On Monday, March 15, Iowa Department of Natural Resources field officers were investigating four manure runoffs in northwest Iowa in relation to a weather system dropping heavy rainfall totals that moved through the northern and northwest part of the state late the...
Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach will offer a “Limited Space Gardening” webinar Thursday, May 2, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Sioux Center Public Library. Ed Lyon, director of Reiman Gardens at Iowa State University, will share more than a dozen ways...
A northeastern Iowan was confirmed to be infected with measles over the weekend of April 13-14, through testing from the state hygienic lab. The individual was unvaccinated and recently returned from Israel, where measles transmission is occurring. The individual has...
Matilda Alons 95 Sanborn, Iowa April 12, 2019 Matilda Alons, 95, of Sanborn, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 12, 2019, at Prairie View Home, Sanborn. Funeral services were Monday, April 15, at Cornerstone United Reformed Church, Sanborn, with interment in Roseland...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ORANGE CITY-Trinity Christian came up short in a War Eagle Conference dual with Unity Christian at Landsmeer Golf Club in Orange City Monday, April 15, but the Tigers came away with a lot of positives to build on. The Knights downed the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ORANGE CITY-Competition at the Unity Christian Boys’ Track and Field Invitational Monday, April 15, was fierce but both Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Western Christian found a way to finish off the night with high marks. The Nighthawks and...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SHELDON-With the Sheldon Orab Girls’ Invitational marking the middle of the track and field season for the Western Christian and Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley teams, both squads wanted to see how well their relay events would do in a meet with a...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor West Sioux 0-0 0 Western Christian 3-2 5 HULL-After struggling in the first half of its past couple games, Western Christian got off to a fast start in a boys’ soccer game with West Sioux Tuesday, April 16, and the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ARNOLDS PARK - Boyden-Hull had the opportunity to golf the same course two nights in a row during the Siouxland Conference girls’ golf tour and the Comets improved both nights, Monday, April 15, and Tuesday, April 16. On Monday,...
Tatum Jensen | Writer HULL-The conditions at Meadow Acres Golf Course prohibited West Lyon from hosting its meet, and forced Siouxland Conference boys’ golf Monday, April 15, to be played at Rolling Hills Golf Course in Hull. “The golf meet went well. It was nice...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-Western Christian took on LeMars in a Lakes Conference girls’ golf dual Tuesday April 16, and the Wolfpack walked off their home course at Rolling Hills Golf Club as winners. Western Christian defeated the Bulldogs 211-216. The...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor LEMARS-Western Christian had good tee-offs in its Lakes Conference boys’ golf dual at LeMars Tuesday, April 16, but were unable to navigate the fairways and the greens in a defeat at Willow Creek Golf Course. The Bulldogs came away with a...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 3-1 4 West Sioux 0-0 0 HAWARDEN-The Western Christian girls’ soccer team came away with its first shutout of the 2019 season in a 4-0 victory over West Sioux on the road Tuesday, April 16, but the Wolfpack also knew they...
June De Wit | Staff Writer A last-minute decision last March not only saved Dar Tiedeman’s cattle but flood waters left a colorful surprise in his pasture. The day before a flood in March, Tiedeman decided to move his livestock to higher ground in light of pending...
June De Wit | Staff Writer At a recent executive meeting, the Hull Chamber of Commerce decided to try a new spring retail promotional idea. Painted rocks will be placed around town at various public locations. When a person finds one of those painted rocks, it should...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Boyden-Hull school board decided to add 10 minutes to each school day next year. At the April 8 meeting, board members agreed the school day would begin five minutes earlier in the morning, starting at 8:15 instead of 8:20; and finish...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull City Council recently accepted a bid from J & J Building Contractors for new bathrooms at Hubbling Park. Four local contractors submitted bids for the project; J & J had the lowest bid at $55,000. The existing restroom...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Shoot for a Cure Scholarships were awarded to two Boyden-Hull High School seniors Thursday, April 11, at a presentation in the school’s theatre during “Comet Time.” Coach Paul Walton, a former Boyden-Hull basketball coach, explained that 15...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Iowa High School Music Association festivals are assessments of individual or group achievement in which every participant has the opportunity to achieve the highest rating in either vocal or instrumental music in which solos, small...
