June De Wit | Staff Writer A long-term trip to Ghana, Africa, occupied Mitch Rozeboom from August to December as part of a program by Agricorps of Throckmorton, Texas, the home base of a fellowship program with 4-H Ghana. Agricorps connects American agricultural...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Throughout her career, Sandy Westra has been promoting and encouraging literature. So when the Hull Public Library created the new position of youth service librarian, it was a natural fit for the Hull resident. “For the last 23 years I’ve...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Calling the future Hull museum a “wonderful development which will be really valuable for the future,” The Foreign Candy Company CEO, president and owner, Peter De Yager was pleased to talk about his $25,000 donation to the project....
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Last year Pat Haveman introduced readers to her grandmother, Maggie Scheringa, in a children’s book “Maggie and the Big Move.” Maggie’s story continues in Haveman’s second book, “Moments with Maggie,” which was released in March. “Maggie...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Next week, the Hull Public Library will offer two programs which share information about an Iowan’s role in the Civil War, and prisoner of war camps in Iowa during World War II. On Thursday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. Civil War reenactor, O.J....
It’s truly a family affair when The Browns hit the stage with their gospel music. The musical stylings of Shelly, Michaela, Adam and Andrew exude excitement on the stage and offer a life-changing experience to all who hear them. The Browns deliver the message of the...
June De Wit |Staff Writer Trinity Christian High School’s robotics team took a trip to Detroit, Michigan, to the Worlds Robotics Competition. Top teams from throughout the world gathered there to compete with the best of the best April 24-27. A total 160 teams...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-Weather conditions for a home Lakes Conference boys’ golf triangular among Western Christian, Estherville-Lincoln Central and Emmetsburg were the best so far in the 2019 season, but the Wolfpack will admit they did not fully take...
Tatum Jensen | Writer SHELDON-The Boyden-Hull boys’ golf team took to the links at Sheldon Country Club Tuesday, April 23, for Siouxland Conference action. The Comets finished in the middle of the pack, but saw a lower team score and hope that would continue as the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ROCK VALLEY-Boyden-Hull had a good round of golf at a Siouxland Conference girls’ golf event at Rock Valley Golf Club Tuesday, April 23, but at the same time the Comets felt they could have done better. Boyden-Hull finished this meet in...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 3-1 4 Storm Lake 0-0 0 STORM LAKE-After being out due to injury in Western Christian’s last girls’ soccer game, Emmalee Bousema scored the first two goals to help back up the Wolfpack’s second shutout of...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor BOONE-Following its annual board of control meeting in Boone Wednesday, April 24, the Iowa High School Athletic Association announced in a press release that there will be slight changes to the football state playoff qualification format...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor INWOOD-The Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls’ and boys’ track teams hit the road Tuesday, April 23, for the West Lyon Relays prior to competing at its home invitational Friday, April 26, and the Nighthawks came away with plenty of positive...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor CHEROKEE-The Western Christian girls’ and boys’ track teams went into Cherokee knowing the competition was going to be good and that proved to be the case, but the Wolfpack ended the night Tuesday, April 23, with plenty of positive results...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor PRIMGHAR - With the weather being sunny and temperatures in the upper 60s, the Trinity Christian golf team was hoping to see lower scores and come close to topping South O’Brien in a War Eagle Conference dual Tuesday, April 23, at Primghar...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Storm Lake 2-2 4 Western Christian 0-1 1 HULL-Western Christian knew the task against Class 2A third-ranked Storm Lake in a boys’ soccer game at home Tuesday, April 23, was going to be difficult and the Tornadoes proved why...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor DES MOINES-The Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls’ 4x100-meter relay team of Charli Bomgaars, Emma Zoet, Kyler Bomgaars and Sydney Damstra found out during the week of April 15 that they had a fast enough time to race at the Drake Relays...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor ESTHERVILLE-It was a meet of firsts for the Western Christian girls’ golf team at a Lakes Conference triangular with Estherville-Lincoln Central and Emmetsburg at Estherville Golf Course Tuesday, April 23, and the Wolfpack ended up not...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor HULL-With conference meets around the corner, the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Western Christian girls’ and boys’ track teams were looking to gain some momentum for a late-season run at the Nighthawk Relays Friday, April 26. In the end, the...
