Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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New hours at Fiesta Foods to start Beginning on Monday, Jan. 29, Fiesta Foods in Hartley will be open from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. all seven days of the week. May City firemen hosting soup supper The May City Fire Department will host its annual soup supper on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 5-7 p.m., at the fire hall. A vareity of soups will be on the menu. See the ad on Page 2 for more details. ECHO Apartments to host annual meeting ECHO Apartments in Everly will host its annual meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. The gathering will be held in the fire...
Grace Berberich graduates from UI Grace Berberich, of Royal, was among the nearly 1,700 undergraduate, graduate and professional students conferred their degrees last month at the University of Iowa. Berberich was a student in the College of Nursing whose program of study was Nursing. The degree awarded was a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Audit report released for City of Hartley T.P. Anderson & Company, P.C. has released an audit report for the City of Hartley. According to the report, the city’s receipts totaled $6,625,798 for the year e...
After a few weather-related postponements, Clay Central/Everly Elementary students last week were finally able to thank a vital piece of the Maverick Community – the Clay County Sheriff's Office. Students invited the department to the school where all gathered in the gym for morning free-play. The youngsters were thrilled when the deputies joined them in a game of knockout as the rest of the school trickled into the gym. After an intense match, CC/E staff members Iesha Toft and Michelle Huntress...
Clay Central/Everly Elementary hosted its first-ever "Read Around the Building" event last Tuesday. Numerous parents/guardians and community members were invited to read to students throughout the building. All found it fun to find any spot in the building to read. Pairs were reading in tents, on the stage, in custom-made reading nooks in classrooms and bean bags strategically placed throughout the building. The older students had the choice of being read to or reading to their special guest,...
• Jan. 27, 1949 It was estimated that between 700 and 800 people stopped at the Burns Chevrolet Co. on Highway 18 to look at the new 1949 Chevrolets. Area residents also had the opportunity to stop at Lorenzen Motor Co. to see the new 1949 Pontiac models. Verlin Bobzien, of Hartley, entered the Chillicothe Business College at Chillicothe, Mo., to enroll for the course in commercial and railroad telegraphy. He was an Army veteran. Ninety-six percent of the 1,087 students enrolled in O’Brien County high schools took advantage of the opp...
Cocktails & Kisses at HKCC in Everly The Hap Ketelsen Community Center in Everly will host “Cocktails & Kisses” on Saturday, Feb. 10. The event will feature drinks and a meal. Proceeds will benefit the HKCC and Everly Public Library. See the ad on Page 2 for complete details. Red’s Catering menu Red’s Catering in downtown Hartley will be serving a variety of specials on Wednesday, Jan. 24. See the ad on Page 4 for complete details. HLC food pantry Current hours for the food pantry at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly are Wednesdays, 1-5 p.m. Ev...
Hartley snow ordinance reminders The City of Hartley is reminding residents of snow removal and street parking ordinances during winter. See the ad on Page 2 for complete information. Nearly 200 units of blood donated in ’23 The community of Hartley hosted five blood drives during 2023. The 197 units of blood that were donated saved and potentially sustained the lives of 591 people in need. LifeServe Blood Center recognized the following donors who achieved milestones during the past year. Darrel Dodge, 21 gallons; Carl Puhrmann, 18; David E...
Spencer Hospital's Birth Center initially had a quiet start to the New Year; that is until Jessica Rojas and Juan Lopez arrived unexpectedly on Tuesday evening, Jan. 2, with Jessica in active labor. At 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 3, little baby Liam Lopez made his arrival into the world, earning him the distinction of Spencer Hospital's first baby of 2024. He weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces and measured at 18.25 inches long. Jessica said that they chose the name "Liam" because she loved the meaning of...
• Jan. 13, 1949 The Hartley municipal skating rink was made ready for use for the first time. Adverse weather conditions held back its construction. Many of Hartley’s young people were making good use of it. Heavyweight champion Joe Louis boxed a four-round exhibition against Orlan Ott before 3,800 spectators at Topeka, Kan. The champ barely developed a sweat as Ott bored in. Louis laced Ott a few times, but he smiled and patted the Hartley native on the back after each round. Lon MacDowell, local chairman of the March of Dimes drive to aid...
