June De Wit | Staff Writer The 2019 Boyden Festival of Trees Monday, Dec. 9, is in the books and was once again a success. Local businesses, service groups and community members transformed the Demco Center in to a “Christmas at the Beach” winter wonderland. Vicki...
Sioux County Conservatives will host Jeff Taylor, professor of political science at Dordt University and Republican candidate for Iowa Senate, Thursday, Dec. 19 at Pizza Hut in Sioux Center. Taylor will discuss President Donald Trump’s 2020 election as well as...
sCarl Vande Weerd | Contributor Sioux County Board of Supervisors Board of Supervisors meeting Nov. 26 The Sioux County Supervisors met Nov. 26 for their regular meeting. The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. and minutes from the Nov. 19 meeting and claims were...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Members of the Western Christian dance team competed at the Iowa State Dance Team Association state competition in Des Moines Thursday, Dec. 5 and finished second in the lights category and earned a Division I rating in the pom...
On Dec. 6, 17 donors stepped up to give the gift of life through blood donation in Boyden. LifeServe Blood Center registered 17 donors and collected 18 products with potential to save 54 local lives. Donors who reached gallon milestones included: Rebecca Anderson,...
Minnie Wallenburg 82 Rock Valley, Iowa December 12, 2019 Minnie Wallenburg, 82, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at Whispering Heights in Rock Valley. Funeral service was Monday, Dec. 16, at United Reformed Church, Rock Valley, with interment in...
Joyce K. Kooiker 88 Hull, Iowa December 11, 2019 Joyce Kooiker, 88, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, at her residence. Memorial service was Monday, Dec. 16, at Hull Protestant Reformed Church with intermentin Hope Cemetery, Hull. Joyce Kathrene...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 14-6-8-5 33 Trinity Christian 10-6-7-6 29 HULL-The Trinity Christian girls’ basketball team gave its best effort so far on the defensive side of the floor, but miscues against...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SPIRIT LAKE-The Western Christian wrestling team kicked off Lakes Conference dual team action Thursday, Dec. 12, with a double dual hosted by Spirit Lake Park. The Wolfpack did not win any of the duals, but felt it had its best individual...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 18-9-9-9 45 Trinity Christian 19-11-8-5 43 HULL-Trinity Christian once again found itself in a tight ballgame with War Eagle Conference opponent Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Tuesday, Dec. 10, and once...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian volleyball standout Macay Van’t Hul has signed a letter of intent to continue her volleyball career at Northwestern College in Orange City next fall. Van’t Hul is a 6-foot-1 middle hitter who finished a standout two-year...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIOUX CITY-After coming off a good weekend at the MOC-Floyd Valley Dutchman duals Saturday, Dec. 7, the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley wrestling team kept the early season momentum going with two non-conference dual victories over Sioux City...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor George-Little Rock 9-13-11-13 46 Boyden-Hull 14-15-16-12 57 HULL-Boyden-Hull will admit it did not play its cleanest basketball against Siouxland Conference foe George-Little Rock Tuesday, Dec. 10, but the Comets did enough...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor George-Little Rock 6-19-12-21 58 Boyden-Hull 25-19-11-20 75 HULL-Boyden-Hull got off to a fast start in Siouxland Conference boys’ basketball with George-Little Rock Tuesday, Dec. 10, and after some lulls, were able to defeat the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 6-10-7-20 43 Estherville-Lincoln Central 8-17-8-12 45 ESTHERVILLE-Western Christian played one of its better games of the 2019-2020 season so far in a Lakes Conference opener on the road with Estherville-Lincoln Central...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 15-12-14-24 65 Estherville-Lincoln Central 9-5-14-24 52 ESTHERVILLE-Execution on the offensive end of the floor was lacking at times for Western Christian in a Lakes Conference boys’ basketball game on the...
June De Wit | Staff Writer For Debbie Woelber, decorating for Christmas every year involves more than just the normal holiday decorations. “I really love Christmas,” she said, which shows in her extensive nativity scenes collection she sets up each Christmas. Since...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Rolling Hills Golf Course will have a new head groundskeeper beginning Jan. 1. Last month the board of the Hull golf course offered the position to Cory Meyer, which he accepted. “We are excited and look forward to working with Cory. He...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The sport of wrestling has always been popular in the state of Iowa, but in order for a grappler to become good at the craft, the athlete needs to learn the basics at a young age. Kids middle school age and younger had the opportunity...
