Wolfpack and Comets headed to state

Wolfpack and Comets headed to state

Both Boyden-Hull and Western Christian clinched spots in the state tournament with convincing wins last weekend. The Comets took down Coon Rapids-Bayard with a 20-point fourth quarter, while the Wolfpack led Tri-Center from wire-to-wire. (Photo/Calif Poncy)

Cooking up success

Cooking up success

COMET CAFÉ Boyden-Hull student Guiomar Maravez takes cash from a student buying a churro cookie. Maravez and the five other Culinary Arts III students host the Comet Café each...

Drone designer STEM

Drone designer STEM

Left to right is Graham Boogerd, Ethan Westra, Brayden Westra, Lexi Van Der Brink, and Khloe Schiermeyer represent Hull Protestant Reformed Christian School represent Northwest...

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Obituaries

Audley Tensen

Mar 3, 2026 |

89 Spencer, Iowa February 25, 2026 Audley Arvin Tensen, age 89, passed away peacefully February 25, 2025, at St. Luke Nursing Home. Graveside services at Hope, Cemetery, Iowa, will be at later date. Audley was born December 13, 1936, in Hull, Iowa, to Harry and...

Harold Vander Stoep

Feb 24, 2026 |

82 Sioux Center, Iowa February 13, 2026 Harold Vander Stoep, 82, of Sioux Center, Iowa died Friday, February 13, 2026, at his Sioux Center residence. A memorial Service will be held Wednesday, February 18, at the United Reformed Church in Sioux Center with Reverend...

Ruth Zylstra

Feb 24, 2026 |

80 Hull, Iowa February 18, 2026 Ruth Zylstra, age 80, of Hull, passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at Sioux Center Health. A visitation with the family present was held on Sunday, February 22, at First Reformed Church in Hull. Funeral service was Monday,...

Chalice Altena

Feb 3, 2026 |

91 Hull, Iowa January 30, 2026 Chalice Altena, age 91, of Hull, Iowa, passed away on Friday, January 30, 2026, at the Prairie Ridge Care Center in Orange City. A visitation with the family present will be held on Wednesday, February 4, from 1:00pm to 2:00pm, at the...

Harriet Hanenburg

Jan 6, 2026 |

88 Sioux City, Iowa December 25, 2025 Harriet Hanenburg, 88, of Sioux City, Iowa, formerly Edgerton, Minnesota and Inwood, Iowa, passed away Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, 2025, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A celebration of life...

Paul Hansmann

Jan 6, 2026 |

70 Boyden, Iowa December 29, 2025 Paul Hansmann, 70, of Boyden, Iowa, passed away Monday, December 29, 2025, at Sanford Health Sheldon Care Center. Funeral service was Friday, January 2, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, rural Hull with Pastor Owen Hoegh officiating....

Remembered Loved Ones Lost in 2025

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Linda Rohner, 76, Pennock, Minnesota, December 20 Florence Van Beek, 86, Rock Valley, Iowa, December 27 January Carla Hepp, 77, Luverne, Manasota, January 11 Betty Schoch, 100, Lake City, Florida, January 5 Barbara Nilles, 65, Sanborn, Iowa, January 17 Priscilla...

Arlis De Weerd

Dec 30, 2025 |

72 Rock Valley, Iowa December 20, 2025 Arlis De Weerd, 72, of Rock Valley, Iowa, passed away Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Liberal, Kansas. Memorial service was Tuesday, Dec. 30, at Trinity Christian Reformed Church,...

Sports

FFA provides a field of opportunities

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Jayden De Jong concentrates on putting a nut on a bolt after having retrieved them from a bucket of wet pig feed. (Photo/Submitted) Mrs. Karen Christians won the change war and kissed the pig following chapel. (Photo/Submitted) Western Christian FFA 2025-2026 chapter...

2026 Siouxland Conference boy’ basketball All-Conference Teams

Mar 3, 2026 |

First Team *Dylan Bosma - Sr - Unity Christian, *Carter Kleinwolterink - Sr - Boyden-Hull, Tyce Van Donge - Jr - Unity Christian, Jacob Mulder - Jr - MOC/FV, Carter Brightwell - Sr - MOC/FV, Braedon Perez-Hietbrink - Jr - Sioux Center, Kaden Van Schepen - Sr - Rock...