For over 100 years, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach has been active in all 99 counties in Iowa. However, many people don’t realize all that ISU Extension and Outreach offers to local communities. ISU Extension and Outreach brings ISU’s research and...
Carl Vande Weerd | Contributor Board of Supervisors’ Meeting On Tuesday, April 7, the Sioux County Board of Supervisors conducted the regular-scheduled meeting at the Sioux County Courthouse with the meeting called to order by board chairman, Jerry Muilenburg, at 9...
85 Sioux Center, Iowa April 7, 2020 Marlin “Mike” Vanden Bosch, 85 of Sioux Center, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at Prairie Ridge Care Center in Orange City, Iowa. Private family service was at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center with interment in...
87 Rock Valley, Iowa April 10, 2020 Margaret Teunissen, 87, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Friday, April 10, 2020, at Hegg Health Center in Rock Valley. Private family funeral service was Tuesday, April 14, with interment in Valley View Cemetery of Rock...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football standout Chris Van Der Brink has signed a letter of intent to continue his football career at Northwestern College in Orange City this coming fall. Van Der Brink is a 6-foot-3, 250-pound offensive and...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union announced an adjusted spring sports schedule Monday, April 6, due to the postponed spring sports season as part of the COVID-19 pandemic. If schools...
ENGAGING BY SEWING Volunteers from throughout the area have been busy sewing fabric face masks for Avera’s Faith and Community Engage program to help provide the personal protective equipment to healthcare workers across Avera’s facilities during the coronavirus...
MORE THAN A TRACTOR RIDE Western Christian FFA members hosted a tractor ride through Hull in place of the annual “Drive Your Tractor to School Day.” Following social distancing practices, members met in their tractors at the school and followed a route through Hull...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Three seats on the Sioux County board of supervisors are up for reelection in 2020 and all three incumbents will be on the ballot unopposed. In District 1, John Degen is seeking another term. Al Bloemendaal is the incumbent...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor With more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sioux County last week, Community Health Partners of Sioux County remind residents that now is the time for everyone to do their part to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Stopping the...
RIDES Regional Transit Authority has ceased providing general public transportation in each of its nine-county service areas as of April 1 due to the coronavirus spread. The decision comes after extensive discussion and evaluation of circumstances including an...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor A number of resources are available to Iowa businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate released a list of a number of resources Friday, April 3. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor On Thursday, April 2, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the state public health emergency declaration, further extending the closure of schools, bars and restaurants, previously-identified retail stores, and hair...
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT Renovations continue at Boyden-Hull High School. A worker removed the cement steps on the south side of the school Monday, March 30. (Photo/June De Wit) The threat of the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has not slowed construction work...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union announced Friday, April 3, that the spring sports season is now suspended until April 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The extension comes after Gov....
