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

The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News picked up seven awards Feb. 8 during the Iowa Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Contests.

The newspaper won first place in five categories: Best Ad Featuring Miscellaneous, Best Advertising Idea for a Community Promotion or Event, Best Feature Page, Best Newspaper Website and Best Continuing Coverage. News editor Nick Pedley took second place honors for Excellence in Editorial Writing and third place in the Master Columnist category.

The Sentinel-News is published by The Press, Inc., of Ocheyedan, which is owned by Arlyn Pedley and Jan Reis...