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03/07/24: Area Happenings & Accomplishments
Clay Co. Fair Queen apps open The search is underway for candidates to compete for the 2024 Clay County Fair Queen title. The winner, to be crowned Sunday, April 28, will reign over this year's Clay C...
By From Our Files
• March 10, 1949 For the third time out of four trips to the girls’ state basketball tournament, the Hartley Hawkettes again took fourth place. The champion Wellsburg sextette upset Hartley in the semifinals to douse the local squad’s champ...
Deadline to apply for OBCCF grants is April 15
The O'Brien County Community Foundation (OBCCF), an affiliate of the Siouxland Community Foundation, is accepting grant applications from 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and units of local governmen...
02/29/24: Community Calendar
Bald Eagle Day March 2 at PHC The O’Brien County Conservation Board invites the public to the Prairie Heritage Center to experience a live bald eagle on Saturday, March 2. Christina Roelofs from the Nishnabotna Conservation Foundation will present a...
02/29/24: Area Happenings & Accomplishments
Over 130 lives impacted by blood donors Forty-five units of blood were collected during the Hartley community drive held on Feb. 21. According to LifeServe Blood Center, those blood donations will sav...
Brian Trojahn honored for role in saving Sutherland woman's life
Spencer Hospital paramedics Chris Meyer and Brian Trojahn were surprised with Team GEM Awards last week for their role in saving the life of a Sutherland woman late last summer. Denise Steffen...
From Our Files
• March 3, 1949 Students of Hartley No. 2 presented an interesting demonstration of their hobby club. Following a program of readings and musical selections, guests viewed the students’ hobbies and some of their artwork. On each club day the stu...
From Our Files
• Feb. 24, 1949 Postmaster Alden F. Palmquist was notified that city delivery service was authorized for Hartley. There would be two deliveries daily in the residential area. The starting date for delivery service would be announced after t...
02/22/24: Community Calendar
First Hartley Legion fish fry is Friday The Hartley American Legion Family has announced its schedule for Friday night fish fries: Feb. 23, March 8 and March 22. Proceeds from the meals benefit the projects of the Legion Family. See the ad on Page 9...
02/22/24: Area Happenings & Accomplishments
Swine specialist is excited to work with area producers There's no question too big or too small for Ashley Englin, new swine specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in northwest...
NATIONAL FFA WEEK: What does FFA mean to you?
National FFA Week runs Feb. 17-24. Here, H-M-S FFA members share why the organization is important to them now and in the future. "FFA means being a part of something that everyone is welcome and ever...
NATIONAL FFA WEEK: 3 H-M-S alumni earn American Degrees
Three Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn alumni last fall recieved the highest degree achievable in the National FFA Organization. Olivia Grooters, Emily Sindt and Trey Haag (pictured above, from left to right)...
02/15/24: Community Calendar
Hartley Legion fish fry schedule The Hartley American Legion Family has announced its schedule for Friday night fish fries: Feb. 23, March 8 and March 22. Proceeds from the meals benefit the projects of the Legion Family. See the ad on Page 6 for...
02/15/24: Area Happenings & Accomplishments
Kirkwood announces Dean's List honors Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the fall 2023 semester. Students on the list achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after...
From Our Files
• Feb. 17, 1949 Emmet Hirt, who farmed near Hartley, was featured in the “Checkerboard News,” a publication of Purina Mills with a nationwide distribution. The article, complete with pictures, demonstrated the advantages of large pigs at birth and o...
Centenarians invade CC/E for 100th day
Clay Central/Everly Elementary students celebrated their 100th day of school in style last Thursday, with a dress up day and a few glow-stick dance parties sprinkled throughout the day Mavericks of...
Rolling to a strong finish
A pair of meets last week gave Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's bowlers the opportunity to wrap up the regular season on a winning note. H-M-S swept a meet with OABCIG on Feb. 6 at Locomotion Lanes. Total...
02/08/24: Community Calendar
Crop insurance meeting planned Treimer’s Insurance Agency will host a multi-peril crop insurance meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 11 a.m., at the Hartley American Legion. The deadline to make changes to your MPCI policy is March 15. See the ad on P...
02/08/24: Area Happenings & Accomplishments
NCC unveils new competitive sports logo Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon recently announced the launch of its new competitive sports logo, marking a bold step in the evolution of the NCC's...
From Our Files
• Feb. 10, 1949 The Hartley FFA took over the dairy heifer feeding experiment offered by the Hartley Feed Mill. Fred Schoelerman, a senior FFA member, took the heifer to his farm to finish the experiment. The junior FFA started a broiler chick e...
02/01/24: Community Calendar
New hours at Fiesta Foods in effect As of Monday, Jan. 29, Fiesta Foods in Hartley will be open from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. all seven days of the week. May City firemen hosting soup supper The May City Fire Department will host its annual soup supper on Satur...
02/01/24: Area Happenings & Accomplishments
Area students named to UNI dean's list Two area students were named to the fall 2023 semester dean's list at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. To be included on the list, a student must...
From Our Files
• Feb. 3, 1949 For several weeks the younger set of the Hartley community was plagued by a run of three-day measles. The disease seemed to be of a mild form, and discomfort its only feature. The school asked parents to keep their children at home a...
01/25/24: Community Calendar
New hours at Fiesta Foods to start Beginning on Monday, Jan. 29, Fiesta Foods in Hartley will be open from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. all seven days of the week. May City firemen hosting soup supper The May City Fire Department will host its annual soup supper...
01/25/24: Area Happenings & Accomplishments
Grace Berberich graduates from UI Grace Berberich, of Royal, was among the nearly 1,700 undergraduate, graduate and professional students conferred their degrees last month at the University of Iowa. Berberich was a student in the College of Nursing...
