Mikaela Mackey

ORANGE CITY—Memories of student teaching in the MOC-Floyd Valley School District while completing his bachelor’s degree at Northwestern College is what brought new high school principal Levi Letsche back to

SUTHERLAND—O’Brien County Conservation staff is down one once again with the resignation of park ranger Bryce Batien.

SHELDON—Country singer Ali Jinkinson, better known as Ali J, is tipping her cowgirl hat to her N’West Iowa roots.

ALTON—A small lot of strangers ages 10 through 83 gathered in the Alton Public Library meeting room Monday evening to remember familiar faces and new ones on Veterans Day.

SUTHERLAND—The O’Brien County Conservation Board discussed funding for the Prairie Heritage Center rotunda project and progress of the Mill Creek Park sewer project at its meeting Wednesday at the center.

HULL—Hands-on experience in high school is commonly regarded as the identifier of a quality education. Jacob Van Der Wilt is taking that standard to new heights with his Boyden-Hull Junior/Senior

BOYDEN—Even fifth-graders get burnt out, according to Boyden-Hull Elementary language arts teacher and literacy coach Rebecca Draayer.

ORANGE CITY—The Dutch Heritage Boosters are looking to reap what they’ve sown for over a year in all sense of the word.

PRIMGHAR—A family’s fridge only has so much room to hang art projects over the year, let alone an entire grade school education. South O’Brien Elementary transitional kindergarten to sixth-grade art

SUTHERLAND—Recruiting sometimes means more than inviting people to join; it means meeting people where they are at.