Migration paused
GEESE SEEN AT ALTON POND IN SIOUX COUNTYPictured are geese enjoying the beautiful weather at Alton Pond in Sioux County. Often the sightings of more birds in Sioux County, such as geese and bald eagles, can be attributed less to the rise in the population numbers but more to the migration paths. The climate in Sioux County is ideal for migrating fowl....
Water tower refresh to include new city logo
Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer Boyden’s water tower on the north side of town has been the same color since 2005. Come May or June of this year, however, plans are in the works...
Taking hoax calls seriously
County SheriffJamie Van Voorst Sioux County Sheriff discusses recent 'swatting' Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer On Tuesday, March 21, Iowa 9-1-1 dispatch centers were plagued by...
Current News
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Progress on expansion taking shape
AN EXPANSION TO COMBAT “DAYCARE DESERT”Pictured is the progress on the Bright Start Daycare and...
Belgian waffle supper aids Boyden Library
SERVING WAFFLES FOR FUNDSPictured is John Morgan of Dad’s Belgian Waffles serving fresh-made...
From Jewelry Store, Clothing Store and Vet Clinic to The Grain House and Home on Main
The Bolks Building has had a total transformation and is now Home on Main and The Grain House....
Nighthawk girls claim second place at first meet
Vanessa Vande Vegte of Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley prepares to fire the shot put during the Dordt...
New district assignments announced
Western Christian moves up to Class 2A District 1, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley stays in Class 3A...
Flapping Jacks for Funds
ENJOYING A MEALPictured is Hudson Kroese seated on his father Ryan’s lap enjoying a meal of...
Guiding students’ emotions daily within the classroom
Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer Implementation of the digital app CloseGap at Boyden-Hull for...
Breaking for impact
SERVING THE CHURCH OF LIVING HOPEPictured are students of Northwestern College who took the...
Area students shine in light of all-state individual speech results
Boyden-HullABIGAIL SOLBERG, FRONT, AND JEREMY MAASSEN, BACK Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer On...
From Standard Station to car wash to golf cart showroom
Melvin Van Otterloo converted the station into a car wash and added two bays to the east....
Two Wolfpack basketball players named as all-substate players
Photographed left to right: Kaden Van Regenmorter and Tate Van Regenmorter. The two athletes from...
Kaden Van Regenmorter named as all-state player
Van Regenmorter was selected to the Class 2A second team by Iowa Print Sports Writers’ Association...
Obituaries
Betty Tiedemann
90Hull, IowaMarch 17, 2023Betty Tiedemann, 90, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 17, 2023, at Hegg Health Center in Rock Valley, Iowa.Funeral service was Saturday, March 25, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, rural Hull, with interment in the church cemetery.Betty...
Dane Kooiker
Hull, IowaMarch 16, 2023 Dane Nicholas Kooiker, 1-day-old son of Casey and Beatrice (Mulder) Kooiker of Hull, Iowa, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2023, at Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.Private family memorial...
Betty Tiedeman
90Hull, IowaMarch 17, 2023Betty Tiedeman, 90, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 17, 2023, at Hegg Health Center, Rock Valley, Iowa.Visitation with family present will be from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, rural Hull....
Jennie Den Besten
86Rock Valley, IowaMarch 6, 2023Jennie Den Besten, 86, of Rock Valley, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 6, 2023, at Hegg Health Center in Rock Valley.Memorial service was Saturday, March 11, at Doon Protestant Reformed Church, Doon, Iowa, with interment in Hillside...
Mark Moss
61Orange City, IowaFebruary 13, 2023Mark Moss, 61, of Orange City, Iowa, passed away Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, at Unity Point Health St. Luke’s, Sioux City, Iowa.Funeral service was Saturday, Feb. 25, at 11:00am, at Trinity Reformed Church, Orange City, with interment in...
Marjorie Van Surksum
82Sheldon, IowaFebruary 18, 2023Marjorie (Feikema) Van Surksum, 82, of Sheldon, Iowa, passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, at Sanford Health Sheldon Care Center.Memorial service was Saturday, Feb. 25, at First Christian Reformed Church, Hospers, Iowa, with interment...
Marlys De Jong
78Orange City, IowaFebruary 10, 2023Marlys De Jong, 78, of Orange City, Iowa, passed away Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at Prairie Ridge Care Center, Orange City.Memorial service was Friday, Feb. 17, at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church, Orange City, with interment in West...
Frederick Hamann
79 Hull, Iowa February 1, 2023 Frederick “Fred” Hamann, 79, of Hull, Iowa, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at Sioux Center Health, Sioux Center, Iowa. Celebration of life was Monday, February 6, 2023, at Memorial Funeral Home, Sioux Center. Fredrick Karl Hamann was...
Sports
Nighthawk girls claim second place at first meet
Vanessa Vande Vegte of Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley prepares to fire the shot put during the Dordt University Indoor Track and Field Invitational Tuesday, March 21. She took fourth place in the event and helped the Nighthawks take second place as a team, one-half point shy...
New district assignments announced
Western Christian moves up to Class 2A District 1, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley stays in Class 3A District 1 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor DES MOINES-The Iowa High School Athletic Association, following a Zoom meeting Monday, March 20, with the its board of control,...
Two Wolfpack basketball players named as all-substate players
Photographed left to right: Kaden Van Regenmorter and Tate Van Regenmorter. The two athletes from the Western Christian boys’ basketball team were selected as all-substate players as announced by the Iowa Basketball Coaches’ Association Monday, March 13....
Kaden Van Regenmorter named as all-state player
Van Regenmorter was selected to the Class 2A second team by Iowa Print Sports Writers’ Association Tuesday, March 14 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Iowa Print Sports Writers’ Association announced Tuesday, March 14, its selections for all-state boys’ basketball and...
Former Boyden-Hull coach inducted into hall of fame
Former Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball coach Bill Francis, accompanied by his wife Sue, receives a plaque from a representative of the Iowa High School Athletic Association as he was inducted into the association’s hall of fame as a coach Friday, March 10, during...
Three former Wolfpack players make the grade
Jacob Vis, Dawson Feenstra and Tyson Boer named as Scholar Athletes by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Dawson Feenstra Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Saturday, March 11, its list of...
Tate Van Regenmorter selected as an all-star
Tate Van Regenmorter of the Western Christian boys' basketball team. Van Regenmorter was selected by the Iowa Basketball Coaches' Association as a Northwest Iowa All-Star and will play in games at Dallas-Center Grimes on March 25. (Photo/Nathan Broek) Games will be...
Tigers earn academic honors
Senior student-athletes had a GPA of 3.75 or higher Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Three Trinity Christian girls’ basketball players were named to the War Eagle Conference all-academic team as announced Friday, March 10.The players named were Anna Postma, Keahna Heynen...