Jason Hommes | Staff Writer INWOOD-Western Christian was undefeated and riding high heading into its final game of the regular season at West Lyon, but after the game the Wolfpack’s wheels had come off. Playing a game with playoff implications, the Wolfpack were...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian volleyball player, Makenna Kooima, signed a letter of intent to continue her volleyball career at Dordt University, Sioux Center, next fall. Kooima is a defensive specialist for Western and is averaging 5.2 digs per set...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Macay Van’t Hul of the Western Christian volleyball team signed a letter of intent to continue her volleyball career at Northwestern College, Orange City, next fall. Prior to the start of the Class 2A Region 1 tournaments, Van’t Hul was...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sioux Center 0-6-0-0 6 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-6-14-7 27 HULL-It has been a hard season for the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football team to swallow since the defeat it took at the hands of Central...
Carmen Vande Stroet | Staff Writer We’ve all seen the pink ribbons, and the entire month of October is dedicated to it as well. Breast Cancer. Statistics show that breast cancer will afflict one in eight women with an estimated 268,600 new cases diagnosed in women...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The mission of Honor Flight is to honor U.S. veterans and allow them the opportunity to see their war memorials while being surrounded by fellow men and women who have served. The Mission 6 Honor Flight from Sioux Falls, South Dakota,...
June De Wit | Staff Writer The Boyden-Hull High School textiles and clothing class visited B Fierce Boutique in Hull Tuesday, Oct. 15. The class is studying fashion careers and learning the responsibilities of owning a retail store. “At the end of the unit, I always...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull’s new residential development, Maple Heights, has been generating a lot of attention, according to Jim Collins, city administrator/economic development director. Two lots on the south end of the 11-acre addition have been purchased...
Carmen Vande Stroet | Staff Writer Northwest Iowa Firearms of Hull recently learned it took first place in the Dream Big, Grow Here voting contest, closing the voting period with 3,165 votes. Calculating the votes on Facebook, the Dream Big, Grow Here grant contest...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The 2019 Hull Combined Appeal fundraising campaign collected $15,334 for various local charities and designated non-profit organizations. Combined Appeal is Hull’s annual drive to gather donations and redistribute them. The collection...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer One Book, One Sioux County will host “A Conversation with Allen Eskens: Author of ‘The Life We Bury’,” Thursday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Vogel Community Room, DeWitt Library at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. The presentation...
Dakota Access Pipeline LLC is donating $20,000 to each emergency management agency across Iowa in the counties through which the pipeline travels, including Sioux County, totaling $360,000. With the aim of helping first responders, each county is encouraged to use the...
Hilda Uilk 95 Jasper, Minnesota October 14, 2019 Hila Uilk, 95, of Jasper, Minnesota, passed away Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, at Good Samaritan Communities of Pipestone, Minnesota. Hilda Adele Winter was born Dec. 7, 1923, in Oliver, South Dakota, to Herman and Margaret...
Verna Garnmeister 95 Luverne, Minnesota October 12, 2019 Verna Garnmeister, 95, of Luverne, Minnesota, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Society in Luverne. Funeral service was Friday, Oct. 18, at St. John Lutheran Church, Luverne,...
Gilbert Schelling 91 Orange City, Iowa Oct. 19, 2019 Gilbert Schelling, 91, of Orange City, Iowa, died Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at Netherlands Reformed Church, Sioux...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIBLEY-All-conference honors were on the line for Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley’s cross-country teams at the Siouxland Conference meet hosted by Sibley-Ocheyedan at Sibley Golf Course Tuesday, Oct. 15. In the end, the Nighthawks finished with...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Emmetsburg 0-7-0-0 7 Western Christian 7-7-14-0 28 HULL-It was the final home football game for the Western Christian senior class of 2019. The Class 1A third-ranked Wolfpack did not have the start to the final home game on...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor STORM LAKE-Western Christian’s cross-country teams took on conference rivals in the Lakes Conference meet at Sunrise Pointe Golf Course in Storm Lake and the Wolfpack finished the night with five all-conference runners and top-three team...
