Month: June 2019

Van Bruggen retires from taxing profession

June De Wit | Staff Writer April 15, 2019 was the last day Art Van Bruggen worked as a CPA. He was honored Wednesday, June 19, with an open house at the Demco Center in Boyden after nearly 42 years in the profession. Guests from Boyden, throughout northwest Iowa and...

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Achieving highest honor

June De Wit | Staff Writer Becoming an Eagle Scout is the highest rank that can be attained in Boy Scouts. It involves doing a large service project. But before becoming an Eagle Scout, scouts need to earn ranks that come before it by earning merit badges and...

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Superintendent sharing option being explored

Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer At a special meeting of the Boyden-Hull community school district board of directors a few weeks ago, the group voted to enter into negotiations with the West Sioux school district for a shared superintendent position. Boyden-Hull was...

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Summerfest 2019 offers new events

Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull’s annual Summerfest celebration, July 10-13, will offer new activities for all ages. Hull firefighters and EMTs will be displaying their new “jaws of life” equipment with an extrication demonstration Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. in the...

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Rocket Fun in Boyden teaches about saving

June De Wit | Staff Writer “Banking on Some Rocket Fun” was presented in the Boyden Library Tuesday afternoon, June 18, for kids of all ages. Two representatives from Citizens State Bank talked about how to save money. Barbara Besaw, Junior Savers coordinator for the...

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NCC building expansion begins this summer

With the 74 percent passage of a general obligation bond in April 2018, Northwest Iowa Community College officials are now in the process of implementing plans to enhance and expand programs in order to serve students well into the future.  Part of the mission of...

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Meri-Jo Wood

Meri-Jo Wood 57 March 24, 2019 Meri-Jo Stange Wood, 57, passed away March 24, 2019. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 29, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, rural Hull, Iowa, with interment in the church cemetery.  Meri-Jo Stange was born Feb. 20, 1962, in...

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Gerald Kroese

Gerald Kroese 92 Hull, Iowa June 21, 2019 Gerald Kroese, 92, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Friday, June 21, 2019, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull. Funeral service was Tuesday, June 25, at First Christian Reformed Church, Hull, with interment in Hope Cemetery,...

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Hull community blood drive results

A community blood drive Tuesday, June 18, at the Hull Library collected 34 units of blood, saving up to 102 local lives. Donors reaching milestone donations include: James Regnerus, 5 gallons; Martin Nielsen, 8 gallons; and Minerva Wissink, 14 gallons. The next...

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Miscues on defense prove costly again in 11-9 defeat

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Remsen-St. Mary’s 2-1-0-0-7-0-1  11 Trinity Christian 2-0-1-1-2-3-0  9 HULL-Trinity Christian had its best offensive showing so far in the 2019 season, but it was still not enough to overcome errors on defense as the Tigers fell 11-9 to...

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Nighthawks topple the Generals 12-0

Tatum Jensen | Writer Sibley-Ocheyedan 0-0-0-0-X-X-X  0 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 3-1-0-8-X-X-X  12 BOYDEN-The Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley softball team brought in eight runs in the fourth inning to end the game early in a 12-0 victory over Sibley-Ocheyedan in Siouxland...

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Five-run first keys win for the Wolfpack

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 0-0-0-0-3-0-0  3 Western Christian 5-0-0-0-0-0-0  5 HULL-Western Christian only had two total hits in a non-conference home baseball game with cross-town rival Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley Thursday, June 20, but that...

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Offense struggles against Hawks

Carson Schubert | Writer Remsen St. Mary’s 0-0-0-6-1-1-5  13 Trinity Christian     0-0-0-0-0-0-0  0 HULL-The Trinity Christian offense was held to only two hits in a 13-0 loss to Remsen-St. Mary’s in War Eagle Conference baseball Monday, June 17, in Hull. The only two...

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Ten Wolfpack named to all-conference list

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Ten Western Christian soccer players were named to the Lakes Conference all-conference soccer list as announced Wednesday, June 19. Five players from the girls’ team and five players from the boys’ team were named. For the girls Emma...

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Nighthawks top Generals for third-straight win

Carson Schubert | Writer Sibley-Ocheyedan 1-0-0-0-0-0-1  2 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 4-0-0-0-0-1-X  5 ROCK VALLEY - Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley notched its third-straight win as the Nighthawks defeated Sibley-Ocheyedan 5-2 in Siouxland Conference baseball Monday, June 17,...

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Wolfpack fall short 12-1 to Tornadoes

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Storm Lake 2-1-0-5-0-2-2  12 Western Christian 1-0-0-0-0-0-0  1 HULL-Looking at the scoreboard following Lakes Conference baseball with Storm Lake Monday, June 17, it seemed the Western Christian Wolfpack had a tough time with the...

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Wolfpack fall late in defeat to Tornadoes

Tatum Jensen | Writer Storm Lake               2-1-0-2-0-0-2  7 Western Christian 0-0-0-2-4-0-0  6 HULL-The Western Christian softball team found itself down by five runs early in the game, but were able to overcome that deficit to earn a 6-5 lead over Storm Lake in...

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Koerselman is Boyden’s newest Junior EMT

Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Even though active emergency service personnel are required to be at least 18 years of age, that didn’t stop 16-year-old Laiken Koerselman from joining her community EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) program. The daughter of Bob and Laura...

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