Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Hartley vets ride in fair parade: Hartley-area veterans rode in the parade at the Clay County Fair on Monday, Sept.12. Members of American Legion Post #288 and Sons of the American Legion also carried the colors through the parade. Monday was Veterans Appreciation Day at the fair, which runs through Sunday, Sept. 18 at the fairgrounds in Spencer.
Shows champion Charolais at Iowa State Fair
RFK Cattle, of Hartley, showed the Champion Percentage Junior Female during the Charolais Cattle Show at the Iowa State Fair.
Other awards earned by RFK Cattle include: Percentage Junior Female (March 1-April 30, 2021), Ms. Paprika, first place; and Late Spring Yearling Female (April 1-30, 2021), BHSC Mamie Brightside, second place.
Hereford farm earns honors at state fair
An area farm earned top awards during the Hereford Show judged at the 2022 Iowa State Fair.
Weeping Fox Ranch, of rural Hartley, was named the Premier Exhibitor of the show and placed first in Produce of Dam. Among entries in the Spring Bull Calf (March 1-June 30, 2022) class, Weeping Fox Ranch placed second with MAV Banjo 203K.
County supervisors complete education program
Clay County Supervisors Barry Anderson, Burlin Matthews and Dan Skelton have become Certified Iowa County Supervisors. The first class of Certified Iowa County Supervisors was honored during a ceremony on Aug. 25 in Des Moines that was held in conjunction with the Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) Annual Conference.
Matthews will have served 16 years as a supervisor in December. Anderson has been a county supervisor since 2015 and Skelton was elected in March of 2017.
The Certified Iowa County Supervisor program was created and is administered by county supervisors for county supervisors to create a culture of Iowa county supervisor leadership development through a well-rounded continuing education program. The overall goal of the program is bettering county government in Iowa through education. Certification requires a two-year commitment and a total of 30 credit hours.
County supervisors in Iowa are elected to a four-year term by a vote of the public and serve on a three or five-person board of supervisors. The board of supervisors is the governing body of county government. A supervisor's duty is to "protect and preserve the rights, privileges, and property of the county or of its residents, and to preserve and improve the peace, safety, health, welfare, comfort and convenience of its residents."
