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Ground broken for new Hartley daycare facility
The roar of an excavator’s engine signaled big progress Monday in Hartley. Preliminary dirt work began at the site of the community’s new daycare facility, marking the start of a construction project that’s hoped to wrap up later this fall. The $1.7 million building will increase both capacity and program offerings for local children and has been m…
Stacking those nickels
One local fundraising group has kicked the can to another. The Hartley Rec Trail Committee this week handed over the downtown can and bottle donation bin to the Parents of Daycare (POD) group. POD will assume redemption duties immediately while learning the ins and outs of the operation from trail committee members. “We were approached by the commi…
Hartley daycare receives $10K donation from estate
The Hartley Community Daycare on Tuesday received a big check from a surprise donor. Members of the O’Brien County Community Foundation’s (OCCF) advisory board presented a $10,000 check to the local facility from the estate of the late Leane Bodle. A Sheldon native, Bodle gifted the OCCF $450,000, which will be used to establish the Leane Bodle End…
Mett family donates land for new Hartley daycare facility
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 t…
Hartley council OKs daycare’s rezoning request
The Hartley City Council on Monday rezoned a parcel of land north of Highway 18 to accommodate a new daycare facility. “Whatever the decision that the council makes tonight, there’s going to be hard feelings from one group of people to the other group of people,” said Mayor Rodney Ahrenstorff. “Hopefully we can manage to agree to disagree. It’s jus…
P&Z Commission suggests rezoning proposed daycare lot
After a delay of nearly two weeks, the Hartley Planning and Zoning Commission agreed to recommend a change of zoning classification for a parcel located north of Highway 18. The commission had conducted a hearing on Nov. 14 regarding a request from Hartley Community Daycare that the zoning classification of a parcel located between North 2nd Avenue…
P&Z Commission sends daycare rezoning request to Hartley council
The Hartley Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday recommended rezoning a portion of land in the north part of town to accommodate a new daycare. The rezoning request came from the Hartley Community Daycare Center, which is planning to construct a new facility between North 2nd Avenue W and N 3rd Avenue W, extending from the north boundary of…
Daycare receives $500,000 donation for new building
Momentum for Hartley’s new daycare reached a fever pitch on Tuesday thanks to a huge donation. The Heerde family, of Spirit Lake, officially contributed $500,000 to the Hartley Community Daycare Center’s fundraising efforts. The donation was orchestrated by the United Way, which was one of 10 area non-profits to receive funds generated by the sale…
