Premier Communications Purchases Consolidated Communications

May 19, 2016

CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. HAS ENTERED INTO A DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT WITH MUTUAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF SIOUX CENTER, PREMIER COMMUNICATIONS AND WINNEBAGO COOPERATIVE TELECOM ASSOCIATION TO DIVEST ITS HEARTLAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF IOWA. BOB UDELL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF

Rosenboom Machine & Tool Announces Major Expansion Of Its Operations In Sheldon

May 19, 2016

A NORTHWEST IOWA MANUFACTURER HAS ANNOUNCED EXPANSION PLANS. ROSENBOOM MACHINE AND TOOL IS PLANNING TO GROW ITS OPERATIONS IN SHELDON, WHERE THE COMPANY IS HEADQUARTERED. THE $16 MILLION PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A 46,000 SQUARE FOOT PRODUCTION LINE,

NW IA mayor says former city clerk admits she did a ‘terrible thing’ with city money

May 19, 2016

A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE AUDITOR’S OFFICE CONCLUDES THE FORMER CITY CLERK OF BOYDEN MADE MORE THAN 36-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF “IMPROPER AND UNSUPPORTED” TRANSACTIONS WITH CITY MONEY. THE AUDITOR’S REVIEW CONCLUDES FORMER CITY CLERK BETH

Collision Involving A Van And Semi Injures Sioux Falls Man

May 18, 2016

A SIOUX FALLS MAN WAS INJURED TUESDAY MORNING WHEN A VAN HE WAS DRIVING REAR-ENDED A SEMI ON HIGHWAY 60 JUST SOUTH OF ASHTON. THE OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE DRIVER OF THE VAN, 59-YEAR-OLD MARK

Sioux County Community Foundation Awards $10,000 To Promise

May 18, 2016

PROMISE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF SIOUX CENTER WILL GET A NEW DENTAL CHAIR AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, THANKS TO A SIOUX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANT. THE FOUNDATION AWARDED THE HEALTH CENTER A $10,000 GRANT DURING AN AWARDS CEREMONY

Teen Charged With Sexual Exploitation

May 17, 2016

A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM BOYDEN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR. THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT STEMS FROM AN INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN ON APRIL 22ND OF THIS YEAR AFTER IT RECEIVED A

Planting Progress

May 16, 2016

THE WET AND COLD WEATHER THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAS SLOWED DOWN FARMERS TRYING TO GET THEIR CROPS PLANTED. I-S-U EXTENSION CROP FIELD SPECIALIST JOEL DE JONG SAYS THE WET WEATHER HAS CERTAINLY SET THINGS BACK, BUT

76th Annual Orange City Tulip Festival

May 16, 2016

THE 76th ANNUAL ORANGE CITY TULIP FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEK, THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE BIG QUESTION, HOW DO THE TULIPS LOOK. AS OF A LITTLE LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, TULIP FESTIVAL AND COMMUNITY TOURISM DIRECTOR JULIANNA

OSHA investigates worker death at South Dakota ethanol plant

May 13, 2016

HUDSON, S.D. (AP) — FEDERAL WORKPLACE SAFETY OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL FIRE AT A SOUTH DAKOTA ETHANOL PLANT. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER INJURED IN THE MAY 6 FIRE AT A POET BIOREFINING PLANT SOUTH

O’Brien County Pursuit Results In Charges Against Two Men

May 12, 2016

TWO PEOPLE FACE CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A PURSUIT LAST WEEK IN O’BRIEN COUNTY. AUTHORITIES SAY IT STARTED WHEN A DEPUTY TRIED TO PULL OVER A VEHICLE NEAR SANBORN. DEPUTIES SAY INSTEAD OF STOPPING THE DRIVER TOOK

Alton Man Convicted of Murder Given Chance for Parole

May 12, 2016

A MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING AN ALTON WOMAN 40 YEARS AGO HAS BEEN GIVEN A NEW SENTENCE, AND A CHANCE FOR PAROLE. SIOUX COUNTY ATTORNEY THOMAS G. KUNSTLE ANNOUNCED THAT 55 YEAR OLD JOHN WALTER MULDER, ORIGINALLY

Sioux Center Man Arrested for Domestic Assault

May 10, 2016

THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTED A SIOUX CENTER MAN AFTER A DOMESTIC DISTRUBANCE WAS REPORTED AT A RESIDENCE NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CENTER ON SUNDAY. 48 YEAR OLD JOSEPH ANDERSON IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A FEMAIL VICTIM

Seasons Center Receive’s Grant

May 10, 2016

SEASONS CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RECEIVED $5,000 FROM THE CLAY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO HELP FUND A THERAPEUTIC PLAYGROUND AT AUTUMN’S CENTER. THE THERAPEUTIC PLAYGROUND WILL BE SPECIALLY DESIGNED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR OUTDOOR PLAY THERAPY AT AUTUMN’S

Counterfeit Bills found in Sioux Center

May 10, 2016

THE SIOUX CENTER CHAMBER IS WARNING LOCAL BUSINESSES TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CONTERFEIT MONEY. SEVERAL LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE RECEIVED COUNTERFEIT $20 BILLS IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THE CHAMBER URGES BUSINESSES TO BE ON THE

Northwestern College Graduation

May 09, 2016

NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE WILL AWARD DEGREES TO 254 GRADUATES DURING ITS COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY SATURDAY, MAY 14. TWENTY-FOUR STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING DEGREES, WHILE THE REMAINDER WILL BE GRANTED BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREES. THE CEREMONY