The recent blast of arctic air is growing ice on lakes and ponds over much of Iowa. Anglers are starting to get out for the popular early ice fishing season. “Many of us can’t wait to get out on the ice each winter,” said Joe Larscheid, chief of fisheries for the Iowa...
House Speaker Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake) recently announced that Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R-Orange City) will serve as chairman of the House Economic Growth Committee during the 88th General Assembly. “I want to thank Speaker Upmeyer for her vote of confidence in me to...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-It was the first night out for the young and small Western Christian wrestling team at a home quadrangular with Lawton-Bronson, Sibley-Ocheyedan and Kingsley-Pierson and the Wolfpack finished the night 1-2 as a team. But Western...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Western Christian basketball standout and Hull native Erika Feenstra broke a single-game Dordt College school record during a Great Plains Athletic Conference women’s basketball game at Northwestern College Wednesday, Nov. 28....
Three Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football players and one Nighthawk were inadvertently omitted from the Nov. 28 article about Class 2A all-district and Iowa Sports Writers Association all-state football teams. Also named to the Class 2A all-district team were Billy...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sioux City East 7-12-8-21-14 62 Western Christian 11-10-17-10-6 54 HULL-Western Christian gave Sioux City East a battle in a non-conference girls’ basketball game at home to open the 2018-2019 season, but the Wolfpack were...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor MOC-Floyd Valley 9-17-6-10 44 Boyden-Hull 14-4-16-10 42 HULL-The Boyden-Hull girls’ basketball team found itself in a tight game with Siouxland Conference opponent MOC-Floyd Valley, but once again the Comets fell short down the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sibley-Ocheyedan 13-14-15-14 56 Boyden-Hull 12-23-17-23 75 HULL-Sibley-Ocheyedan continued to make comeback attempts on Boyden-Hull in a Siouxland Conference boys’ basketball game Friday, Nov. 30, but the Comets countered...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Gehlen Catholic 13-9-10-21 53 Trinity Christian 5-13-14-15 47 HULL-Trinity Christian had two turnovers late in its War Eagle Conference boys’ basketball game versus Gehlen Catholic Tuesday, Nov. 27, to account for a 53-47 defeat but the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Gehlen Catholic 12-18-11-15 56 Trinity Christian 7-5-4-10 26 HULL-Trinity Christian was playing its style of basketball for the first eight minutes of its War Eagle Conference girls’ game versus Gehlen Catholic Tuesday, Nov. 27,...
Kenneth Snedeker 80 Hudson, South Dakota November 26, 2018 Kenneth L. Snedeker, 80, of Hudson, South Dakota, passed away Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, at his residence. Services were Friday, Nov. 30, at Hudson Community Center with inurnment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Canton,...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Most people get their hair cut about every six weeks, but not this family of four! Kate Franken of Hull, her daughter, Emma Franken, and two of Kate’s sisters, Becky Heynen and Jenn Stover, let their hair grow for the sole purpose of...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Sixty years ago, in 1958, Henry and Lila Kiers opened Radio & TV Center in Hull. Today their sons, Rick and Marty, along with Rick’s wife, Eleanor, run the Main Street business. To celebrate the anniversary, all products in the store...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Last week, B Fierce Boutique unveiled its new addition to the clothing store, which also includes a dining option, Prairie Hills Café. Located on Highway 18 in Hull, B Fierce moved into its current location last December. But owner...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Russell and Sandy Anderson of Omaha, Nebraska, have owned Aspen Heights since they built it in August 2010. Because they’re retiring, they sold the business to Mark and Kendra Holtkamp of Solon, Iowa, a small town just north of Iowa City. ...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Plans are coming together for Boyden’s Festival of Trees Monday, Dec. 3, at the Demco Community Center in Boyden from 6-7:30 p.m. The Boyden Community Club’s Festival of Trees planning committee includes Shari Fedders, Carla Sietstra, Robin...
“Medicaid in Iowa: The Impact of Privatization” is the topic of the next Plain Conversation scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. at Fruited Plain Café in Sioux Center. David Johnson, an Iowa state senator from Ocheyedan, will serve as the guest speaker for the...
The first private pesticide applicator recertification continuing instruction course of the year will be Thursday, Dec. 6 at the Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach Sioux County Office in Orange City. Private pesticide applicators must initially be...