Hartley snow ordinance reminders The City of Hartley is reminding residents of snow removal and street parking ordinances during winter. See the ad on Page 3 for complete information. Red’s Catering menu Red’s Catering in downtown Hartley will be serving a variety of specials on Wednesday, Jan. 17. See the ad on Page 4 for complete details. HLC food pantry Current hours for the food pantry at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly are Wednesdays, 1-5 p.m. Everyone is allowed to come in and pick out their food, but masks are required. Food dis...
The Little Sioux Watershed Conservation Partnership (LSWCP) on Jan. 4 held a cedar tree cutting workday, which took place at O'Brien County Conservation Board's Dog Creek Park. This collaborative effort brought together a dedicated group of community members, volunteers and environmental enthusiasts to address the specific conservation needs within the watershed. Among the volunteers were Iowa DNR staff, members of The Nature Conservancy and Tom Konz and Dan Verrips, O'Brien County Conservation...
• Jan. 13, 1949 The Genevieve Rebekah Lodge No. 154 held private installation of their officers at the I.O.O.F. Hall. The district deputy president, Mrs. Smith, and her staff from Sheldon did the installing. The Noble Grand of the lodge was Laura Shouse and Vice Grand was Carrie Rampenthal. Clarence Smith, who had been connected with construction work for a number of years, and worked on the Hartley sewage disposal plant, decided to make Hartley his permanent home. He joined the sales force of Foxbilt Feeds and was assigned to the southeast c...
Wild game feed planned at Royal this Saturday The Iowa Great Lakes Fishing Club will host its annual wild game feed on Saturday, Jan. 6 at Haggy’s in Royal. A free will offering will be accepted. All proceeds benefit the Jim McDonnell Scholarship Fund. See the ad on Page 6 for more details. Red’s Catering menu Red’s Catering in downtown Hartley will be serving a variety of specials on Wednesday, Jan. 10. See the ad on Page 4 for complete details. Hartley snow ordinance reminders The City of Hartley is reminding residents of snow removal and s...
• Jan. 6, 1949 During the annual meeting of the Hartley Fire Department, Myrle Peters was named local fire chief for the coming year. He succeeded Harry Stoterau who declined the position after ably serving for three years. Though a near-record crowd turned out to celebrate the coming of the New Year at Neebel’s Danceland and at various house parties throughout the community, 1949 was ushered in very peacefully. Dancers were already crowding into Neebel’s Danceland at 7:15 p.m. and filling the available booths, attesting to the popul...
HCC trivia night on New Year’s Eve The Hartley Community Center will host a New Year’s Eve trivia night on Sunday, Dec. 31. A meal will be served before the contest gets underway. See the ad on Page 3 for more details. Grounded closed for holidays Grounded in Hartley will be closed during the holidays Dec. 21-Jan. 3. Red’s Catering menu Red’s Catering in downtown Hartley will be serving a variety of specials on Wednesday, Jan. 3. See the ad on Page 4 for complete details. Hartley snow ordinance reminders The City of Hartley is remindi...
NCC graduates honored Sixty-six students graduated from Northwest Iowa Community College on Friday, Dec. 15. Commencement ceremonies were held in Building A on NCC’s campus in Sheldon. Area students who received certificates, diplomas or degrees are listed. Hartley: Alexa Terrell, Pharmacy Technician Certificate. Kanawha: Maryssa Borden, Agriculture-Online. Sanborn: Alan Abonce, Business Diploma; Macie Cammann, Associate Degree Nursing-Extended; Innocent Ongaga, Associate Degree Nursing-Extended. Fall Honor List announced at NCC Northwest I...
