Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Childhood friends from Hartley travel to England
Rita Wohlert (left) and Shelley Brinkert-Hjelm (right) head out on the Cotswold Way Trail on their first day of walking where they hiked 10 miles from Chipping Campden to Stanton.
Editor's note: This piece is being republished with permission from the Iowa Falls Times-Citizen.
Rita Wohlert is the daughter of E.P and Nellie Koehnecke, while Shelley Brinkert-Hjelm is the daughter of Ed and Florence Brinkert. The friends grew up in the Hartley area and graduated from high school as members of the Class of 1967.
Wohlert lives in Iowa Falls, while Brinkert-Hjelm resides on a farm northeast of Hartley. Brinkert-Hjelm said the trip to England was a unique experience.
"It was great and it was a blast," she said. "It was absolutely beautiful there."
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Iowa Falls resident Rita W...
