Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The former Bison Renewable Energy site, located south of Perkins, is the proposed location for ReadiFuels-Iowa, a $58.7 million plant that would produce approximately 34 million gallons of renewable diesel and renewable naphtha annually....
Boyden-Hull Community School is partnering with the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office and Sioux County Community Health Partners to host a community- and area-wide informational presentation on the dangers of vaping on a teen’s developing brain and body. Teri Bos, RN, BSN...
Many hands make quick work at a Sack Pack packing event Thursday, Feb. 21. The Lincoln Loggers 4-H Club got together and packed two weeks’ worth of sacks for the Sack Pack program. The sack pack program supplements food for kids who probably don’t have food to eat...
Sioux County Conservatives will host Woodbury County Supervisor Jeremy Taylor at Pizza & Policy at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 at Sioux Center Pizza Hut. Taylor is running for U.S. House of Representatives in Iowa’s Fourth Congressional District. The seat is...
June De Wit | Staff Writer The bzBots, Trinity Christian High School’s robotics team, was part of a winning alliance at the Feb. 2 competition that qualified them for the state competition in Coralville, Iowa, Feb. 22 and 23. The team had three league meets which...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull’s city code does not allow vehicles to be parked on lawns, yet this rule is often violated during the winter, when residents are prohibited from parking on city streets. At its meeting last week, the Hull City Council was informed of...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer For the first time, Boyden-Hull and Rock Valley Junior High football players will have their own locker room and storage space next year. Last week, the Boyden-Hull School Board approved plans for a junior high football shed with costs...
New Century Press, parent company of the Sioux County Index-Reporter, received several awards at the Iowa Newspaper Association awards banquet during the association’s annual convention Feb. 8 in Des Moines. Winners in the 2019 Iowa Better Newspaper Contests, judged...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Last week, Pat Haveman spoke to a group of about 30 fans at the Hull Public Library. The Hull resident discussed her new book, “Maggie and the Big Move,” and answered questions from the audience. The book is about a young girl, Maggie, and...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Billy and Kohen Rankin of Hull finished well with their swim team, the Sioux City Spartans at the state level Saturday, Feb. 9. The team finished 10th overall in a field of 38 qualifying teams. Coach Eric Hoak thought this was the best...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Even though it’s been quite cold outside, Billy and Kohen Rankin constantly have swimming on their minds. They spend much of their time practicing at indoor pools for swim meets and district competitions and both of them recently qualified...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer It’s been seven months since Bargain Alley Thrift Store opened in Hull and, in that time, the business has exceeded expectations. The thrift store nets between $5,000-8,000 per month and draws shoppers from Iowa, South Dakota and...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Activities Hull Christian School teachers planned for students the week of Jan. 28-Feb. 1 focused on Ability Awareness. They were guided by Psalm 139:14, which says, “I will praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” “We really...
June De Wit | Staff Writer About 20 women gathered at the Boyden Public Library Thursday evening, Jan. 31, to learn about ‘Meal Squeeze,’ a program developed by registered dietitian, Tonya Huenink. Huenink shared her ideas about nutrition and talked about meal...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Siouxland Habitat for Humanity will host a ‘Love Your Neighbor’ pancake supper Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 5-7 p.m. in the Hull Community Building. Free-will donations will be accepted to help fund Habitat for Humanity homes being built in Hull...
Northwest Iowa was well represented at the Iowa State University Extensionand Outreach Multi-Regional Awards Jan. 23 at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake. Many of the awards were taken home by an ISU Extension and Outreach staff member or volunteer from...
Temperatures dropped well below zero Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 29 and 30, as an Artic cold front spread over the area. The thermometer at Iowa State Bank showed -18 degrees at 8:55 a.m. Wednesday morning. However, it had been colder than that Tuesday evening when...
Williams & Company PC recently announced the admittance of Justin Jacobsma, CPA, of Hull as shareholder in its full-service certified public accounting firm. Jacobsma joined the firm in the Le Mars office in December 2007. He continued to advance within the firm,...
The Work As Worship Retreat will be live streamed at Boyden First Reformed Church Friday, Feb. 22, from 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Area residents are invited to join thousands of Christian business professionals from around the world for a one-day live stream event to hear...
February is a great time for hearing owls during their courtship and egg-laying season. Join Sioux County Conservation Board naturalists Friday, Feb. 8 for a night hike to call owls from 6-8 p.m. at Oak Grove Park near Hawarden. Participants will meet at the Oak Grove...
