Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union announced an adjusted spring sports schedule Monday, April 6, due to the postponed spring sports season as part of the COVID-19 pandemic. If schools...
ENGAGING BY SEWING Volunteers from throughout the area have been busy sewing fabric face masks for Avera’s Faith and Community Engage program to help provide the personal protective equipment to healthcare workers across Avera’s facilities during the coronavirus...
MORE THAN A TRACTOR RIDE Western Christian FFA members hosted a tractor ride through Hull in place of the annual “Drive Your Tractor to School Day.” Following social distancing practices, members met in their tractors at the school and followed a route through Hull...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Three seats on the Sioux County board of supervisors are up for reelection in 2020 and all three incumbents will be on the ballot unopposed. In District 1, John Degen is seeking another term. Al Bloemendaal is the incumbent...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor With more confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sioux County last week, Community Health Partners of Sioux County remind residents that now is the time for everyone to do their part to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Stopping the...
RIDES Regional Transit Authority has ceased providing general public transportation in each of its nine-county service areas as of April 1 due to the coronavirus spread. The decision comes after extensive discussion and evaluation of circumstances including an...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor A number of resources are available to Iowa businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate released a list of a number of resources Friday, April 3. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor On Thursday, April 2, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the state public health emergency declaration, further extending the closure of schools, bars and restaurants, previously-identified retail stores, and hair...
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT Renovations continue at Boyden-Hull High School. A worker removed the cement steps on the south side of the school Monday, March 30. (Photo/June De Wit) The threat of the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has not slowed construction work...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union announced Friday, April 3, that the spring sports season is now suspended until April 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The extension comes after Gov....
As the United States faces the worst public health crisis in a generation, we want you to know we are here for you — and with you. Whatever happens, whenever it happens, your newspaper will be there for you. We’ll be there to let you know how our community is managing...
A NEW NORMAL FOR LEARNING Andrew, Destiny and Lexi Ewalt work on their daily school assignments at the dining room table in the Cal and Jan Klarenbeek home south of Hull. (Photo/Submitted) Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The dining room table at Cal and Jan Klarenbeek’s...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Many businesses are shifting employees from the office to working at home in continued efforts of social distancing to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 virus. For many, this includes taking work computers home and away from cyber-security...
Volunteers helped the Hull Food Pantry implement a new curb-side service last Wednesday. Boxes of food were loaded into clients’ vehicles when they pulled up in front of the community building. (Photo/Jeanne Visser)
Carl Vande Weerd | Contributor Sioux County Board of Supervisors Due to the COVID-19 virus, the Sioux County courthouse is on partial lockdown. All of the courthouse offices are functioning at this time but have limited public access. If you have business there, you...
80 Rock Valley, Iowa March 28, 2020 Gerrit Klarenbeek, 80, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Saturday, March 28, 2020, at Hegg Health Center in Rock Valley. Private family funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, with interment in Valley View Cemetery, Rock...
76 Paullina, Iowa March 28, 2020 Alvin Visscher, 76, of Paullina, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020, at Orange City Area Health. Private family service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at Oakdale Evangelical Free Church, rural Meriden, Iowa,...
98 Hull, Iowa March 25, 2020 Ellen Gritters, 98, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull. Private family graveside service was Friday, March 27, at Hope Cemetery in Hull. Ellen Gritters was born July 6, 1921,...
85 Sioux Falls, South Dakota March 20, 2020 James Allen Schmidt, 85, died Friday, March 20, 2020, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Jim was born Sept. 20, 1934, in Milbank, South Dakota, to Oscar and Irene (Mollberg) Schmidt. He graduated from...
COVID-19 couldn’t stop Western Christian High School friends Mackelle Grevengoed, Ashlee Groeneweg, Haley Driesen and Shega Heitritter from enjoying a little social interaction last week. The four girls kept a safe distance from each other by staying in their...
