Articles from the September 10, 2020 edition
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Failing the test
A shortage of COVID-19 testing material has officials at Community Memorial Health Center worried the facility will soon fall out of compliance with federal guidelines. CMHC recently received a rapid...
Clay County burn ban remains in effect
Dry summer weather has kept an open burning ban in place in Clay County for three weeks. The prohibitive order was issued Aug. 20. Clay County joins 10 other Iowa counties in banning open burning due...
Northwest Disc Golf League marks 3rd successful year
Dan Swanson and Seth Skalicky have shared the same dream of starting a disc golf league for years, hoping that one day it would come to fruition. Three years ago their dream became reality when the fr...
Getting closer to crunch time
Registered voters should be on the lookout for absentee ballot request forms in their mailboxes this month. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is sending the forms to active registered voters ahead of...
09/10/20: Community Calendar
Fall clean up day in Hartley The City of Hartley will hold a clean up day on Monday, Sept. 21. Once the trucks have picked up the refuse on your block, they will not return to pick up more. Construction and demolition material will require the use...
Valero Energy Foundation donates $12,500 to HCDC playground
The Hartley Community Daycare Center recently landed a large donation from the Valero Energy Foundation. The charitable organization contributed $12,500 for future improvements to the daycare...
09/10/20: Area Happenings & Accomplishments
1 more COVID-19 death in O'Brien County The total number of deaths associated with COVID-19 in O'Brien County increased from seven to eight over the past week. Clay County remained unchanged with 3...
Meet a Maverick: Hannah Greer
Editor's note: With the new school year underway, The Sentinel-News will be introducing new and returning Clay Central/Everly staff. Today we meet Ms. Greer, a first-year sixth grade teacher. As a...
S-N Editorial: The way we were
If you're old enough, you probably remember where you were 19 years ago tomorrow when you heard the news. Two planes had hit the Twin Towers in New York City and another crashed into the Pentagon....
Pedley's Ponderings
My house is constantly being invaded. From carpenter ants in the spring to the ever-present daddy long legs in the corners of our ceilings, I'm always on the look out. This summer was no different. Th...
09/10/20: Crime, Courts, Accidents & Incidents
• Traffic Shelby Marie Cases, Paullina, Registration. Jessie Bricen Miller, Marcus, Speeding. Dakota James Reinert, Paullina, Dark Windows. Terry Henderson, Paullina, Speeding. Leopoldo Martinez, Jr., Hawarden, No Valid Driver’s License; Dark Win...
From Our Files
• Sept. 13, 1945 The Frank Wille plumbing shop reopened for business. It had not been operating while Mr. Wille was doing war work in the West. Another Hartley gas station which was closed during the war and gas rationing years was reopening for b...
Rickey 'Rick' L. Brandsrud, 65, Hartley
An Honor Guard service and interment for Rickey “Rick” L. Brandsrud are planned at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Wash. Warner Funeral Home in Spencer is assisting with arrangements. Rickey Lee Brandsrud was born to Russell and Jean Bra...
Rated Knights roll past H-M-S in War Eagle match
Playing a rated team on its home floor was the challenge the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn volleyball team faced as it traveled to Orange City on Sept. 1 to take on Unity Christian. The Knights were rated No. 4 in the initial Class 3A rankings released by...
Still 1 point short
The final score of this year's football game between Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn and Sibley-Ocheyedan was different, but the result was just like their 2019 matchup: a one-point win for the Generals. And...
Incredible amount of improvement for H-M-S runners
Every member of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn cross country team improved his/her time from the first to the second meet of the season while competing at the Okoboji Invitational on Sept. 3 at Woodlyn...
