iowa track and field coaches association coach of the year Western Christian cross-country coach Dalton Lems chats with the boys’ team prior to the start of the Class 2A state cross-country meet in Fort Dodge from Oct. 30. Lems was named Class 2A Coach of the Year by...
college signings Drew Van Roekel to play golf and Jewel Bergstrom to play volleyball at Northwestern College in Orange City Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two Boyden-Hull athletes have signed letters of intent to continue their respective sports careers at Northwestern...
college signing Western Christian basketball player Ty Van Essen poses in a Dordt University uniform after announcing that he has signed with the University to play basketball starting in the 2022-2023 season. (Photo/submitted) Western Christian basketball standout Ty...
TO PRESENT SENIOR RECITAL Lindsey Ver Meer, a senior at Dordt University and choir student teacher at her alma mater Western Christian, will perform her senior recital Nov. 13 at Dordt University. She will be performing on oboe as well as vocally. (Photo/Submitted)...
TO PRESENT ‘LEAVING IOWA’ Western Christian students rehearse their lines during rehearsals for the play “Leaving Iowa” that will be performed Thursday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson) Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer Members...
Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer Results from the Nov. 2 city and school board election are as follows. The results are unofficial until canvassed. Robert Koerselman fills a vacancy-at-large for the city of Boyden with 39 votes. Laryl Koerselman remains...
MEMBERS ATTEND NATIONAL FFA CONVENTION Members of the Western Christian FFA attended the national FFA convention Oct. 26-30. Pictured in the front row, left to right: Claire Bleeker, Emily Fedders, Darcy Alons, Sydney VanderPol. Back row, left to right: Cade...
BESTSELLING OTHER PRESENTS LOCALLY Tosca Lee, author of “The Line Between,” presented on Thursday, Nov. 4 at the Dordt Agricultural Center as part of the One Book, One Sioux County event. She is a New York Times best-selling author and has written 11 published...
Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant The Lincoln Loggers and Hull Clovers 4-H clubs are assisting the State 4-H Council in a winter clothing drive. Members are collecting new or gently-used winter items, including coats, hats, gloves, mittens, snow pants, snow boots and...
74 Sioux Falls, South Dakota November 5, 2021 Keith A. Pollema, 74, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, passed away of cancer Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at First Christian Reformed Church, Sioux Falls. ...
79 Rock Valley, Iowa November 2, 2021 Edward Bakker, 79, of Rock Valley, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services were Monday, Nov. 8, at Hull First Reformed Church with interment in...
college football Levi Vanden Bos named Scout Defensive Player-of-the-Week by the Jackrabbits Nathan Broek | Sports Editor A former Western Christian football standout got a high honor from the college he plays football for Monday, Nov. 1. As announced on Twitter and...
college cross-country Dordt University teams include former athletes from Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Western Christian Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ORANGE CITY-The 2021 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) women’s and men’s cross-country races were at Landsmeer...
war eagle all-conference volleyball Trinity Christian highlighted by second-team players Avery Van Maanen and Jamie Kooima Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Three Trinity Christian volleyball players were selected to the War Eagle all-conference volleyball team as...
ighsau sportsmanship award Each received a certificate and $250 to their respective schools’ scholarship fund Nathan Broek | Sports Editor CEDAR RAPIDS-Two Hull residents were selected by their respective schools to receive a Sportsmanship Award from the Iowa Girls...
ighsau volleyball hall of fame Kayla Gesink and Brooke Wolterstorff enter during championship matches Thursday, Nov. 4 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor CEDAR RAPIDS-Two former Western Christian volleyball standouts entered the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union Hall...
class 3a state football quarterfinals Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley quarterback Tanner Te Slaa (7) signals touchdown with the rest of the team looking on during the Class 3A state quarterfinals Friday, Nov. 5. The Nighthawks defeated the Sergeant Bluff-Luton Warriors 50-14...
western christian volleyball Right: Western Christian volleyball bookkeeper Roger Vis accepts his plaque for 50 years of service to the Wolfpack volleyball program prior to the start of the Class 2A Region 2 volleyball match that was played between Western Christian...
Stick ’Em Up Archer Lode poses for a photo at the Boyden trunk-or-treat event Oct. 30 hosted by the Boyden Community Club. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson) Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer Young and old alike had ample opportunity to get their trick-or-treat on last weekend....
Supporting Two New Hull Businesses Family members and community supporters of the Home on Main and The Grain House businesses conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new businesses Wednesday, Oct. 27. Home on Main is owned by Amy Emerick and the Grain House is...
