Articles from the June 23, 2022 edition
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Pool will not open in Hartley
Like a mirage of a puddle in the desert, local children will have to continue staring at an empty pool in Hartley this summer. The new aquatic center cannot pass a state electrical inspection due to e...
Few changes in fees at H-M-S for 2022-23
Costs for most goods and services may be rising, but there will be few increases in fees for the 2022-23 school year at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn. The schedule approved by the board on Monday only calls...
Royal council pleased with cleanup progress
Royal city council members are happy with how local residents are responding to letters asking them to clean up their properties. During discussion on June 8, council members were informed that after a second inspection of properties, only 10 had...
06/23/22: Crime, Courts, Accidents & Incidents
• Traffic Abdikarim Ahmed Muhumed, South Sioux City, Neb., Speeding. Kyle Delfort Begay, Gamerco, N.M., Open Container; Speeding. Isaac Norton, Sanborn, Minor with Tobacco. Jennifer Marie Perez Vazquez, Sheldon, Speeding. Amed Jose Castro-Chavez, E...
06/23/22: Community Calendar
Upcoming program at Hartley library A program on local foraging will be held at the Hartley Public Library on Saturday, June 25, at 9:30 a.m. The program will be presented by a member of O’Brien County Conservation and is open to the public. W...
06/23/22: Area Happenings & Accoomplishments
UI spring semester dean's list announced More than 4,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean's list for the 2022 spring semester. Dean's list status was earned by...
Royal, Everly youth enjoy VBS fun
Last week Okoboji Lutheran Bible Camp's day camp crew headed to Royal's Bethlehem Lutheran Church for a week of Vacation Bible School fun with the congregation's children along with Hope Lutheran...
S-N Editorial
Oversized ribbons and scissors were put on the shelf in Hartley this week. Local kids will have to wait yet one more year to take their inaugural dip in the new pool, and that's a jagged pill to swall...
Evans: Like it or not, we are all in this together
What is happening to us? What passes for public discussion these days certainly is not civil or thoughtful. Nor is it really much of a discussion. If you read the comments from some supposed leaders,...
Jones: State revenue remains strong
General Fund revenue for the state continued to come in strong, as tax receipts in May were 43.6 percent higher than what the state collected in May 2021. While some of this increase is attributable...
The Writer's Pen
My parents both were savers. My dad always said, "I might be able to use that someday." If my mom would throw something away that she didn't need anymore, my dad would sometimes take it out of the...
Josena C. 'Josie' Egdorf, 92, Ankeny
A funeral service for Josena C. Egdorf was held Saturday, June 18, 2022, at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Sanborn. Pastor Kevin Gingerich officiated. Pallbearers were Jay Downing, Jeffrey Downing, Kenny Downing, Chase Downing, Nathan E...
Belated services scheduled for Marilyn Meyer
A memorial service for Marilyn J. Meyer will be held at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer on Saturday, July 9 at 1 p.m. The family requests no flowers and masks are optional. A reception will follow the service at the church. Meyer, of Everly, died...
From Our Files
• June 26, 1947 Six midget mules, the only hitch of its kind in the United States, were in Hartley. According to handler Brownie Beck, the rare animals were gotten together after a long search over many states. Pulling a calliope, the little f...
BVU livestock show team hosts open show
Fifty head of cattle and nearly 100 sheep were shown by competitors in the Third Annual Buena Vista University Livestock Show Classic hosted by the BVU Institute for Agriculture on June 4-5. "We had...
Tough month continues for H-M-S hardballers
The month of June has been a winless one for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn baseball team, which extended its losing streak to 10 games last week. Remsen St. Mary's, the top-ranked team in Class 1A, took...
Working to pull through the slump
Runs remained at a premium for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn softball team, which scored just twice in four games last week, all of which were losses. H-M-S had only two baserunners in an 11-0 home loss...
