Hartley Parks & Rec Dept. eyeing progress

Hartley City Council members on Monday were pleased to learn the local parks department has a pulse.

Hartley Parks & Recreation Board members Laura Mohni, Kaity Pedley and Drew Sweeney provided an update to the council about the group's plans. According to the trio, a variety of projects and programming are in the works with board members eager to provide more things to the community.

"It's nice to have an actual park board now," said Council Member Ron Hengeveld. "We probably have never had a parks board that wanted to do very much like this before."

The board is in the process of establishin...