Articles from the February 25, 2021 edition
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'We can't just sit back and do nothing'
The need for a new pool in the City With a Heart is obvious to Jackie Stoltz. "It's important that our town be progressive and offer multiple things," said the Hartley woman, who served on the pool...
Back to the beginning
In response to Gov. Kim Reynolds' lifting of the statewide face covering mandate, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District has rescinded its requirement that they be worn whenever social...
Waiting game
Kim Morran has to remind herself to breathe every now and then. The director of O'Brien County Public Health has been swamped over the past month during the initial rollout phases of the COVID-19...
Dipping downward
COVID-19 positivity rates continued a downward trend both locally and statewide over the past week. As of Wednesday morning, O'Brien County's seven-day positivity rate was 3 percent while Clay...
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Financing of building projects reaches final stages
The final sale of general obligation bonds to finance facilities construction and improvements is scheduled to be completed during the March 15 meeting of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn school board. A re...
02/25/21: Crime, Courts, Accidents & Incidents
• Traffic Abigail R. Boone, Sheldon, Failure to Yield Right of Way to Pedestrians. Adam Larry Timmerman, Cherokee, Speeding. Jacob J. Schnider, Sheldon, Registration Violation. Alexander Todd Davis, Sheldon, Dark Windows. Evan Paul Schmidt, M...
S-N Editorial
Half a million and counting More Americans have now died of COVID-19 than those who perished in both World Wars and the Vietnam War combined. As of Tuesday morning, the tally sat at 500,104. Half a million dead Americans is hard to grasp. That’s a l...
Rambling Wild
Though they share their main sentiments, it is my hope that this column will be better received than Jeep’s Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl commercial. Alice Schertle’s Little Blue Truck is a book tha...
02/25/21: Community Calendar
Pool bond meeting is tonight at HCC Hartley residents are invited to an informational public meeting about the proposed pool project tonight (Thursday, Feb. 25). The meeting will be held inside the Hartley Community Center and begins at 7 p.m....
02/25/21: Area Happenings & Accomplishments
NCC selects next president In a unanimous decision the Northwest Iowa Community College board of trustees approved the hiring of Dr. John Hartog, III, of Boyden, as the 10th president of NCC. The...
Bibles dedicated at Bethlehem Lutheran
Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Royal hosted its annual third grade Bible dedication service last Sunday. The church's Milestone Ministry team, whose desire is to highlight church members Christian...
Barbara B. Wills, 81, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Barbara Wills, 81, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at Prairie Creek Assisted Living Memory Care in Sioux Falls, S.D. Barbara Berene Olhausen was born May 10, 1939 to William and Thais...
Ronald G. 'Ron' Hennings, 80, Hartley
Visitation and fellowship in memory of Ronald G. “Ron” Hennings will be held from 2-7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26, at the Hartley Funeral Home Chapel in Hartley. Interment will be at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley. Hartley Funeral Home is ass...
Dennis Leth, 80, Hartley
A funeral service for Dennis Leth was held Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at the Hartley Funeral Home chapel in Hartley. Pastor Lynn Dau officiated. Pallbearers were Jason Leth, Zachary Hollowell, Colby Hollowell, Tony Murphy, Zak Schnack and Derek Rice....
Clair A. Moding, 87, Omaha, Neb.
Clair Arthur Moding, the son of Forrest and Lucille Moding, was born on April 6, 1933 at home near Peterson. He received his education in Sutherland, graduating in 1951. He entered the U.S. Army in September 1953 and served with the first Niki...
From Our Files
• Feb. 28, 1946 The Hartley girls’ basketball team won the right to represent northwest Iowa in the state tournament at Des Moines by coming out on top in the district tourney which was held in Hartley. Hartley smashed a determined Meriden sextet, 63...
The third time was charming
Any concerns that the third meeting between Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn and Trinity Christian might be a battle went away in the second quarter. Twenty straight points gave the Hawks a convincing half...
1 point makes all the difference
A higher place on the Class 2A medal stand literally escaped Okoboji/H-M-S wrestler Nick Bronstad at the individual state tournament last weekend. In the 285-pounder's final two consolation matches,...
The pressure was on
The pressure to survive and advance is on every high school basketball team in postseason play. But Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn also faced the relenting pressure of Newell-Fonda's full-court defense...
