Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Buttoning things up

H-M-S High School facilities project continues to progress

One phase of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School facilities project is wrapping up and others are progressing well. That's the word school board members received during their meeting on Monday.

John Hight, of Beck Engineering, reported that the parking lot improvements phase of the overall project is nearing completion. A review of the list of any items not completed or not completed correctly is scheduled for this week.

"We're buttoning up things around the parking lot," he noted.

Upgrades of the baseball and softball fields are also progressing. Work that is underway includes replacing ba...