June Den Hartog 94 Sheldon, Iowa January 5, 2019 June Den Hartog, 94, of Sheldon, Iowa, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, in Sanborn, Iowa. Funeral service was Wednesday, Jan. 9, at Sheldon United Methodist Church with interment in East Lawn Cemetery, Sheldon. June Maxine...
June De Wit | Staff Writer What could be more exciting than being featured in a magazine? Joyce Sipma thought it was a fun experience and felt honored to be featured in Our Iowa magazine’s October/November 2018 issue with her recipe, Luscious Pumpkin Dessert. Jeanne...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer “Our modern health care system is broken. Patients aren’t getting treatments they need and the cost of what they get is greatly inflated,” stated Lyndle Shelby, M.D. Last week, the 47-year-old opened his office, Morningstar Medical Direct...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Several years ago when Premier Communications purchased Consolidated Communications’ Iowa service territory, the company’s goal was to provide the latest technology with great customer service. Throughout this year, Premier Communications...
The Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra will present “Piano Dreamer” in its winter pops concert Saturday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the B.J. Haan Auditorium on the campus of Dordt College in Sioux Center. Composer, pianist and conductor, Jan Mulder, will be joining the...
More than 100 members and industry partners will come together Monday, Jan. 28, to celebrate the Western Iowa Dairy Alliance. The annual meeting will begin with a social hour starting at 6 p.m. followed by a dinner and guest speaker at the Triple Box Event Center...
The New Year has ushered in the cheapest national gas price average in three years. To boot, at $2.25 last week’s national average is even 1 cent cheaper than on Jan. 1 and trends indicate that pump prices will likely remain cheap for at least the first half of the...
Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach and the Rock Valley Public Library will host a menu planning and budgeting workshop Tuesday, Jan. 22, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the library in Rock Valley. The free workshop will focus on ways to reduce food expenses, food...
Marie Mouw 102 Sioux Center, Iowa December 29, 2018 Marie Mouw, 102, of Sioux Center, Iowa, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at Royale Meadows Care Center, Sioux Center. Memorial service was Wednesday, Jan. 2, at Central Reformed Church, Sioux Center, with interment at...
Evelyn Dykstra 91 Byron Center, Michigan December 28, 2018 Evelyn May Dykstra, 91, passed away Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at Byron Center Manor, Byron Center, Michigan. Funeral service was Saturday, Jan. 5, at Hope Christian Reformed Church, Hull, Iowa, with interment in...
Ardelle Cain 86 Sioux Center, Iowa December 28, 2018 Ardelle Cain, 86, of Sioux Center, Iowa, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at Royale Meadows Care Center, Sioux Center. Funeral services were Monday, Dec. 31, at Carmel Reformed Church, Carmel, Iowa, with interment in...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIBLEY-The Western Christian wrestling team earned its third team victory of the season in non-conference duals hosted by Sibley-Ocheyedan Thursday, Jan. 3, surpassing its win total from a season ago. That victory did not come right away,...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HINTON-It was a tough night for the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley wrestling team if you look at the final scores but, after coming off Christmas and New Year’s break, the Nighthawks were just pleased to get back into competitive wrestling...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor MOC-Floyd Valley 10-12-13-15 50 Boyden-Hull 22-28-11-11 72 HULL-Class 2A seventh-ranked Boyden-Hull was coming off its Christmas and New Year’s holiday break for a Siouxland Conference boys’ basketball contest with MOC-Floyd...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Okoboji 12-14-11-19 66 Boyden-Hull 15-15-20-21 71 HULL-Boyden-Hull got to the free-throw line early and often, while also executing its offensive game plan to upset Class 3A 10th-ranked Okoboji 71-66 in Siouxland Conference...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 4-7-11-11 33 Akron-Westfield 11-21-12-22 66 AKRON-Trinity Christian, overall, had a lot of positives to build on, but a tough second quarter is what did the Tigers in during a 66-33 War Eagle Conference girls’...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 13-12-7-33-8 73 Akron-Westfield 8-20-21-16-10 75 AKRON-Trinity Christian rallied back with a big 33-16 run in the final eight minutes of the game to force overtime in a War Eagle Conference boys’ basketball game...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 17-10-18-20 65 Cherokee 6-23-13-8 50 CHEROKEE-Class 2A third-ranked Western Christian had a poor second quarter of play in a Lakes Conference boys’ basketball game on the road with Cherokee...
