Checking in for the New Year

A familiar slate of business greeted the Hartley City Council on Monday during its first meeting of 2024.

Annual reports and appointments topped the short agenda. Up first were library board members Carolyn Rubsam and Kathy Wacker, who reported 8,761 books and 1,569 movies were checked out last year. The duo also noted the director and adult programming director positions have been filled.

Next up was ambulance team member Darla Meyer, who reported the team responded to 289 calls in 2023. That tally was down slightly from more than 300 the previous year.

"Which was crazy," she said. "We're typ...