• Dec. 30, 1948 Reburial services for Pvt. Edward R. Magee were conducted at the Legion Hall by Amvet Post No. 61. Pvt. Magee died in Germany on July 21, 1945, at the age of 24. He entered military service on Oct. 7, 1942, and was serving in a heavy truck company at the time of his death. A committee of farmers comprised of Paul Linder, Edwin Philiph and Edward Olhausen judged the Hartley holiday home decorating contest. The top winners were Dr. J.C. Peterson, Jr., first, and George Anderson, second. Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Burns, longtime and r...
St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Hartley hosted its first Mexican Christmas Posadas with Pastor Pedro Lopez and Pastor Chris Nitzel on Friday, Dec 22. The word "posadas" means "inn" or "shelter" in Spanish, and the Posadas is a traditional Mexican Christmas celebration. At St. Paul's, it included a Christmas service spoken in both Spanish and English by the pastors. The 25 attendees actively participated in the story of Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem, where the couple found no place to...
Change in garbage collection in Hartley Brommer Sanitation will collect garbage in Hartley on Tuesday, Dec. 26 and Tuesday, Jan. 2 due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays falling on Monday. HCC trivia night on New Year’s Eve The Hartley Community Center will host a New Year’s Eve trivia night on Sunday, Dec. 31. A meal will be served before the contest gets underway. See the ad on Page 3 for more details. Red’s Catering menu Red’s Catering in downtown Hartley will be serving a variety of take-out specials on Wednesday, Dec. 27. See the a...
Familiar tunes and new selections were performed by students in the music department of Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School during the winter concert on Sunday, Dec. 10. The jazz choir began the afternoon with the familiar "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town." "Noel" was the first selection for the concert choir, with words sung in the Kituba dialect of Central Africa. The lyrics in English are: "Noel! Noel! Jesus has come to live with us. If you want to know the Child, you have to come kneel."...
The O'Brien County Farm Bureau was recently recognized as an "Outstanding County Farm Bureau" during Iowa Farm Bureau Federation's 105th annual meeting, held Dec. 5-6 in Des Moines. O'Brien County Farm Bureau president, Karen Appleton accepted the award on behalf of the county. This designation is awarded to Farm Bureaus that connect with community members and elected officials about today's family farm practices and engage in local, philanthropic activities. "Our organization's success starts...
Recipients of NCC Foundation scholarships Students at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon were awarded scholarships this fall through the NCC Foundation. The foundation is able to award the scholarship opportunities due to generous support from various businesses, families, organizations and individual donors. Area recipients are listed by hometown, name, program, scholarship and amount. Hartley: Dalen Peters, Practical Nursing-Extended, Hartley Community Memorial Health Center Scholarship, $1,000. Sanborn: Cassie Jones, Practical...
Royal businesses on Dec. 13 hosted their Christmas open houses to the public. Storefronts from one end of Main Street to the next opened their doors with delicious treats, beverages and merry conversation to thank patrons for their support this past year. One of the jolly businesses handing out joy and cheer was Home State Bank. Their mission each year is to give back to the community in which they serve by finding local organizations, non-profits and groups that could use funding for future...
Clay Central/Everly Elementary's newly-established Theatre Club performed their reader's theater performance of "Cinder...Really? The TRUE Story of Cinderella" to the school last week. Students and staff enjoyed the hilarious tale told from Cinderella's stepsister's and stepmother's perspectives. Regardless of the sweet Fairy Godmother's and charming Prince's efforts, the quite impolite and sassy Cinderella did not have her fairytale ending. However, the sweet stepsisters and stepmother lived...
• Dec. 23, 1948 A very large crowd attended the parent-teacher meeting at the Moneta school assembly. After a short business meeting, all enjoyed the operetta “The Magic Christmas Bell,” presented by the elementary grades. It was followed by group singing of Christmas songs. Mrs. Anna Lee Wold, mother of Mrs. George Anderson of Hartley, arrived in San Francisco, Calif. aboard a Navy transport. She had been evacuated from the province of Homan in China. She had been a missionary for over 34 years and had just completed about 3-1/2 years work...
