Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Thanks to one family’s courageous gift of organ donation, a three-year wait on the organ transplant list is finally over for Carter Van Meeteran of Hull who received his new heart June 14. Carter, now 6, was born with a heart defect...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Members of the Sheldon National Guard stopped in Hull Thursday, July 16, to host a lemonade stand and a tour of a supply truck. Due to COVID-19, Sheldon National Guard members haven’t been able to be in the community as much as they would...
Birdhouses made of gourds and fresh garden vegetables were sold at the Hull Farmers’ Market, Tuesday, July 14. Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Early vegetable crop planters set up as the first farmers’ market of the season began Tuesday, July 14 in Hull. Located to the...
Scarlett Hill won craft projects from Boyden Public Library’s Summer Reading Program Friday, July 17. Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer As the Boyden Library Summer Reading Program comes to an end, over 60 readers were entered for a chance to win one of four prizes. Winners...
80 Sioux Center, Iowa July 13, 2020 Lawrence Meendering, 80, of Sioux Center, Iowa, died Monday, July 13, 2020, at Sioux Center Health in Sioux Center. Funeral service was Friday, July 17, at First Christian Reformed Church, Sioux Center, with interment in Memory...
BOYDEN-HULL/ROCK VALLEY BASEBALL Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley pitcher Eric Salazar fires in a pitch during the Class 3A Substate 1 tournament game at MOC-Floyd Valley Friday, July 17. Salazar threw his final pitches in this game as he’s a graduating senior and the...
IHSAA and IGHSAU give go-ahead for fall sports Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union announced Friday, July 17, on their respective websites that the fall sports season is a go for the...
BOYDEN-HULL/ROCK VALLEY SOFTBALL The Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley softball team gives each other a group hug after it defeated Estherville Lincoln Central 5-2 in the Class 3A Region 1 semi-final game Friday, July 17. The win earned the Nighthawks a trip to the regional...
WESTERN CHRISTIAN SOFTBALL Emilee Heynen of Western Christian reaches out for the ball in the outfield for a catch and an out during the Class 2A Region 3 softball tournaments Monday, July 13. The Wolfpack defeated the Sibley-Ocheyedan Generals 12-1 and advanced to...
WESTERN CHRISTIAN BASEBALL Treyton Sandbulte of Western Christian makes solid contact with the baseball during an at-bat in the Class 2A District 1 baseball tournaments at West Lyon Tuesday, July 14. The Wolfpack saw the 2020 season come to an end in a 13-3 defeat in...
Tyson BoerTreyton SandbulteTy Van EssenMason Vande HoefKobi BaccamZach Van EssenEvan Wibben LAKES ALL-CONFERENCE BASEBALL Western Christian highlighted by first-team selections Boer, Sandbulte and Van Essen Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Eight Western Christian baseball...
LAKES ALL-CONFERENCE SOFTBALL Tori WynjaJadyn FaberHannah JansmaClaire BleekerJosie Zeutenhorst Tori Wynja and Jadyn Faber highlight with first-team nods from the Lakes Conference Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Five Western Christian softball players were selected by...
TRINITY CHRISTIAN SOFTBALL Paityn Brummel of Trinity Christian makes contact with a pitch during Class 1A Region 1 girls’ softball tournament action at Harris-Lake Park Monday, July 13. The Tigers saw their 2020 season come to an end in a 6-5 defeat in eight innings....
TRINITY CHRISTIAN BASEBALL Anthony Kooiker of Trinity Christian slides into home plate safely to score the go-ahead run in the Class 1A District 1 baseball tournament at Akron-Westfield Tuesday, July 14. The Tigers went on to beat the Westerners 6-5 in 10 innings....
Crowds sat in the grass and on lawn chairs as they listened to a musical performance by Middleburg Quartet at the Car and Tractor Cruise-in Thursday, July 9 at Westside Park in Hull. (Photo/Jennifer Kor) Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer It may not have the been the annual...
COMING TOGETHER Students of Peggy Koele’s Backyard Bible Club in Hull played a round of Dark, Dark Light, a game designed to teach children about the light of God, Friday, July 10. (Photo/Jennifer Kor) Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer When the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled...
ANSWERING THE CALL Sioux County dispatcher, Courtney McKee, enters an emergency 9-1-1-call into the paging system at the Sioux County Law Enforcement Center. Dispatchers are required to relay information to emergency responders or law enforcement officers while...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer It’s been said that the gift of knowledge is one that can never be taken away. To ensure students remain on track after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools for the year and ease the transition into the next school year, Hull Christian...
Final preparations for Sioux County Fair Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer 4-H and youth program staff with Sioux County Iowa State University Extension and Outreach have made final preparations for the 2020 Sioux County Fair which runs July 10-17. Last-minute decisions...
77 Hull, Iowa July 10, 2020 Eleanor J. Behrens, 77, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Friday, July 10, 2020, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull. Family services will be at a later date under the direction of Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Sheldon, Iowa.
