Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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Ongoing discussion about combining certain grade levels into one classroom topped discussion Nov. 30 at the Clay Central/Everly school board meeting. School officials have been studying operations at Stratford Elementary, which faces small enrollment numbers like CC/E. According to discussion, Stratford routinely combines certain grade levels into one classroom to give students more opportunities to collaborate and build relationships. CC/E, which currently has 51 students in grades K-6, has...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Dance Attack last week added to its growing trophy chest. The team won fourth place finishes in Class 1 Hoopla and Class 1 Novelty, and also third place in the Lights category at the 48th annual Iowa High School and College State Dance Team Championships in Des Moines. Coach Brittany Dolphin was ecstatic about the Hawks' performances. "They did some of the best routines they've ever done," she said. "I'm a very proud coach. They worked extremely hard." More than 650 routin...
• Traffic Schuyler James Warren, Salix, Minor in Possession, Alcohol. Kolbi John DeRocher, Sioux City, Dark Windows; Minor in Possession, Alcohol. Rose Marie Hulstein, Sibley, Dark Windows. Lucas James Tovar, Sheldon, Violation of Restricted License; Failure to Reduce Speed. Colton Dean Wilks, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Speeding. Christopher Hans Granstra, Sheldon, Registration Violation. Corey L. Joy, Correctionville, Speeding. Sara Anne Shuey, George, Registration Violation. Lucia Alma Molina, Sheldon, Speeding. Isaiah Lee Lopez, Primghar, R...
With the harvest season now a memory, area farmers are wrapping up groundwork and eyeing the 2024 growing season. According to the Iowa Department of Agriculture, the corn harvest concluded statewide late last month, with only a few stragglers in the southern part of the state still running combines around Thanksgiving. Things concluded much earlier in northwest Iowa, though, and New Century FS agronomist Alic Mohni said farmers were happy this year. "In our area things finished out pretty...
Several open houses planned Several Christmas open houses will held throughout the area over the coming week, including: United Community Bank and Fiesta Foods in Hartley, and Home State Bank in Royal. See the ads inside for more details. Santa to visit Royal this Saturday Royal Community Action and the Royal Lions Club will host a visit from Santa at the Great Hall of Royal on Saturday, Dec. 9 starting at 10 a.m. After sharing their wish lists with the jolly ol’ elf, children can stay for crafts and cookies. Santa will be in attendance u...
Shopping has become an exercise in convenience over the last two decades. Everything we could ever need or want is a simple click away on the internet, and you don’t even have to leave your house to shop for the holidays. Sure, it’s nice to avoid crowds, but online shopping leaves a gaping hole in communities like ours whose backbone is comprised of hard-working small business owners trying to make their hometowns thrive. The reasons for keeping your money local are many, but sometimes easy to forget when advertisements from big box stores flo...
‘Tis the season to be busy. It feels like I’m constantly doing something, yet accomplishing nothing – more so than usual. I still haven’t put Christmas lights up outside. I’m in a bit of a cold war about it with my wife, who has asked me to scale a ladder and get them hung several times. I’ve said no at each instance, which has forced her to threaten to do it herself. I tell her no way, and then we grumble back and forth before returning to whatever we were doing before the squabble. I’m hoping she’ll just give up since Christmas is a...
A few months ago, I bumped into a former aide to Gov. Robert Ray. As we reminisced about the governor, our conversation turned to his nearly daily meetings with journalists. The aide said yes, those press conferences provided reporters with access to the governor and his comments on issues the state was handling and hearing about from Iowans. But Ray believed the daily press gatherings had another important benefit, too: Ray could do his job more effectively by listening to the journalists’ q...
Agriculture is the economic engine of Iowa, the livelihood of farmers and their families, and the lifeblood of our rural communities across the 4th Congressional District. Our producers work long hours in all types of weather conditions to grow the food and produce the fuel that our country and the world depend on. Their hard work is the reason that Iowa remains the breadbasket to the world and that our district in particular leads the nation in corn, pork, egg and biofuel production. However,...
