Nathan Broek | Sports Editor PRIMGHAR - With the weather being sunny and temperatures in the upper 60s, the Trinity Christian golf team was hoping to see lower scores and come close to topping South O’Brien in a War Eagle Conference dual Tuesday, April 23, at Primghar...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Storm Lake 2-2 4 Western Christian 0-1 1 HULL-Western Christian knew the task against Class 2A third-ranked Storm Lake in a boys’ soccer game at home Tuesday, April 23, was going to be difficult and the Tornadoes proved why...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor DES MOINES-The Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls’ 4x100-meter relay team of Charli Bomgaars, Emma Zoet, Kyler Bomgaars and Sydney Damstra found out during the week of April 15 that they had a fast enough time to race at the Drake Relays...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ESTHERVILLE-It was a meet of firsts for the Western Christian girls’ golf team at a Lakes Conference triangular with Estherville-Lincoln Central and Emmetsburg at Estherville Golf Course Tuesday, April 23, and the Wolfpack ended up not...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-With conference meets around the corner, the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Western Christian girls’ and boys’ track teams were looking to gain some momentum for a late-season run at the Nighthawk Relays Friday, April 26. In the end, the...
Emery Eklund 89 Miltonvale, Kansas April 25, 2019 Emery Ray Eklund, 89, of Miltonvale, Kansas, passed away April 25, 2019. Memorial services will be Friday, May 3, at F.C. Hill Memorial Wesleyan Church in Miltonvale. Emery was born at home near Lamar, Kansas, Oct....
Gary D’Agrosa 71 Boyden, Iowa April 4, 2019 Gary P. D’Agrosa, 71, of Boyden, Iowa, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2019, at Sanford Sheldon Senior Care. Services will be at 12 noon Friday, May 17, at Crossroads Pavilion Event Center, Sheldon. Gary Peter D’Agrosa was...
Leonard De Groot 68 Orange City, Iowa April 22, 2019 Leonard De Groot, 68, of Orange City, Iowa, passed away Monday, April 22, 2019, at Unity Point Health – St. Luke’s, Sioux City, Iowa. Memorial service was Saturday, April 27, at Redeemer United Reformed Church,...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Recognized by peers, Dr. Brian Van Batavia was surprised April 10 with an announcement from the Greater Kansas City Missouri Principals’ Association, naming him Middle School Principal of the Year. Van Batavia is a Boyden-Hull graduate and...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Congratulations are in order for Boyden-Hull High School sophomore, Chloe Schafer, who placed second in the Nebraska Educational Technology Association student contest. Her German Shepherd triangle animal project, which competed for a...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Compass Pointe, a 50-year staple in northwest Iowa has run out of funding and closed its doors Monday, April 15. The news was released shortly after the board received the resignation of the company CEO, JoAnn De Young. Board member, Mark...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Earlier this month, homeowners in Sioux County and across Iowa discovered their homes’ value had increased — sometimes sharply — since the last assessment in 2017. According to Sioux County assessor, Ross Simmelink, almost all residential...
U.S. Air Force Airman Dylan Rozeboom graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical...
June De Wit | Staff Writer The Boyden Community Club met Wednesday, April 10, for their monthly meeting. The Spring Luncheon will be Wednesday, May 8, at noon at the Demco Center. The event will include the announcement of the Citizen of the Year, updates on projects...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer April 29 through May 4 marks the 100th anniversary of Children’s Book Week, and public libraries in Boyden and Hull are recognizing this celebration. This year’s theme is “Read Now • Read Forever” and both libraries will introduce a...
Lyon & Sioux Rural Water System conducted its 45th annual meeting of the membership Monday, March 25. Ryan Warner, Larry Van Roekel and Cory Altena were re-elected to serve as directors for a term of four years each. Carmen Austin, of De Noble, Austin & Co.,...
Volunteers from Hope Christian Reformed and First Reformed churches in Hull finished the interior painting in the Habitat for Humanity house last week. “We had a great group of servants complete the painting,” declared Kurt Franje, director of Siouxland Habitat for...
Service projects, fundraisers and fraternal benefits make a local impact Organizations and residents in northwest Iowa and east South Dakota benefited from $3,844,942.60 in fraternal contributions from Modern Woodmen of America, its members and local community...
