Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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A pair of resignations will have the Hartley City Council looking to fill some big shoes in the coming months. Public Works Director Jaron Benz and Gas Superintendent Adam Lux submitted their letters of resignation last week. Lux's last day will be Dec. 30 while Benz will punch out for the final time on March 31. Lux has been with the city since May of 2008 while Benz started in May of 2018. "[Both] are leaving under good terms," City Administrator Erica Haack said after Monday's council...
After sitting vacant for a year and a half, there's new hope on the horizon for the future of the former Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary school. Michael Reese, whose firm Hestia Investments purchased the school in 2021, last week released the outline of renovation plans for Phase 1 of the project. Architectural renderings call for sweeping changes at the Hartley building, which has sat empty since classes dismissed for the final time in the spring of 2021. The main focus of the renovated...
• Traffic Logun Jeffrey Abbott, Sanborn, Minor in Possession, Tobacco. Shane J. Laursen, Cherokee, Speeding. Kimberly S. McCreedy, Palatine, Ill., Speeding. Jesse Taylor Eldridge, Jr., Sanborn, Minor in Possession, Tobacco. Taylor Van Beek, Sanborn, Minor in Possession, Tobacco. Levi James Van Beek, Sanborn, Minor in Possession, Tobacco. Chad Teron McDowell, Corinth, Miss., Speeding. Doreen B. Nyamweya, Belle Plaine, Minn., Unsafe Passing; Failure to Yield Half of Roadway. Laura Estela De La Cruz, Sheldon, Speeding; No Valid Driver’s Lic...
How well I remember the time Santa came into my house in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve. I saw him! Yes, I did! We were living on the ranch in Montana in a little white house across the yard from my uncle's log house. I was about 4 years old. My little brother, Jerry, and I slept on the couch in the living room. I can still hear my mother working in the kitchen that night doing some baking for Christmas dinner. Soon, the house was quiet and we finally fell asleep. We didn't have a fire...
Q: What’s in store for the new Farm Bill? A: As a member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee and a lifelong family farmer, I bring real world experience to the policymaking table on behalf of the farm families who feed and fuel the world. As Congress begins its work on the new Farm Bill, I bring years of legislative expertise to the negotiating table, having helped hammer out the last eight Farm Bills since I was first elected to the U.S. Senate, in addition to my work on...
More holiday open houses planned Several local businesses will host their holiday open houses prior to Christmas. See ads inside for Savings Bank, Snider Auto Care Center and D&L Ceramics. Upcoming blood drive at Spencer LifeServe Blood Center is conducting a drive at Southpark Mall, 901 11th Street SW in Spencer, on Monday, Dec. 19 from 2-6 p.m. Appointments are required. Schedule a donation appointment online at lifeservebloodcenter.org or call (800) 287-4903. Blood donors needed for Dec. 28 drive Donors are needed to give blood during the...
AgState reports good results in first year AgState held its annual meeting in-person on Tuesday, Dec. 6 and reported positive numbers. AgState CEO Troy Upah and Board President Chuck Specketer, along with CFO Bob Dobson, presented the annual report. The company showed sales of $1.5 billion and a net savings of $21.5 million. $7.5 million of the 2022 profits were allocated to 4,500 members. The cash distributed to the membership at the annual meeting was $5.9 million including a revolvement of...
• Dec. 18, 1947 A record holiday crowd gathered in Hartley Saturday afternoon to witness the Christmas parade presented by the various schools in the area, and to meet Santa. Saint Nick arrived promptly in his plane and was escorted through the business district in the fire engine. George Albright, of Hartley, was appointed to the O’Brien County Board of Review. The board reviewed assessments in the county in place of city councils, as was the practice in the past. Albright was appointed to serve a four-year term. The O’Brien County Soil Conser...
Mass of Christian Burial for Adam N. Burns was held Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison. Fr. Michael Cronin served as Celebrant and Fr. Shinoj Jose served as Concelebrant of the Mass. Serving as pallbearers were Ryan Burns, Jon Burns, Matt Conlon, Adam Schmidt, Trevor Urich, Derek Lambert, Nick Potts and Brian Slater. Serving as honorary pallbearers were Adam Mich, Jeremy Stangl and Nathan Schroeder. A private family burial was held at St. Rose of Lima...
Memorial services for Evelyn M. “Evie” Schuck were held Saturday, Dec, 10, 2022, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal. Pastor Mark Wilms officiated. All of Evie’s grandchildren were her pallbearers. Interment was in North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery at Spencer. Warner Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements. Evelyn (Evie) May Schuck was born on March 9, 1916 on a farm near Gaza and Sutherland. Her parents were Henry and Millie Engelke Petersen and she grew up with two siblings, Wilbur (Pick) Petersen and Nora (Norie) Warren. She lost...
A memorial service for William H. “Bill” Knock will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, at the American Lutheran Church in Melvin, with Pastor Judy Johnson officiating. Serving as honorary pallbearers are Mandy Knock, Stacey Knock, Merron Knock Abbas, Kelli Hartmann Davis, Tyler Knapp, Dave Hartmann, Blaine Moen and Tom Graves, II. Interment will be in Baker Township Cemetery at Melvin, with military graveside rites conducted by the Melvin American Legion, Reed Guthrie Post #470. Sanborn Funeral Home is assisting with the arr...
Victory eluded Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in the first-ever competition of the high school bowling program, but second-place finishes to experienced teams were positive results for the two varsity squads. MMCRU swept the team titles of the Sioux Central Invitational on Dec. 6 at Spencer Bowl. Their boys finished with a combined pin total of 2,798 for two games while H-M-S placed second with 2,408. Other complete teams were Sioux Central (2,026) and Pocahontas Area (1,430). Emmetsburg did not have en...
Okoboji/HMS crowned one champion and had two other wrestlers finish in the Top 3 during the Bob Roethler Invitational, hosted by Emmetsburg on Dec. 10. The Pioneers’ Noah Strantz won the 160-pound title with a 5-3 decision in the championship match. Dylan Jones was runner-up at 126, losing a 14-0 major decision to the champion, and Tyce Hanson won a 9-4 decision in the third-place match at 132. Three wrestlers from H-M-S competed. After an opening-round bye at 182 pounds, James Gellerman lost by fall in 3:30 to Morgan Dalen, of E...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn failed to match Sioux Central’s balanced point production during a 67-49 loss at Sioux Rapids on Dec. 5. Lance Berends scored 24 points and Kooper Ebel scored 12 to lead H-M-S, but the Rebels’ Jacob Hargens topped them both with 37. He also had help from two teammates who added 13 and 12 points, respectively. The Hawks’ only other scoring was eight points by Keevyn Jacobsma, three by Landen Elwood and two by Travis Kamradt. Overall, H-M-S was 21-of-45 in shooting from the field (47 percent), and only 2-of-9 at the foul...
