The economic development organizations in northwest Iowa are teaming up for the fifth consecutive year to offer the Dream Big Grow Here business grant contest in the region. The Dream Big Grow Here contest is an opportunity for entrepreneurs and small business owners...
Tigers take set one, but long rallies in the final three sets hand Trinity Christian a 3-1 defeat to Remsen-St. Mary’s Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Remsen-St. Mary’s 16-25-25-25 3 Trinity Christian 25-18-18-21 1 HULL-Trinity Christian was more than ready to...
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley unable to slow West Lyon’s offense Jason Hommes | Staff Writer INWOOD-Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley was at West Lyon Friday night, Sept. 13, with the Nighthawks searching for their first win of the season. Early on they found themselves in a...
Effort on the serving line from multiple sources earns Boyden-Hull its first conference win of the 2019 season Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull 25-25-25 3 Sibley-Ocheyedan 10-13-4 0 SIBLEY-In a rally sport like volleyball, going on long serving...
Comets also show some toughness, but unable to beat top-ranked team in Class 2A in two tries Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ORANGE CITY-Class 2A top-ranked Western Christian won every single match it played at the Sioux County tournament Saturday, Sept. 14, to claim the...
Wolfpack D pitches second shutout of the 2019 season over Bishop Heelan Crusaders Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Bishop Heelan 0-0-0-0 0 Western Christian 0-3-0-7 10 HULL-Class 2A ninth-ranked Western Christian was in a tight defensive battle with Bishop Heelan...
Trinity Christian finishes in sixth place in the second race of the 2019 season Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIBLEY-The Western Christian and Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley cross-country teams had their best nights so far in the 2019 season, while Trinity Christian will look...
Carmen Vande Stroet | Staff Writer The year was 1912 and big things were happening across the nation. Woodrow Wilson would win the presidential election, New Mexico would become the 47th state of the United States and for baseball lovers, Fenway Park would celebrate...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Chalice Altena’s family has maintained a connection to the same Iowa land north of Hull over 126 years. Last month, the Iowa Century Farms program recognized her and 332 other individuals who have owned farmland 100 years or more. Since...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer In November 1898, a farmer named George Blood, who lived northwest of Hull, sat down to breakfast. As he waited for his meal, his wife, Alice, stepped out of their bedroom and shot him in the head. What caused Alice to do such a thing? How...
Carmen Vande Stroet | Staff Writer It takes a special type of person to both understand and have a passion for women’s healthcare, and Kari Ney is just that person. Soft-spoken and gracious, Ney explained that at a seminar 14 years ago, she found her calling to work...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The 14 Hull Christian School kindergarten students in Lynette Feenstra’s class visited the home of Larry and Marcia Hoekstra last Friday afternoon to see a garden and do some harvesting. They picked grapes, apples and raspberries, dug...
Albert Kracht 89 Steen, Minnesota Aug. 28, 2019 Albert “AJ” John Kracht, 89, of Steen, Minnesota, died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, at Parkview Manor in Ellsworth, Minnesota. Funeral service was Tuesday, Sept. 3, at Jurrens Funeral Home, Rock Rapids, Iowa, with interment...
Western Christian holds MOC-Floyd Valley to only 41 yards of total offense to open up the 2019 season Nathan Broek | Sports Editor MOC-Floyd Valley 0-0-0-0 0 Western Christian 0-14-7-0 21 HULL-Coming into the 2019 season, most thought the Western Christian...
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley battles with defending Class 1A champs, but late turnovers hand Nighthawks a 63-35 defeat Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 7-14-14-0 35 West Sioux 14-21-14-14 63 HAWARDEN-Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley faced one of the better...
Boyden-Hull simply plays its game in 2-0 sweeps of rival Rock Valley, Siouxland Christian and George-Little Rock Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-The message Boyden-Hull volleyball coach Mel Hofmeyer gives to her team every season is to play your game and play up to...
Western Christian finishes Labor Day weekend tourney 2-3 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor BELLEVUE, NE-Preseason, Class 2A top-ranked Western Christian once again took to the toughest tournament in the regional area at the Bellevue West Invitational in Nebraska Friday,...
Tage Hulstein claims his second individual title in as many tries, Wolfpack girls finish fifth as a team Nathan Broek | Sports Editor OKOBOJI-Tage Hulstein claimed his second individual title in as many tries while the Wolfpack girls had a consistent team performance...
Braxton Brummel leads Trinity Christian individually with a ninth-place finish Nathan Broek | Sports Editor MILFORD-Trinity Christian opened the 2019 season at the Okoboji Pioneer Cross-Country Invitational Thursday, Sept. 5, at Woodlyn Hills Golf Course in Milford....
Effort at the front of the net gives Trinity Christian enough for the win Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 27-25-25-23-16 3 Harris-Lake Park 29-14-22-25-14 2 LAKE PARK-Trinity Christian knew its opening night match with Harris-Lake Park Tuesday,...
