Jeanne Visser |Staff Writer The Hull Chamber of Commerce announced last week that Lisa Poppema of Hull was the winner of the $25 prize for the April rock promotion. For three weeks, painted rocks were hidden around town, mostly on Main Street. Each rock had the name...
FFA students from Western hosted a “farm safety day” with FFA students from the Rock Valley FFA chapter. Third graders from the Rock Valley area learned the basics about how to be safe on the farm. They learned about PTO safety, car safety and electrical safety. Third...
State patrol set for ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaigns Memorial Day weekend is typically recognized as the official start to the summer vacation season. Now that warmer temperatures have arrived to stay, motorists will be ready to make the most of this long holiday...
The Sioux County Conservatives will host John Hendrickson Wednesday, May 22, for Pizza & Policy at the Sioux Center Pizza Hut. Hendrickson will talk about the electoral college. Hendrickson is a policy analyst for Iowans for Tax Relief. He previously served as a...
Story contributed Western Christian’s FFA chapter celebrated the accomplishments of its members at the fourth annual chapter banquet Tuesday, May 7, in the school’s event center. Approximately 200 parents, friends, teachers and community supporters enjoyed dinner...
June De Wit | Staff Writer The Boyden Community Club had its annual spring luncheon Wednesday, May 8, in the Demco Center at noon. At the gathering, the club recognized the Citizen of the Year and awarded scholarships to two high school seniors. Updates were given on...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull city council added some teeth to two ordinances that have been on the city books for several years. At its meeting Monday, May 6, the council waived the first reading and approved the second reading of Ordinance 361, an amendment...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office recently released a list of calls made within the cities of Boyden and Hull during the past year. According to Captain Jamison Van Voorst, a member of the sheriff’s office and Hull resident, the...
The Sioux County Conservation Board is sponsoring an outdoor skills day at Sandy Hollow near Sioux Center Thursday, June 6, from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The event is open to all ages; those 8 years and under must have an adult present. Sessions for the day may include...
Caitlyn French | Staff Writer Visitors to the Hull Library Thursday, May 9, were able to take a step back in time to get a glimpse of the Civil War era. Civil War reenactor, O.J. Fargo, took the audience back to the 1860s as he took on the character of a returning...
The Sioux County Democrats are receiving statewide recognition from the Iowa Democratic Party. The county organization will be inducted into the 2019 Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame as the state’s Outstanding Democratic Party Chair. The ceremony will take place...
Western Christian’s JETS (Junior Engineering and Technical Society) is a program designed to create an interest for students aspiring to become engineers or work in other STEM career-related fields. Teams work collaboratively and creatively with each other to solve...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Northwest Iowa Community College hosted the Northwest Iowa Visual Arts Show April 24-30 for community college and northwest Iowa high school students. On Tuesday, April 30, all students participating in the show were invited to the Visual...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the Office of the Chief Information Officer has recently concluded the review of 17 broadband grant applications and awarded $1.3 million in grant funds to seven projects across the state, including to Heartland Telecommunications Co....
On Saturday, April 27, the Iowa House and Senate completed their work and adjourned the first session of the 88th General Assembly. The legislative session ended after 104 days, adjourning earlier than scheduled and saving taxpayer money. Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R-Orange...
NCC recognizes board of trustee members Northwest Iowa Community College is joining with other communities throughout Iowa this spring to honor its elected school board members during Iowa School Board Recognition Month during May. This year’s theme, “Superheroes for...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Boyden-Hull senior, Kara Meerdink, is immersed in planning her upcoming high school graduation, but giraffes have also grabbed a lot of her attention recently. Meerdink, the daughter of Dan and Donna Meerdink, Hull, just published a new...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer His growing business, Siouxland Strength, needed more space, so Nate Boer was excited when the 3-D Engineering building at 1126 Main St. in Hull became available. Now, the office space has been turned into a gym for Siouxland Strength...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Angela Kennecke, an investigative reporter and news anchor at a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, television station, has been invited to speak at the Demco Center in Boyden Wednesday, May 15, at 7 p.m. It will be just one day shy of the one-year...
