Top dairy farms competed for honors in the Brown Swiss Dairy Cattle show judged Friday, Aug. 16 at the 2019 Iowa State Fair. Fick Swiss of Boyden captured several honors including Best Three Head, intermediate reserve champion female, reserve-Premier Exhibitor and...
Hope Haven’s fiscal year 2019 ended June 30, 2019. During that time, Hope Haven provided services for 1,626 individuals across 39 sites and 16 communities in Iowa and Minnesota. Hope Haven services include community living in Iowa and Minnesota, day habilitation and...
For over 15 years, Hull and surrounding communities have been supporting the local blood bank, LifeServe Blood Center, at community blood drives. The recent blood drive coordinated by Faye De Kam and Matt Hoehamer Tuesday, Aug. 20 will help the blood center keep units...
Carmen Vande Stroet | Staff Writer Sitting at her dining room table in Aspen Heights with her mother’s china ready for tea, Joyce Heynen, a former teacher, is the essence of grace and hospitality. A large portrait of her family graces the wall above the table where...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull Christian School is expecting 200 students in grades pre-kindergarten through eight when classes begin Friday, Aug. 23. That’s an increase of seven from last year. “It’s really nice to see,” said principal Randy Ten Pas. “We did get...
Carmen Vande Stroet | Staff Writer In a few short weeks, the sounds of power saws, the whirs of drills and pounding hammers will be overshadowed by eager and excited student voices filling the Boyden-Hull High School halls once again. For the past few months, the...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Last Monday, the Hull City Council got an update from Vander Pol Excavating on the Division Street and lift station construction projects. Because of rain delays, the company will not meet the Aug. 23 deadline for both jobs. But Vander Pol...
The board of directors of the Siouxland Economic Development Corp. has selected Iowa State Bank as the Lender of the Year for 2018-2019. This annual award is given to commercial lenders in the Siouxland area who have demonstrated a high regard for customer service and...
Auditions for membership in the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra will be Friday, Sept. 6 (winds and percussion) and Saturday, Sept. 7 (strings), in the music building on the campus of Dordt University in Sioux Center. Anyone wishing to play in the orchestra for the...
Boyden and surrounding communities supported the Boyden community blood drive Friday, Aug. 9. LifeServe Blood Center was able to collect 15 units of blood saving up to 45 local lives. Two donors hit donation milestones. Trevor Loehr and Andreah Maassen each reached...
Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives will appear at a forum scheduled for Monday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. on the campus of Northwestern College in Orange City. The northwest Iowa candidate dessert social is free and open to the public. It...
Over 260 exhibitors showed over 500 hogs at the FFA market swine show during the 2019 Iowa State Fair. Justin Bleeker of Hull exhibited the reserve champion Hampshire. (Information provided by Mindy Williamson, marketing, Iowa State Fair.)
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer More than a dozen vendors, plus inflatables, lined First Street last Thursday evening for Hull’s farmers’ market. Shoppers found a variety of products, from garden produce and flowers to essential oils and clothing for kids. The event was...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Katie Van Den Top of Hull was sad but excited to show her beef steer, Wilson, at the 37th annual Governor’s Charity Steer Show Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. A celebrity is chosen to help show each of the steers and...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull will be the site of the first Memory Loss Lunch and Learn sponsored by Sioux Center Health. The event will be Monday, Aug. 26, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at American State Bank. This free informative discussion and luncheon will explain the...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Alumni and friends of Western Christian High School spent the weekend looking back on the school’s celebrated 100-year history. But school leaders are also imagining what the future of Christian education will look like the next 100 years....
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The first day of school at Hull Protestant Reformed Christian School will be a little longer than usual for students and teachers. “We typically begin the school year with a half day, but this year we’re starting on Friday, Aug. 23, so...
Sioux County Soil and Water Conservation District officials submitted four posters, created by Sioux County students, to the regional poster contest. All four of those posters won regional competition and went on to the state poster contest. Two of those posters won...
Farmers Co-op Society is dedicated to the education of youth and promotion and support of the future of agriculture. FFA chapters across the area work to educate and provide opportunities for students to learn and develop skills needed for a future career in the...
The Center for Financial Education, a non-profit ministry started in Sioux Center with regional offices in Sioux Center, Orange City, Le Mars, Rock Rapids and Hawarden, has been chosen from 2,000 nationwide applicants for a chance to win a $25,000 grant from the State...
