be closed on Friday, Nov. 29 and Saturday, Nov. 30. Regular...
Thanksgiving. Giving thanks. It’s a special time of reminiscing about what we are thankful for. Have you ever written down on paper all that you have to be thankful for? If we could think of everything, it would no doubt fill up a book. I was born the oldest child into a loving family in Billings, Mont. I eventually had two brothers, Jerry and Ronald. Ron died at the age of 24 of Hodgkins Disease. I would wish he’d have lived much longer, but I am thankful for the memories we have of him. He...
It appears that most houses I drive by already have Christmas decorations up. These festive visuals don’t help my holiday vertigo, as they only work to confuse me further. We haven’t even had Thanksgiving...right? Another glance at the calendar confirms my hunch for the 80th time. I can’t keep anything straight this year – 2024 is flying by and will soon be gone. It doesn’t help that some stores have had Christmas decorations up since before Halloween. I am easily confused. We had an early Thanksgiving last weekend, which was my favorite...
• Dec. 1, 1949 Mrs. Kermit Kloppenburg, of Hartley, was appointed as a member of the O’Brien County 4-H girls’ committee. The committee was a policy-forming group and did much to strengthen club work by assisting in planning and carrying out the 4-H program. The lackadaisical basketball fans who chose the easy chair rather than a ringside seat in the local gymnasium missed a thriller diller. The green but scrappy Hartley Hawk team, which had but one senior on its roster, turned in its best performance to date by whipping Sheldon, their count...
A memorial service for Roger G. Struve was held Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Burial will be held at a later date in Lincoln Township Cemetery at Rossie. Warner Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements. Roger G. Struve, the son of Gordon and Elaine (Steinbeck) Struve, was born June 7, 1953 in Spencer. His childhood years were spent in the Rossie area and he attended Clay Central School, graduating in 1971. Roger enlisted in the U.S. Army and served until his Honorable Discharge. He worked as a bartender and...
Three meets in five days gave the Okoboji-HMS girls' wrestlers a busy and successful start to the 2024-25 season. The season began with a double dual hosted by Emmetsburg on Nov. 19. Okoboji-HMS defeated Emmetsburg, 66-10, and Sioux Central, 57-24, taking advantage of several open weights. The Pioneers finished 5-5 in matches that were wrestled. H-M-S freshman Natalie Dagel was 2-0, winning by fall over Jazzmin DeShazer of Sioux Central (2:37) and by forfeit. Sophomore Miley Appledorn was 1-1,...
Members of the 2024 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn volleyball team have received postseason recognition from the Iowa Girls Coaches Association. Eliza Tewes is a recipient of the 2024 E. Wayne Cooley "You Can" Award. Hawk coach Cheryl Kroese nominated the senior for the award. "Eliza is an extremely hardworking athlete who is a leader both on and off the court. She puts others before herself and is willing to do what it takes day in and day out to improve her skills," Kroese wrote. "She is a student ath...
Several volleyball players from the War Eagle Conference were named to the Iowa Girls Coaches Association all state or all district teams for the 2024 season. Bailey Boeve, a junior from Hinton, was named to the Elite Team All State, the Class 2A all-state first team and the Class 2A Northwest all-district. Other Hinton players recognized were Karlyn Kovarna, 2A all-state and Northwest all-district, and Katelyn Hoefling, Northwest all-district. They are also juniors. Over half of the players named to the ICGA Class 1A Northwest all-district...
