Month: September 2019
Hull High School class of 1959 marks 60 years
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writter Members of the final class to graduate from Hull High School met earlier this month for their 60th reunion. Nine of the 15 students from the class of 1959 gathered in Sioux Falls for two days of fun and reminiscing. “We talked about our...
Safety ramped up on Boyden streets
June De Wit | Staff Writer Several stop signs will be added to Boyden street corners in an attempt make the intersections safer. The Boyden City Council, at its Sept. 9 meeting, decided new stop signs might slow down traffic on some busier streets. All-way stop signs...
Representing the Wolfpack
Johnson joins De Koster Law
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Her last name is not De Koster, but a third lawyer has been added to Hull’s legal firm of De Koster and De Koster. Jennifer Johnson of Rock Rapids moved into an office at the De Koster business last month and was recently notified she had...
Boyden Community Club shares info
June De Wit | Staff Writer At the Boyden Community Club meeting Wednesday, Sept. 11, it was announced that there would not be a fall cleanup. Due to the newly-contracted garbage service, O.C. Sanitation, Boyden will have only one annual cleanup day, which will be...
Development Corp. receives Beyond Expectations award
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull Industrial Development Corp. was recently recognized by Northwest Iowa Development with a Beyond Expectations Economic Development Support Award for its commercial and residential development efforts in the community of 2,300. The...
Loren Bouma
Loren Bouma 71 Hull, Iowa Sept. 15, 2019 Loren Bouma, 71, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral service was Thursday, Sept. 19, at First Christian Reformed...
Gerald Bonestroo
Gerald Bonestroo 92 Hull, Iowa Sept. 14, 2019 Gerald Bonestroo, 92, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at Hegg Health Center in Rock Valley, Iowa. Funeral service was Wednesday, Sept. 18, at First Reformed Church, Hull, with interment in Hope...
Top-ranked Wolfpack rout Midgets in three
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Estherville-Lincoln Central 6-10-3 0 Western Christian 25-25-25 3 HULL-When Class 2A top-ranked Western Christian gets its offense and serving effort going, the Wolfpack prove to be tough to stop. Western Christian...
Boyden-Hull rolls over George-Little Rock in three
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor George-Little Rock 10-7-14 0 Boyden-Hull 25-25-25 3 HULL-Coach Mel Hofmeyer always preaches to her teams that playing their style of volleyball, and continuing to play with intensity no matter who the opponent is, are keys to...
Wolfpack boys place fifth in Sioux Falls
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIOUX FALLS, SD-Western Christian once again went across the border as it does annually at this time of year for the Sioux Falls Charger Invitational in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Tuesday, Sept. 17. The Wolfpack will admit the hot and...
Siouxland All-Stars finish fourth in annual event
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor DES MOINES-A local co-ed team of junior golfers that range in age from 13 and younger competed at the PGA Jr. League Regional at Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines Saturday, Sept. 14 and Sunday, Sept. 15. Trey Van Roekel of Boyden...
Nighthawks sweep the night with team victories at Pahoja
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor LAKE PAHOJA-The West Lyon Cross-Country Invitational at Lake Pahoja Monday, Sept. 16, was a smaller meet compared to other meets Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Trinity Christian have run so far this season, but the Nighthawks were still more...
Tigers claim two of three at Sibley-Ocheyedan tournament
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIBLEY-Trinity Christian took on two unfamiliar foes at the Sibley-Ocheyedan volleyball tournament Monday, Sept. 16, but it was a familiar opponent, War Eagle Conference rival Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, that gave the Tigers the most trouble...
Wolfpack dominates in second half to stay perfect
Jordan Harmelink | Contributing Writer Western Christian 7-7-28-0 42 Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 5-0-0-0 5 ROCK RAPIDS-Class 1A ninth-ranked Western Christian came out swinging after the halftime break, dominating its non-district opponent...
Special teams miscues for B-H/RV change the tide
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sergeant Bluff-Luton 13-14-0-7 34 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 7-0-0-7 14 HULL-Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley executed its first drive of a non-district football contest with Sergeant Bluff-Luton as well as it could have, but two miscues on special...
Peaceful passage: Hospice helped Oostra say goodbye
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Facing a terminal cancer diagnosis last November, Hull resident Muriel Oostra chose to invite Hospice and Home Care from Sioux Center Health into her last weeks of life. The team gave her relief so she could do the things she wanted in her...
It’s Pumpkin Time
Kooima family ready for another season at Pumpkins On Garfield Carmen Vande Stroet | Staff Writer Slightly south of Doon and not far from Hull is a machine shed filled with pumpkins and other delights of fall. The nights are cooler, the air is crisper, but the inside...