Joanne Winter 84 Boyden, Iowa March 3, 2019 Joanne Marie Winter, 84 of Boyden, Iowa, died Sunday, March 3, 2019, at Orange City Hospital, Orange City, Iowa. Funeral service was Saturday, March 9, at St. John Lutheran Church, rural Boyden, with interment in the church...
Wilmina Kooiker 96 Hull, Iowa March 8, 2019 Wilmina Kooiker, 96, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019, at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, at American Reformed Church, Hull,...
Bernice Fischer 95 Hull, Iowa March 2, 2019 Bernice Fischer, 95, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Pleasant Acres Care Center, Hull. Funeral service was Thursday, March 7, at Oolman Funeral Home, Hull, with interment in Eureka Cemetery in Eureka,...
Priscilla Siemonsma 91 Rock Valley, Iowa March 3, 2019 Priscilla Siemonsma, 91, of Rock Valley, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Whispering Heights, Rock Valley. Funeral services were Monday, March 11, at First Reformed Church, Sheldon, Iowa, with interment...
Hull city administrator, Jim Collins, attended an Iowa floodplain mapping program meeting in Orange City last week and shared this graphic. “While we in Hull do not have much in the way of a flood plain, it was interesting to see where the mapping program indicated...
The Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball team finished the 2018-2019 campaign in second place in Class 2A during the boys’ state basketball tournament in Des Moines last week. Look inside for our “Road to State” special section for complete recaps on all three games, photos...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull Chamber of Commerce’s annual Outstanding Citizens luncheon was Monday, March 11, in the community building. According to the Chamber, the purpose of the event is to recognize the people who go above and beyond to make Hull a...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull Industrial Development Corp.’s new 15 percent discount on lots at Liberty Heights is already producing results. Two lots were sold at the end of February. “We’ve had a lot of interest since we announced our promotion a few...
Makiah Wiersma used Legos to construct buildings for a “city” created by kids at the Hull Public Library last week. ISU extension and Outreach county youth coordinator, Katie Leusink, led a dozen kids through the city-building process. This is part of an outreach...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Finding a job she loves and moving back to northwest Iowa seemed like a godsend to Pam Ellis. The daughter of John and Pat Haveman, Hull, Ellis has been named the Village Northwest Unlimited autism program director. During the two-year...
Students advance to state SkillsUSA Students from Northwest Iowa Community College, Sheldon, advanced to the SkillsUSA Iowa State Leadership and Skills Conference in Ankeny, Iowa, April 25-26. SkillsUSA programs help to establish industry standards for job skill...
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Horticulture Educator Margaret Murphy will host “Vegetable Gardening 101” Monday, March 18, from 6-7 p.m. at the Hull Public Library. “Vegetable Gardening 101” will cover the basics of gardening: • Cold season and warm...
Iowa State University, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced recently that the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report is now available to the public...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Pocahontas Area 13-9-18-16 56 Boyden-Hull 18-13-21-16 68 SPENCER-Those outside the Boyden-Hull school district had their doubts on how the Comets would do coming into the Class 2A District 1 boys’ basketball tournament after dropping two...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Four Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball players were selected to the Siouxland Conference all-conference team as announced Monday, Feb. 26. Earning a first-team unanimous selection was senior center Beau De Jongh. He ranked in the top-10 in the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two Western Christian girls’ basketball players and four Western Christian boys’ basketball players were selected to the Lakes Conference all-conference teams as announced Tuesday, Feb. 25. For the girls’ squad, Olivia Granstra earned a...
Bernice Fischer 95 Hull, Iowa March 2, 2019 Bernice Fischer, 95, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Pleasant Acres Care Center, Hull. Funeral service will be Thursday, March 7, at 7 p.m. at Oolman Funeral Home, Hull, with interment in Eureka...
JoAnne Blankespoor 78 Doon, Iowa February 23, 2019 JoAnne Carol Blankespoor, 78, of Doon, Iowa, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, at Rock Rapids Health Centre. Memorial services were Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Doon United Reformed Church with interment in Hillside Cemetery,...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer When the school year started last August at Hull Christian, one essential position was unfilled. They didn’t have a school secretary. A few months earlier, the previous administrative assistant had left for another job closer to where she...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Five sixth-grade girls who love to read have created their own book club at Boyden-Hull Elementary School. Last fall, with the help of principal Tom Kerr, the group began meeting twice a month, during lunch break, to discuss books “Book...
