2A Champs once more
Western Christian boys’ basketball poses for photos following its dominating defeat of Hudson in the Class 2A state championship game. The Wolfpack captured its 11th state title in program history with the 27-point victory Friday, March 8, in Des Moines. Please see the road-to-state section for the full recap and stories from the state tournament....
Local library happenings
Putting the emphasis on community and learning Shane D. Johnson |Editor For Boyden Library director Shari Fedders and Hull Library director Matt Hoehammer, each year brings new...
Hull Parks and Rec looks forward in 2024
Shane D. Johnson |Editor Hull Parks and Recreation director, Blake Eichmann, looks forward to new opportunities afforded to residents of the Hull area as spring-time plans are in...
Current News
Current News
Lego Club at the Library
Tirzah van der Hoek made a car dealership and office out of her Legos. Inside the office she had a...
Soldier Collection on Display at Library
Confederate and Union soldiers. World War II soldiers. Matt Hoehamer’s collection of over 50 toy...
New Century Press names Miller as new COO
Lisa Miller, COO of New Century Press New Century Press (NCP), parent company of Sioux County...
Craig’s County Comments
Sioux county board of supervisors’ report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of...
Can a Christian who sins go to Heaven?
Kids Talk About God Corey Kinsolving | Columnist Kids’ answers fall into three categories: the...
Siouxland Ag in Boyden-Hull classrooms
Siouxland Agriculture in the Classroom is a non-profit organization, funded by donations from...
Iowa Finance Authority awards grant to Siouxland Habitat for Humanity
SIOUX CIT) – Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) awarded $50,000, on March 6 to Siouxland Habitat for...
From Kooiker Acreage to Cenex
Co-op’s first gas station was on the southeast corner of Main and Second Streets. (Photo/Century...
Boyden-Hull High School speech students excel at State March 9
BOYDEN-HULL SPEECH STUDENTS RECOGNIZED Pictured are Boyden-Hull Speech students who performed at...
Trinity Christian State Speech 2024
TRINITY CHRISTIAN REPRESENTED WELL AT STATE SPEECH Pictured are Trinity Christian High School...
Western Christian individual state speech March 9
Shane D. Johnson |Editor Western Christian students Allie Wielenga, Olivia Engbers, Hailey Ammons,...
Western lands 2 on state squads
Karsten Moret. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Kaden Van Regenmorter. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) IPSWA selects...
Obituaries
Tim Kooima
91 Hull, Iowa March 5, 2024 Tim Kooima, 91, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Sioux Center Health. Funeral service was Saturday, March 9, at Hull Protestant Reformed Church with interment in Hope Cemetery, Hull. Tim was born Oct. 26, 1932, in...
June Van Dyk
93 Boyden, Iowa February 26, 2024 June D. Van Dyk, 93, of Boyden, Iowa, passed away Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, at Sanford Sheldon Senior Care in Sheldon, Iowa. Funeral services were Saturday, March 2, at St. John Lutheran Church, rural Boyden, with interment in the church...
Theodore Hoekstra
99 Hull, Iowa March 1, 2024 Theodore “Ted” Hoekstra, 99, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 1, 2024, at Sioux Center Health. Memorial service was Tuesday, March 5, at Hull Protestant Reformed Church, Hull. Ted was born Oct. 23, 1924, near Sheldon, Iowa, to Peter...
Joanne Vust
91 Little Rock, Iowa February 16, 2024 Joanne Vust, 91, of Little Rock, Iowa, passed away Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, at George Good Samaritan Society in George, Iowa. Funeral services were Thursday, Feb. 22, at Tabernacle Baptist Church, George, with interment in...
Loren Guse
56 Boyden, Iowa February 18, 2024 Loren Guse, 56, of Boyden, Iowa, died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, at his home. Memorial service was Saturday, Feb. 24, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Boyden, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Matlock, Iowa. Loren Lee Guse was born...
Marvin Van Den Top
60 Boyden, Iowa February 18, 2024 Marvin Van Den Top, 60, of Boyden, Iowa, passed away Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, at his home. Memorial service was Thursday, Feb. 22, at Calvary Protestant Reformed Church, Hull, with interment in Hope Cemetery, Hull. Marvin Jay was born...
Earl Cuperus
80 Hull, Iowa February 11, 2024 Earl Cuperus, 80 of Hull, Iowa, passed away Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Earl Wayne Cuperus was born Sept. 1, 1943, to Louis and Jeanette (Dykstra) Cuperus. He grew up in Hull where he attended Hull Christian grade school and graduated from...
Norman Van Sloten
80 Boyden, Iowa February 10, 2024 Norman Van Sloten, 80, of Boyden, Iowa, passed away Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, at Sanford Sheldon Medical Center. Celebration of life was Saturday, Feb. 17, at United Presbyterian Church, Boyden, with interment in Sheridan Township...
Sports
2A Champs once more
Western Christian boys’ basketball poses for photos following its dominating defeat of Hudson in the Class 2A state championship game. The Wolfpack captured its 11th state title in program history with the 27-point victory Friday, March 8, in Des Moines. Please see...
Siouxland Ag in Boyden-Hull classrooms
Siouxland Agriculture in the Classroom is a non-profit organization, funded by donations from local supporters with a goal of teaching the Siouxland area where their food comes from and basic agriculture processes. The organization teaches 4,500 students each month in...
Boyden-Hull High School speech students excel at State March 9
BOYDEN-HULL SPEECH STUDENTS RECOGNIZED Pictured are Boyden-Hull Speech students who performed at the Saturday, March 9 Individual State Speech competition held at Kuemper Catholic High School. Pictured L to R: Julie Visscher, coach, Sophia Moeller, Kaylee De Jong,...
Trinity Christian State Speech 2024
TRINITY CHRISTIAN REPRESENTED WELL AT STATE SPEECH Pictured are Trinity Christian High School students Jayda Van Egdom (right) and Ty Brummel (left) who competed in the state individual speech competition Saturday, March 9. (Photo/Submitted) Shane D. Johnson |Editor...
Western Christian individual state speech March 9
Shane D. Johnson |Editor Western Christian students Allie Wielenga, Olivia Engbers, Hailey Ammons, Adlemi Mejia-Vargas, Kyra Visser, Piper Hanson and Olivia Hofland performed at the individual state speech competition at Kuemper Catholic High School Saturday, March 9....
Western lands 2 on state squads
Karsten Moret. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Kaden Van Regenmorter. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) IPSWA selects Moret, Van Regenmorter to All-State teams following title win Andrew Buckman | Sports Writer Two Western Christian juniors were named IPSWA All-State selections.Wolfpack...
Honoring Local Cheerleaders
The 2023 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football cheerleaders Front from left: Ana Uscanga, Jessica Carbajal, Gabe Rosales, Kayla Sanchez. Back: Chloe Hoftyzer, Kaylee Churchill, Lauren Phillips, Breanna Cruz. (Photo/Nathan Broek) BOYDEN-HULL/ROCK VALLEY WRESTLING CHEER...
Junior High Choir Festival
The Junior High Choir at the Choir Festival Thursday, Feb. 22, was made up of 348 students from eight local Christian schools. The song, “The Rising of the Moon,” was accompanied by Maeva Haveman on the fiddle and Kyra Visser on the tambourine at the Choir Festival...