Travis and Melissa Van Genderen of Spirit Lake are the parents of a baby boy, Eli James. He was born Sept. 18, 2016, and weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces. He was welcomed home by two sisters and a brother, Sam (7), Finley (5), and Clara (3).
Grandparents are Dennis and Nancy Van Genderen of Sully and Randy and Carol Heuton and the late Neva Heuton of Albert City.
Great-grandparents are Lois Van Wyk and Marjorie Van Genderen of Sully, Vernon and Loretta Van Wyk of Grinnell, Paul and Donna Lindgren and Roland Heuton of Albert City.
