The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News picked up six awards Feb. 2 during the Iowa Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Contests.

News editor Nick Pedley took top honors in the Master Columnist category and also won first and second place for Excellence in Editorial Writing. Other awards collected included second place finishes for Best Website, Best News Feature Story and Best Continuing Coverage.

The Sentinel-News is published by The Press, Inc., of Ocheyedan, which is owned by Arlyn Pedley and Jan Reiste Pedley. The couple also owns and publishes the Ocheyedan Press-Melvin News....