June De Wit | Staff Writer Sam Klarenbeek is excited for the new opportunity to be a fitness coach and personal trainer at Compass Fitness in Hull. He is looking forward to helping clients meet their fitness goals of building muscle, losing weight, improving mobility...
June De Wit | Staff Writer A new Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) class is being offered at Boyden-Hull High School. Andreah Maassen, also the school nurse, is teaching the class for the first time in conjunction with Northwest Iowa Community College. Dan Pottebaum,...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Love INC of Sioux County is expanding into a new fund-raising venture — a comedy show. The organization’s Love and Laugh event will feature “Slap Happy Comedy” Saturday, Feb. 9, at Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley. Doors for...
Iowa’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate remained at 2.4 percent in December. The state’s jobless rate was 2.9 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 3.9 percent in December. “In 2018, four out of every five jobs created in Iowa were in the...
Wilma Schelling 88 Orange City, Iowa January 24, 2019 Wilma Schelling, 88, of Orange City, Iowa, passed away Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at Pleasant Acres Care Center, Hull, Iowa. Funeral services were Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Netherlands Reformed Church, Sioux Center, Iowa,...
Adrian den Hoed 67 Sioux Falls, South Dakota January 24, 2019 Adrian “Adri” “Ace” den Hoed, 67, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, passed away Jan. 24, 2019, at Dougherty Hospice House. Memorial service was Monday, Jan. 28, at Heritage Funeral Home, Sioux Falls. Adrian den...
Macy Joy Byl Hull, Iowa January 18, 2019 Macy Joy Byl, infant daughter of Mitchell and Kelsi (Wesselink) Byl, of Hull, Iowa, passed away in her mother’s womb Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Private funeral service was...
Louise Schemmel 88 Dexter, Iowa January 19, 2019 Louise Margaret Schemmel, 88, formerly of Dexter, Iowa, passed away Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Ramsey Village in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral services were Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Zion Lutheran Church, Dexter, with...
Jeanette Aardema 94 Hull, Iowa January 17, 2019 Jeanette “Irene” Aardema, 94 of Hull, Iowa, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at Pleasant Acres Care Center, Hull. Funeral service was Thursday, Jan. 24, at Memorial Funeral Home, Sioux Center, Iowa, with interment in Memory...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIOUX CENTER - Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley knew it would be in for a tough battle against some of the best in the Siouxland Conference tournament hosted by Sioux Center High School Friday, Jan. 25. But the Nighthawks rose up to the challenge...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SPENCER-Most knew Tristan Mulder had a good chance of taking home the crown at 170 pounds at the Lakes Conference wrestling tournament hosted by Spencer High School Friday, Jan. 25, but the Western Christian wrestling team added to that by...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian High School announced Monday, Jan. 21 that Trent Roose has been hired as the new baseball coach starting this summer. Roose is a Pella native who received his bachelor’s of arts degree at Dordt College in Sioux Center in...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Central Lyon 12-13-14-14 53 Boyden-Hull 16-21-15-15 67 HULL-Boyden-Hull got stops on defense, which in turn gave the Comets confidence to shoot the ball on offense in a 67-53 Siouxland Conference girls’ basketball victory Tuesday, Jan....
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Central Lyon 6-14-9-13 42 Boyden-Hull 22-12-21-21 76 HULL-Class 2A second-ranked Boyden-Hull will admit it had a poor second quarter in its Siouxland Conference boys’ basketball game with Central Lyon Tuesday, Jan. 22, but that did...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Western Christian girls’ basketball standout, Erika Feenstra, established a new single-season scoring record for the Dordt College women’s basketball program Saturday, Jan. 19. The sophomore has 506 points through 22 games and is...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Spencer 11-7-4-5 27 Western Christian 12-14-9-20 55 HULL-Western Christian changed up its defensive game plan in a Lakes Conference girls’ basketball game versus Spencer Tuesday, Jan. 22, and those changes paid...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor South O’Brien 15-15-21-9 60 Trinity Christian 6-7-12-9 34 HULL-Having faced South O’Brien’s 2-3 zone defense already this season, Trinity Christian thought it would be more prepared the second time around Tuesday, Jan. 22. But the Tigers...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor South O’Brien 19-19-18-18 74 Trinity Christian 8-12-6-4 30 HULL-Trinity Christian was executing its offensive game plan in War Eagle Conference girls’ basketball with South O’Brien Tuesday, Jan. 22, but the Tigers were unable to guard...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 15-10-15-17 57 Spencer 15-22-11-11 59 SPENCER - Class 2A seventh-ranked Western Christian had two chances to tie the game late in the fourth quarter in its Lakes Conference boys’ basketball game...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Harris-Lake Park 15-11-13-11 50 Trinity Christian 9-8-9-2 28 HULL-Trinity Christian felt it had a good defensive game plan for its War Eagle Conference girls’ basketball game with Harris-Lake Park Tuesday, Jan. 15, but the Wolves could...
