Fire Destroys Alton Residence
On January 20, at 5:26 PM, Sioux County Communications received a 9-1-1 report of a structure fire at 207 10th Street, Alton, IA. The Alton Fire Department arrived to find […]
Dordt players win weekly GPAC awards

Janie Van Donge of Dordt University is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports women’s basketball offensive player-of-the-week. Van Donge, a senior from Hospers, Iowa, scorched the nets for the Defenders shooting […]
Kirch resigns as NW Defensive coordinator

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – Northwestern football defensive coordinator Billy Kirch has announced his resignation after 10 years in the program. Kirch will pursue a new coaching opportunity after a decade […]
IHSAA Basketball: 2025 Rankings, Jan. 20

Class 4A RANK SCHOOL W L 1 Cedar Falls 11 1 2 Valley, W.D.M. 10 2 3 Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 9 2 4 Linn-Mar 10 2 5 Waukee 9 2 […]
Bountiful Year for Corn and Soybeans
United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, also known as NASS, has released its annual crop production summary. In Iowa, 2024 was a bountiful year for corn and […]
Friday Fishing Report

East Lake Okoboji: The ice thickness remains around 11 inches in most areas, though a few spots on the northernmost basin have just recently frozen over. Anglers are having good […]
2025 Bevo Francis Top 100 Watch List announced

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – Small College Basketball released its first watch list for the Bevo Francis Award for the 2024-25 season, with Northwestern’s Alex Van Kalsbeek and Jesse Van Kalsbeek, […]
Northwestern Hires Vitor Pereira as Next Women’s Soccer Head Coach

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – Northwestern College has announced the hiring of Vitor Pereira as its next women’s soccer head coach. In two seasons as the assistant women’s soccer coach at […]
Success Beyond Graduation: Northwestern’s Impressive 99.5% Placement Rate

Northwestern College’s Class of 2024 boasts an impressive 99.5% placement rate within six months of graduation. A survey conducted by the college’s Compass Center for Career and Calling revealed that […]
Two distinguished professors from Dordt University have recently published insightful new books

Dr. David Mulder, a Professor of Education, has released “Always Becoming, Never Arriving: Developing an Imagination for Teaching Christianly.” This book encourages Christian educators to bridge the gap between their […]