Revenue to the State of Iowa from legalized gambling is taking divergent paths in the new fiscal year. While casino gaming receipts are falling, sports wagering continues to grow. In October, the state collected $26,741,690 in casino gaming taxes. This is a reduction of $2.3 million from what the state collected in October 2022, when casino gaming tax revenue came in at $29,025.047. For the first four months of Fiscal Year 2024, the state has received $105.2 million in casino gaming taxes. This...
• Dec. 9, 1948 William Heitritter, 48, was taken to a Hull hospital after being gored by a two-year-old bull at his farm near Melvin. His injuries included two broken ribs and several cuts and bruises. He was testing cattle in a barn when the bull became enraged and attacked him. A large crowd had already assembled in Hartley when Santa Claus arrived by plane at the local airport. Old Saint Nick was escorted to the school grounds by the Hartley Fire Department, from which point he led a parade through the streets of town. Orlan Ott, Hartley h...
NWI fishing report Most area water levels are a few inches below crest. Most smaller lakes are covered in a thin layer of ice. Until the ice thickens more, fishing access is hard to find. East Okoboji Lake: The lake almost entirely covered in a thin layer of ice. Black crappie, fair. Using minnows and plastics has been working well for many anglers. Bluegill, fair. Try using a small hook and piece of worm. In deeper water try using pilkies with wigglers or slip bobber setup. Walleye, fair....
Okoboji/HMS defeated Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire for its first dual wrestling win of the season but found the going tougher against Spencer on Nov. 30 at Milford. The Pioneer topped GT/RA, 42-30. Trailing 15-12, Okoboji/HMS won five of the next seven matches by fall to earn the victory. Spencer concluded the night with a dominating 66-16 win over the Pioneers. Ethan Wiersma won a pair of matches at 215 pounds. He pinned the Titans' Treyton Kleve in 3:39 and the Tigers' Jake Schipper in 4...
Playing George-Little Rock in basketball for the first time as members of the War Eagle Conference, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn got off to a good start in the girls' game. But G-LR would gain the momentum and eventually earn the 61-47 win on Nov. 28 at George. The Mustangs broke the 15-15 deadlock in the second quarter and took a 31-25 lead into the intermission. H-M-S trailed by a 50-39 margin at the end of the third quarter and could not overcome the deficit. Abby Douma had a strong night...
A lengthy scoring drought turned Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's early lead into a 20-point deficit against Trinity Christian. The result was a 65-31 loss in boys' basketball action on Dec. 1 in Hartley. An 11-3 run in the first quarter gave H-M-S a 14-8 lead. But starting late in the opening period, Trinity Christian went on an 18-0 run that put them in front, 26-14. A basket by Josh Cruz with under three minutes to go in the second quarter ended the drought, but the Tigers would hold a 32-19 lead at...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn opened the 2023-24 girls' bowling season with a pair of meets at Locomotion Lanes at Sanborn. H-M-S lost to a strong MMCRU team during the opener on Nov. 28. The Royals finished with 2,290 points while the Hawks had 1,867. "The girls met a formidable opponent in the MMCRU girls' team as they were a tough team last year with several returning players," said Hawk coach Julia Meyer. Singles game scores were Keyanna Brower 143-127 270, Annika Overmire 113-149 262, Jordan Lux...
The home alleys were conducive to good scores for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' bowling team, but they were not quite enough against a quality opponent. The Hawks faced a good MMCRU team on Nov. 28. Results of the baker games helped give the Royals a combined total of 2,734 points. H-M-S finished with 2,574. "We knew that MMCRU would be a tough opponent after seeing them last year," said Hawk coach Julia Meyer. "The boys started out strong with good singles games; however, our downfall was...
The margins of victory were dissimilar but the end results were what counted most for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' basketball team last week. Hosting Woodbury Central on Nov. 30, the Hawks took control in the second half and rolled to a 75-50 win. The 75 points is the most scored by the H-M-S girls since the 2016-17 season. Abby Douma and Kylee Schiphoff led H-M-S with 21 and 20 points, Moriah Otto scored 13 points, Frankie Mohni scored nine and Gracie Knobloch scored six. The Hawks made...
