June De Wit | Staff Writer Thursday, Sept. 13, Matt Covey treated Western students, faculty and alumni to an enlightening chapel speech. Covey, a 1995 graduate of Western Christian High School, is the principal at Sioux Falls Christian Schools. He’s the third son of...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer As a personal trainer, Nate Boer gives his clients more than a good workout. The owner of Siouxland Strength in Hull, Boer knows that fitness isn’t just about going through the motions of a workout, it’s about having a healthy lifestyle...
Laura Krueger 95 Madrid, Iowa August 30, 2018 Laura Krueger, 95, of Madrid, Iowa, passed away Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, at Madrid Home. Funeral service was Saturday, Sept. 1, at St. John Lutheran Church, rural Boyden, with interment in the church cemetery. Laura...
Richard Van Zee 80 Rock Valley, Iowa September 2, 2018 Richard “Dick” Van Zee, 80, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018, as the result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident in Harrison County, Iowa. Funeral services were Saturday, Sept. 8, at...
Mary Ann Van Zee 77 Rock Valley, Iowa September 3, 2018 Mary Ann Van Zee, 77, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, as the result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident in Harrison County, Iowa. Funeral services were Saturday, Sept. 8, at Faith...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 20-13-7-0 40 Western Christian 0-0-0-7 7 HULL-It was another installment of the annual Western Christian versus Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley rivalry in football Friday, Aug. 31, but the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor LeMars Gehlen Catholic 25-25-25 3 Trinity Christian 16-9-10 0 HULL-Class 1A second-ranked Gehlen Catholic put on long rallies against Trinity Christian in sets one and two and then used an aggressive serving...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor West Lyon 0-0-0-7 7 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 7-6-21-7 41 ROCK VALLEY-J.T. Van’t Hul did a little bit of everything for Class 2A top-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley in a non-district football game with Class 1A top-ranked West Lyon...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 0-0-0-0 0 Bishop Heelan 6-0-7-6 19 SIOUX CITY-Western Christian’s defense held Class 3A fifth-ranked Sioux City Bishop Heelan to only 19 points, but the Wolfpack offense could not get anything going and the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-Class 2A fifth-ranked Western Christian had a long layoff after the Bellevue, Nebraska, volleyball invitational, but the Wolfpack did not show much rust as they claimed the Sioux County volleyball tournament title on their home court...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull 15-10-12 0 Central Lyon 25-25-25 3 ROCK RAPIDS-Boyden-Hull was unable to get into any groove in its first Siouxland Conference match of the season against Central Lyon Thursday, Sept. 6, and the Lions handed the Comets a...
June De Wit | Staff Writer The Sioux County Sheriff’s Department recently had the opportunity to test-fly its newest piece of equipment which will aid in serving and protecting the citizens of the county. A drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle, was recently used in a...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Western Christian High School students are celebrating homecoming Sept. 10-14. The event-filled week starts off Monday with a dress-up day. Students will dress as holidays. Junior and senior classes will dress as the 4th of July and the...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The phrase “following in his footsteps” is especially significant for Doug and Lee DeGroot of Hull. The couple’s son, Cruise, 21, enlisted with the Army Reserve. Like his great-grandfather, Peter DeGroot, and grandfathers, Harold DeVries...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-The Boyden-Hull volleyball team controlled much of its matches with its serving, which in turn led to a consistent offensive attack and the tournament title at the Comets’ home volleyball tournament invitational Thursday, Aug....
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor South O’Brien 25-25-25 3 Trinity Christian 22-21-23 0 HULL-Trinity Christian kept its first War Eagle Conference volleyball match of the 2018 season with South O’Brien close, but a few too many hitting errors proved to cost the...
