Robots on the rise
FINE-TUNING Trinity Robotics team members tweak their robot bzBots during their most recent competition at Sioux City East Middle School Nov. 23. The team fine-tuned their robot to earn another first place out of 16 teams at their latest competition and is now ranked first in their league. (Photo/Submitted) bzBots Trinity Christian’s robot is named bzBots,...
Musical accomplishments
WESTERN CHRISTIAN ALL STATERS From left to right, Ava Van Maanen, Ari Van Grootheest, Allie Wielenga, Katie Veldman and Jenessa Van Roekel. (Photo/Submitted) Seven local students...
A fruitful tradition
READY FOR DISTRIBUTION Kellen Van Schepen loads boxes of fruit to deliver from this year’s FFA fruit sales at Western Christian Tuesday, Nov. 19. FFA members sold fruit and other...
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Serve day
Hull Christian School’s junior high demonstrates service through fall clean-up Amy Lyon | Staff...
Hull Christian School presents fall music concert
One of the junior high band’s selection was “Gettysburg” by Brian Balmages which used many...
Country Kids 4-H Club Meeting
Jessa Haahr | Country Kids 4-H Reporter The Country Kids 4-H Club met Thursday, Nov. 21, at the...
Improvements in the eyes of the owner
Opinions, judgments and takes can come from many different sources in the world of sports. General...
Featuring the Moss Family
The Moss family poses at Northwest Iowa Horse Show Association’s annual awards banquet where...
Modern machinery, timeless service
FRIENDS OF FENDT From left to right, Kevin Van Schepen, Matt Vande Hoef and Travis Veldman stand...
Livestock risk protection
JUSTIN BEUKELMAN Justin Beukelman is an insurance producer with Iowa State Bank Insurance in Hull,...
Standout captures second tourney win
Western Christian Girls’ Wrestling Western Christian 47.0SIOUX RAPIDS –Sioux Central Girls’...
Western hosts season-opening tourney
Western Christian and Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley Girls’ Wrestling Leloux, De Jong duo go lossless...
’Hawks claim fourth at stacked meet
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley Girls’ Wrestling Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 148.0HOLSTEIN –Ridge View Girls’...
Shopping Small First
Pictured are the staff from B Fierce Boutique back, from left: Megan De Jong, Alyssa Faber, Nicole...
Women Serving in World War II
Kosters Rena US Navy WAVE 1943. (Photo/Submitted) Remembering Rena (Kosters) Roberts Pat Kosters |...
Obituaries
Pearl Sohl-Nielsen
86 Hull, Iowa November 17, 2024 Pearl Sohl-Nielsen, 86, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, at Good Samaritan Society in George, Iowa. Funeral service was Saturday, Nov. 23, at American Reformed Church, Hull, with interment in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery...
Christine Schouten
93 Sioux Center, Iowa November 20, 2024 Christine Schouten, 93, of Sioux Center, Iowa, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, at Crown Pointe Care Center in Sioux Center. Funeral service was Monday, Nov. 25, at Christian Reformed Church, Ireton, Iowa, with interment in...
Ellen Vermeer
97 Sioux Center, Iowa October 30, 2024 Ellen Vermeer, 97, of Sioux Center, Iowa, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Crown Pointe Estates Care Center in Sioux Center. Celebration of her life was Monday, Nov. 11, at Centerpoint Church, Sioux Center, with interment in...
Emma Winterfeld-Van Dyke
95 George, Iowa November 6, 2024 Emma Winterfeld-Van Dyke, 95, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, at Good Samaritan Society in George, Iowa. Funeral Service was Monday, Nov. 11, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Rock Valley, Iowa, with interment Valley View Cemetery,...
Jensen Heystek
Hull, Iowa November 7, 2024 Jensen Heystek, infant son of Darren and Kelsey Heystek of Hull, passed away Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, at Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation with the family present will be Tuesday, Nov. 12, from 5-7 p.m. at...
Marlan Velgersdyk
80 Sioux Falls, South Dakota October 30, 2024 Marlan Velgersdyk, 80, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Funeral was Monday, Nov. 4, at Trinity Reformed Church, Sioux Falls, with interment in Hills of Rest Cemetery Wildwood Chapel...
Glenda Oolman
72 Orange City, Iowa October 21, 2024 Glenda Oolman, 72, of Orange City, Iowa, passed away unexpectedly Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, at the Orange City Area Health System. Funeral service was Friday, Oct. 25, at First Christian Reformed Church, Hull, Iowa, with interment in...
Harlin Doorenbos
90 Sheldon, Iowa October 21, 2024 Harlin Doorenbos, 90, of Sheldon, Iowa, passed away Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, at Sanford Sheldon Senior Care in Sheldon. Funeral service was Thursday, Oct. 24, at Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, with interment in East Lawn Cemetery,...
Sports
Standout captures second tourney win
Western Christian Girls’ Wrestling Western Christian 47.0SIOUX RAPIDS –Sioux Central Girls’ InvitationalWestern Christian 47.0; 110: Ivanna Reynoso-Reyes (0-2) placed 3rd – Round 1 - Katherine Scott (GTRA-ELC) 2-0 won by fall over Reynoso-Reyes 0-2 (Fall 0:56); Round...
Western hosts season-opening tourney
Western Christian and Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley Girls’ Wrestling Leloux, De Jong duo go lossless during first action of 24-25 season in HullAndrew Buckman | Sports Reporterabuckman@ncppub.comHULL – A pair of girls’ wrestling teams hailing from Hull made their season...
’Hawks claim fourth at stacked meet
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley Girls’ Wrestling Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 148.0HOLSTEIN –Ridge View Girls’ Wrestling InvitationalBoyden-Hull/Rock Valley 148.0; 100: Dani Curiel (2-3) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points – Champ. Round 1 - Curiel 2-3 received a bye;...
Back to State
Morgan Kooiman (11) looks to hit the ball over the net and elude Humboldt block. Kooiman, a freshman, finished with a match-high 12 kills for Western Christian in its state-clinching sweep Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Hull. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Western Christian Volleyball...
West Lyon wheels past Western Christian
Sophomore Jesse Heynen (26) carries the ball during a kickoff return versus West Lyon. Western Christian was defeated 42-7 by the Wildcats to end its 2024 season Friday, Nov. 1. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Western Christian Football ’Pack unable to stifle opposing ground...
De Groot takes 24th
Western Christian senior Kyrin De Groot runs during the Class 2A state cross-country meet Saturday, Nov. 2, in Fort Dodge. At Lakeside Municipal Golf Course, De Groot placed 24th in her final high school competition in the sport. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Western...
Final Fort Dodge race
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley’s Elyse Zwart competes at the 2024 Iowa High School State Cross Country Championships in Fort Dodge. Zwart capped her career with a 36th-place finish among a stacked field of runners. (Photo/Dan Wolfswinkel) Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley...
Tigers tumble out of playoffs
Ava Klein (5) bats a ball toward Akron-Westfield’s side of the court Monday, Oct. 29, on the road. Trinity Christian’s 3-0 loss to the ranked Westerners put an end to its strong 2024 campaign. (Photo/Andrew Buckman) Trinity Christian Volleyball Ranked Westerners sweep...