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Apartment fire devastates lives
08/12/2010

Edmonds Beacon / STPNS
Edmonds, Washington (STPNS)- The LynnView Apartment Fire has displaced more than 35 families after it blazed through the north building of the LynnView Apartments on Monday.... View

 
Wilder Pageant has blockbuster weekend
07/27/2010

Sentinel Tribune / STPNS
Westbrook, Minnesota (STPNS)- By Tom Merchant... View

 
Brandon Oldenkamp
07/30/2010

Sioux County Index / STPNS
Hull, Iowa (STPNS)-   Brandon Craig Oldenkamp, the son of Robert and Linda (Nieuwsma) Oldenkamp, was born on January 16, 1989 in Primghar. He spent his childhood on the family farm near Sanborn, attended Sanborn Christian Grade School and graduated from Western Christian High School in Hull, in 2007. He was ... View

 
WWG Board accepts energy grant
07/27/2010

Sentinel Tribune / STPNS
Westbrook, Minnesota (STPNS)-     WWG — Last month Kathy Vondracek reported on a grant she had applied for. The grant was a fifty fifty matching fund grant for energy upgrades. The district was informed that they were eligible to receive the grant. ... View

 
Ron Bakken seriously injured in mowing accident
07/27/2010

Sentinel Tribune / STPNS
Westbrook, Minnesota (STPNS)-     Walnut Grove — Last Tuesday afternoon Ronald Bakken, rural Walnut Grove farmer, went out to mow some road ditches.  A routine task turned into a life threatening incident in a moment of seconds.... View

 
obituaries
08/25/2010

Sentinel Tribune / STPNS
Westbrook, Minnesota (STPNS)- Roger C. Erickson... View

 
School funding in limbo
08/25/2010

Sentinel Tribune / STPNS
Westbrook, Minnesota (STPNS)-     WWG — It’s a case of taking money from one pocket and putting it into another one, paraphrasing what superintendent Loy Woelber told the board last week at the monthly board meeting. ... View

 
Case Van Der Brink
07/30/2010

Sioux County Index / STPNS
Hull, Iowa (STPNS)-   Case Van Der Brink, 83 of Boyden,  died, Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at the Royale Meadows Care Center of Sioux Center.  Visitation was held Friday at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center from 4-8 p.m. with the family present from 6-8 p.m.  A funeral service was held... View

 
Alice Van Riessen
07/30/2010

Sioux County Index / STPNS
Hull, Iowa (STPNS)-   Alice Van Riessen, 99 of Sioux Center died Sunday, July 25, 2010 at the Royale Meadows Care Center of Sioux Center.  A public viewing was held from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center.  A visitation with family present was held Thursday at ... View

 
Orville Gloden
07/23/2010

Sioux County Index / STPNS
Hull, Iowa (STPNS)-   Orville Donald Nichols Gloden was the oldest of two children born on a farm near Hospers on April 8, 1925 to John and Hilda (Nemmers) Gloden. He received his education in a country school near Hospers. Don served honorably in the United States Army during World War II, where among his a... View

 
Petanque comes to Edmonds
08/12/2010

Edmonds Beacon / STPNS
Edmonds, Washington (STPNS)- If you’re looking for a new type of activity with a little international flavor, you’re in luck. Recently a new game has become available in Edmonds: Pétanque (pronounced "pay-tonk").... View

 
Obituaries
09/01/2010

Sentinel Tribune / STPNS
Westbrook, Minnesota (STPNS)- Eugene (Gene) Hiram Schmalz... View

 
Obituaries
08/04/2010

Sentinel Tribune / STPNS
Westbrook, Minnesota (STPNS)- Marguerite Jensen... View

 
Gracia Rensink
08/04/2010

Sioux County Index / STPNS
Hull, Iowa (STPNS)-   Gracia Rensink, 71, of Sioux Center died Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at the Avera Mc Kennan Hospital of Sioux Falls.  A visitation was held Sunday from 2-8 p.m. with the family present from 2-4 at Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center.  Funeral services was held Monday ... View

After the fire, the work continues  
After the fire, the work continues
08/19/2010

Edmonds Beacon / STPNS
Edmonds, Washington (STPNS)- When the Lynnview Apartments burned down Aug. 9, it didn’t take long for the public to be inundated with information about the huge fire.... View