Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 4-8-8-4 24 Spirit Lake 9-13-9-12 43 SPIRIT LAKE-Spirit Lake used a 2-3 zone defense against Western Christian in a Lakes Conference girls’ basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 4, but the Wolfpack were unable to shoot...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Ice, snow and high winds moved into Hull last Saturday and caused some Winterfest activities to be cancelled. But the vendor fair and cookie walk went on as planned. While the out-of-town shoppers were missed, most vendors reported plenty...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Several area manufacturing companies hope to address together a critical workforce development challenge through a unique partnership. Top officials from those companies joined Northwest Iowa Community College and northwest Iowa...
June De Wit | Staff Writer When Cathy Birkeland took on the role of administrator at Pleasant Acres, she realized she had some work ahead of her, but said, “I’m committed.” Birkeland expects to return the facility to a five-star rating and said, “Any facility can be a...
June De Wit | Staff Writer There’s a familiar face doing a new job at the Cenex convenience store in Hull. Austin Brands, 24-year-old from Boyden, has been working part-time at the store as a cashier since January 2018. He was recently hired as the store manager....
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Voters will choose the newest member of the Boyden City Council — Elizabeth Steven or Nathan Alexander — during a special election Tuesday, Dec. 11. The winner will fill the seat of Art Van Bruggen, who resigned when he moved to Sheldon...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull City Council didn’t take action on many items at their meeting last Monday evening, but they did discuss several topics. City administrator, Jim Collins, reported on the Eighth Street sump line repair. The underground line sends...
On Nov. 8, U.S. Rep. Steve King toured the Lewis & Clark water treatment plant near Vermillion, South Dakota, seeing it in operation. Participating in the tour were officials from Hull, Sheldon, Sibley and Sioux Center. Pictured above, left to right, are King,...
Promise Community Health Center has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation to study potential expansion of its dental services and ways to maximize efficiency of its current space. Growth in the health center’s dental program over the...
The recent blast of arctic air is growing ice on lakes and ponds over much of Iowa. Anglers are starting to get out for the popular early ice fishing season. “Many of us can’t wait to get out on the ice each winter,” said Joe Larscheid, chief of fisheries for the Iowa...
House Speaker Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake) recently announced that Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R-Orange City) will serve as chairman of the House Economic Growth Committee during the 88th General Assembly. “I want to thank Speaker Upmeyer for her vote of confidence in me to...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-It was the first night out for the young and small Western Christian wrestling team at a home quadrangular with Lawton-Bronson, Sibley-Ocheyedan and Kingsley-Pierson and the Wolfpack finished the night 1-2 as a team. But Western...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Western Christian basketball standout and Hull native Erika Feenstra broke a single-game Dordt College school record during a Great Plains Athletic Conference women’s basketball game at Northwestern College Wednesday, Nov. 28....
Three Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football players and one Nighthawk were inadvertently omitted from the Nov. 28 article about Class 2A all-district and Iowa Sports Writers Association all-state football teams. Also named to the Class 2A all-district team were Billy...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sioux City East 7-12-8-21-14 62 Western Christian 11-10-17-10-6 54 HULL-Western Christian gave Sioux City East a battle in a non-conference girls’ basketball game at home to open the 2018-2019 season, but the Wolfpack were...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor MOC-Floyd Valley 9-17-6-10 44 Boyden-Hull 14-4-16-10 42 HULL-The Boyden-Hull girls’ basketball team found itself in a tight game with Siouxland Conference opponent MOC-Floyd Valley, but once again the Comets fell short down the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sibley-Ocheyedan 13-14-15-14 56 Boyden-Hull 12-23-17-23 75 HULL-Sibley-Ocheyedan continued to make comeback attempts on Boyden-Hull in a Siouxland Conference boys’ basketball game Friday, Nov. 30, but the Comets countered...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Gehlen Catholic 13-9-10-21 53 Trinity Christian 5-13-14-15 47 HULL-Trinity Christian had two turnovers late in its War Eagle Conference boys’ basketball game versus Gehlen Catholic Tuesday, Nov. 27, to account for a 53-47 defeat but the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Gehlen Catholic 12-18-11-15 56 Trinity Christian 7-5-4-10 26 HULL-Trinity Christian was playing its style of basketball for the first eight minutes of its War Eagle Conference girls’ game versus Gehlen Catholic Tuesday, Nov. 27,...
Kenneth Snedeker 80 Hudson, South Dakota November 26, 2018 Kenneth L. Snedeker, 80, of Hudson, South Dakota, passed away Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, at his residence. Services were Friday, Nov. 30, at Hudson Community Center with inurnment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Canton,...
