Dawn Anderson 56 Rock Valley, Iowa August 10, 2019 Dawn Anderson, 56, of Rock Valley, Iowa, passed away Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at Hegg Health Center, Rock Valley, after a battle with cancer. Funeral service was Wednesday, Aug. 14, at Grace Community Church, Rock...
Month: August 2019
Athletic association announces new statewide TV network
The Iowa High School Sports Network in conjunction with the Iowa High School Athletic Association has announced a new distribution plan that will allow boys’ state events to be viewed by a much large audience. The new network will be an over-the-air broadcast on six...
Hull’s evening farmers’ market
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer More than a dozen vendors, plus inflatables, lined First Street last Thursday evening for Hull’s farmers’ market. Shoppers found a variety of products, from garden produce and flowers to essential oils and clothing for kids. The event was...
Van Den Top says good-bye to Wilson
June De Wit | Staff Writer Katie Van Den Top of Hull was sad but excited to show her beef steer, Wilson, at the 37th annual Governor’s Charity Steer Show Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. A celebrity is chosen to help show each of the steers and...
Hull to host Memory Loss Lunch and Learn
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull will be the site of the first Memory Loss Lunch and Learn sponsored by Sioux Center Health. The event will be Monday, Aug. 26, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at American State Bank. This free informative discussion and luncheon will explain the...
Back to school at Western Christian
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Alumni and friends of Western Christian High School spent the weekend looking back on the school’s celebrated 100-year history. But school leaders are also imagining what the future of Christian education will look like the next 100 years....
Hull Protestant Reformed Christian School will begin with a full day
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The first day of school at Hull Protestant Reformed Christian School will be a little longer than usual for students and teachers. “We typically begin the school year with a half day, but this year we’re starting on Friday, Aug. 23, so...
Sioux County Soil and Water Conservation District poster winners
Sioux County Soil and Water Conservation District officials submitted four posters, created by Sioux County students, to the regional poster contest. All four of those posters won regional competition and went on to the state poster contest. Two of those posters won...
FCS supports area FFA chapters
Farmers Co-op Society is dedicated to the education of youth and promotion and support of the future of agriculture. FFA chapters across the area work to educate and provide opportunities for students to learn and develop skills needed for a future career in the...
Center for Financial Education in the running for national grant
The Center for Financial Education, a non-profit ministry started in Sioux Center with regional offices in Sioux Center, Orange City, Le Mars, Rock Rapids and Hawarden, has been chosen from 2,000 nationwide applicants for a chance to win a $25,000 grant from the State...
HabiTally app offers new, interactive opportunity to assist monarch recovery
HabiTally, a new mobile app designed to improve data collection about pollinator habitats, was launched today. The app was developed as a collaboration between Bayer and The Climate Corp. with support from Iowa State University’s Center for Survey Statistics and...
Tri-state Bible League Conference planned
The Tri-state (formerly Minn-Ia-Kota) Bible League Conference will be Tuesday, Sept. 10, at First Reformed Church in Sioux Center. Keynote speaker will be Kendra Broekhuis, a Dordt graduate and author of “Here Goes Nothing – an Introvert’s Reckless Attempt to Love Her...
Louis Hubner
Louis Hubner 96 Pipestone, Minnesota August 6, 2019 Louis Hubner, 96, of Pipestone, Minnesota, died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, at his home. Services were Saturday, Aug. 10, at Christ the King Free Lutheran Church, Pipestone. Louis Herman Hubner was born April 14, 1923, in...
Clarice Vande Griend
Clarice Vande Griend 84 Sioux Center, Iowa August 9, 2019 Clarice Vande Griend, 84 of Sioux Center, Iowa, died Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, at Sioux Center Health. Funeral services were Monday, Aug. 12, at First Christian Reformed Church, Sioux Center, with interment in...
Bradley Golbuff
Bradley Golbuff 59 Boyden, Iowa, Aug. 9, 2019 Bradley D. Golbuff, 59, of Boyden, Iowa, died Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, at his residence. Prayer service was Monday, Aug. 12, at Porter Funeral Home, Rock Valley, Iowa, with interment in Crystal Township Cemetery, Crystal...
Two Wolfpack named academic all-state
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two Western Christian softball players were named to the all-academic all-state softball list as announced by the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association this past week. Named to the list were Chandler Schemper and Kayla Zevenbergen. To qualify...
Richter, Zylstra and Schemper named to all-state and all-district teams
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Follow us on Twitter at our new handle @Index_Sports Taylor Richter and Brooke Zylstra from Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Chandler Schemper of Western Christian have earned all-state and all-district softball honors as announced by the Iowa...
Other criteria being considered for postseason class size by IHSAA
The Iowa High School Athletic Association board of control has discussed and confirmed the assembly of a classification committee for this fall. The committee was put together to study and review the boys’ sport classification structure and submit possibilities to...
Andringas purchase Compass Pointe building
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Shawn and Stacy Andringa, Sanborn, recently purchased the former Compass Pointe office building located on Main Street in Hull. They are leasing space in the building to Vander Haag’s Inc., a licensed truck and trailer dealer. Shawn is the...
New owners of Koele Insurance
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Twelve years ago, Chris Kelley arrived in northwest Iowa as a construction manager for the Bison Renewable Energy plant near Perkins. While Bison Renewable Energy wasn’t successful, Kelley prospered, and became a vital part of Koele...