Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
1.16-acre plot located in north Hartley
Hartley Community Daycare Director Kaity Pedley holds up the deed to the land donated by the Mett Family Trust, represented by Denise Magg, James Mett and Franklin Mett.
The plight of the Hartley Community Daycare Center became a philanthropic opportunity of a lifetime for one local family.
Franklin Mett, owner of the Mett Family Trust, recently donated 1.16 acres of his farmland for a new daycare building in Hartley. With two great-grandchildren in the current facility, he felt it was an issue worth contributing to.
"The dilapidation of the current building and premises called for a new course of action," Mett said. "I felt that if we could do something to help them with the daycare, then I wanted to do that."
Mett donated the land earlier this fall. After al...
