Shane D. Johnson |Editor The City of Boyden and the economic development corporation have chosen to dedicate the former Boyden Fire Department building and the former Brunsting Insurance building as the future of daycare in Boyden with the costs of which roughly half...
SEEING GOV. REYNOLDS PROCLAIM MAY BEEF MONTH Pictured are Hull locals Merritt Moss (left) and Isla Tiedeman (right) with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds declaring May as Beef Month. (Photo/Submitted) A VISIT TO THE IOWA CAPTITAL Pictured are John Tiedeman’s children visiting...
Lynne Hoehamer read the book “Lily’s Victory Garden” to students. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Hannah Kroese is shown stirring her Snowball Cookies. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Eden Hoekstra stirs the cookie dough. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Noah Kroese and Daniel Evertse (l to r) roll their...
DES MOINES, Iowa – State Treasurer Roby Smith announces Iowa’s AAA credit rating has been affirmed by Fitch Ratings. “This is great news for Iowa. We are in a good financial position, according to the experts,” Smith said. “An AAA credit rating indicates the strength...
The Outdoor Skills Day at Sandy Hollow will be Thursday, June 6, from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. There will be several outdoor stations that may include shotgun shooting, air rifles, archery, outdoor cooking, wrist rockets, deer hunting lessons, canoeing, improving outdoor...
For over 15 years, Hull and surrounding communities have supported the local blood bank, LifeServe Blood Center, with at least one blood donation opportunity per month. Over the course of March, one blood drive was hosted to support Sioux Center Health and 160-plus...
Ellie Horstman fills her pail with Easter eggs. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Griffin Kats stops to open some of his Easter eggs. (Photo/Julie Bosma) The children kept busy collecting the 4,000 Easter eggs Aspen Heights residents had filled with candy. (Photo/Julie Bosma)...
Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ Report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for March 19, 2024The suitcase is put away for the time being after many miles of traveling alongside me the last few weeks....
One of the problems engineers ran into when building the water treatment plant was that soil was falling away from the footings of the Senior Men’s Club. (Photo/Sioux County Index-Reporter archives) Workers were able to stabilize the construction site of the water...
Sign up for programs at siouxcountyparks.org. Registration opens approximately one month before event. April 1-Summer Camp Sign-Up OnlineThis is the day to sign your child(ren) up for this year’s summer camp season! Topics, dates and times will be posted prior to this...
Shane D. Johnson |Editor On Thursday, March 14, students at Western Christian High School got the opportunity to take their tractors to school. Pictured are students of Western Christian posing for a photo with their tractors. (Photo/Submitted)
TAKING THE TRACTOR TO SCHOOL Pictured are Trinity Christian students Carter Westra and Evan De Jong driving a John Deere tractor to school Friday, March 15. (Photo/Submitted) DRIVING TO TRINITY CHRISTIAN Mark Hoekstra of Trinity Christian High School is shown driving...
ON THE BATTLEFIELD Pictured is Hull Public Library director Matt Hoehamer (left) and his wife Inisha (right) standing on the battlefield of a reenactment of the Civil War by Hoehamer’s group “Army of the Southwest”. He has been participating in Civil War reenactment...
ENJOYING LIFE Pictured is Bellamy Egdorf, daughter of Lonnie and Leah Egdorf, enjoying riding her bike. Bellamy was born Sept. 25, 2020, with Down Syndrome and looks forward to March 21 every year to recognize those with Down Syndrome in the local community. March 21...
HULL CHRISTIAN REPRESENTED WELL AT HONORS PERFORMANCE Hull Christian School eighth graders violinist Maeley De Kam and cellist Ainsley Haveman performed at the Jan. 25 Northwest Iowa Honor Orchestra Festival on the campus of Northwestern College. (Photo/Julie Bosma)...
I may have written about scammers before or at least thought about it. Due to recent events however, I am choosing now to use this column to write about them. Perhaps it is in hope of airing out my frustrations against the mysterious and shady group of people that...
The property at 1008 Locust St. was once Hollister & George’s Livery, Feed and Sale Stable. (Photo/Sioux County Index-Reporter Archives) Ralph Kooiker started a small repair shop which became Kooiker Manufacturing Company. The company designed an auger elevator...
Maeva Haveman and Jessica Weilenga (l to r) are shown in the string orchestra in the Winter Pops Concert. The sopranos and altos of the cantus and concert choirs sang “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” The 727 jazz band played “Mamacita,” “Chameleon,” and “Diggin’ the...
Why northwest Iowa fosters a unique environment for the most unadulterated form of athletics Andrew Buckman | Sports Reporter There is no purer level of athletics than high school sports. From the often small but packed environments to the passion supporters bring,...
Kaden Van Regenmorter IPSWA All-State Class 2A 1st-team All-State Class 2A Substate 2 Karsten Moret IPSWA All-State Class 2A 3rd-team All-State Class 2A Substate 2 Derek Keizer (Coach of the Year) w All-State Class 2A Substate 2
