The Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) has been notified by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, known in Iowa as Food Assistance, will be available for the month of February. Due to...
Representative Skyler Wheeler (R-Orange City) is pictured above taking the oath of office in the Iowa House chamber as the 88th General Assembly kicked off Monday, Jan. 14, at the Capitol. The swearing-in ceremony of all 100 state representatives began a week full of...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Unity Christian 17-9-11-12 49 Boyden-Hull 15-14-17-23 69 HULL-It was a battle between two of the best teams in Iowa High School boys’ basketball according to AP Iowa High School rankings with Class 2A sixth-ranked Boyden-Hull and Class...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Unity Christian 12-15-21-15 63 Boyden-Hull 10-3-10-13 36 HULL-Boyden-Hull had trouble navigating around Unity Christian’s athletic players on offense and, as a result, the Comets dropped a 63-36 non-conference girls’ basketball...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 18-14-10-10 52 MMC-RU 10-7-10-15 42 MARCUS-After coming up short in its last four games, the Trinity Christian boys’ basketball team got back in the win column with a 52-42 War Eagle Conference victory...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 2-8-2-11 23 MMC-RU 8-18-14-22 62 MARCUS-Trinity Christian had trouble making baskets and holding on to the basketball and, as a result, the Tigers fell to Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen Union (MMC-RU) 62-23...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-Western Christian High School announced Friday, Jan. 11, that Alex Durbin will take over as the new head coach of the Wolfpack girls’ soccer team this spring. Durbin is an Omaha, Nebraska, native and received his bachelor of arts...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull volleyball standout, Brianna Kleinwolterink, has signed a letter of intent to continue her volleyball career at Northwestern College in Orange City next fall. Kleinwolteirnk was a 5-foot-5 libero for the Comets and coach Mel...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-The Western Christian wrestling team hosted Bishop Heelan in a non-conference dual Thursday, Jan. 10, and the Wolfpack liked their overall effort but know they still have plenty of work to do following a 51-21 defeat. The dual started...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull’s Republican state senator, Randy Feenstra, announced last week that he will challenge nine-term Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) for his Iowa House seat. “Today, Iowa’s 4th District doesn’t have a voice in Washington because our current...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The new owner of Le Meilleur Bakery and Barista in Hull admits he has a passion for making bread. Brad Gabel, Orange City, has been baking bread as a hobby for several years but last week that pastime became his profession when he assumed...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Love INC of Sioux County, located in Rock Valley, is hosting winter Love and Learn classes. Four classes on faith and finances, grief share, affirming potential, and parenting run for 12 weeks from 6:45-8:15 p.m. beginning Tuesday, Jan. 22,...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Friday night, Jan. 4, during the halftime of the Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball game in Hull, the 1993-1994 boys’ basketball team was recognized for going to state. Ten of the 17 basketball players on the team were able to attend last week’s...
The Sioux County Soil and Water Conservation District is offering opportunities for youth this spring. The environmental grant program is open to any youth group in Sioux County. Grants of up to $500 will be awarded to three applications. The district is looking for...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Get ready to laugh at the latest Rolling Hills Country Club play, “Money to Burn,” a comedy by Pat Cook. Performances will be Feb. 7, 8 and 9 at the Hull country club, which begins with a social hour at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 followed by the...
The spring concert tour of the Western Christian High School Chamber Singers, under the direction of Darren Van’t Hul, has been released. The Chamber Singers are juniors and seniors who have auditioned and been selected for this ensemble and will be performing in area...
The Iowa Department of Public Health announced Jan. 4 the first flu-related death of the 2018-2019 influenza season, a middle-aged (41-60 years of age) Eastern Iowa man who had underlying conditions or contributing factors. Iowa Department of Public Health medical...
Jason Gray will be in concert at Tabernacle Baptist Church in George Saturday Jan. 19. Gray is a well-known contemporary music artist and has spent much time at Shetek Baptist Camp in Slayton, Minnesota, and many area campers know him from there. The concert starts at...
Muriel Oostra 76 Hull, Iowa January 6, 2019 Muriel Oostra, 76, of Hull, Iowa, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2018, at her home. Funeral service was Thursday, Jan. 10, at Carmel Reformed Church, Carmel, Iowa, with interment in Carmel Cemetery. Muriel Joan Sandbulte was born Jan....
