Month: November 2019

Boyden-Hull to purchase Division Street house

Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Last week, the Boyden-Hull school board voted to purchase the property at 1010 Division St. in Hull for $80,000. The property is owned by Bradley Van Grootheest. “We’ve discussed this property over the last several months as we look to the...

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‘Giving Tree’ up at Pizza Ranch in Hull

June De Wit | Staff Writer Love INC of Sioux County’s Giving Tree was put up at Hull Pizza Ranch Nov. 16. Patrons can stop by and take a heart off the tree to help make someone’s Christmas this year a little brighter. The hearts and the item(s) purchased need to be...

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Love INC plans Christmas event

June De Wit | Staff Writer Love INC of Sioux County is planning a family-centered Christmas event, “The Heart of Christmas,” Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9:30-11 a.m. at the family life center at Faith Reformed Church in Rock Valley. Although located in Rock Valley, Love...

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Henry Van Der Brink

Henry Van Der Brink 64 George, Iowa Nov. 10, 2019 Henry “Hank” Van Der Brink, 64, of George  passed away Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, at his home. Memorial services were Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, George, with interment in Evergreen Lawn Cemetery,...

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Rosalynd Deatsch

Rosalynd Deatsch Boyden, Iowa Nov. 15, 2019 Rosalynd Anne Deatsch, the infant daughter of Nathan Deatsch and Emma Wells of Boyden, Iowa, passed away Friday, Nov. 15, 2019 at Sioux Center Health. 

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Elmer Koedam

Elmer Koedam 92 Sioux Center, Iowa Nov. 11, 2019  Elmer Koedam, 92, of Sioux Center died Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Sioux Center Health. Memorial service was Friday, Nov. 15, at Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Sioux Center, with interment in Valley View Cemetery,...

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Hermina Uittenbogaard

Hermina Uittenbogaard 93 Boyden, Iowa Nov. 16, 2019 Hermina Uittenbogaard, 93, of Boyden, Iowa, passed away Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull.  Memorial service will be Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. at First Reformed Church in Boyden. Rev....

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Nine Nighthawks earn all-district football honors

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Nine Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football players were named to the Class 2A All-District football team as announced by the District 1 coaches Wednesday, Nov. 13. Five Nighthawks named to the offensive all-district team were running back Kody...

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Shane Solberg earns GPAC Player-of-the-Week honors

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football standout Shane Solberg has earned Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Player-of-the-Week honors for games played Saturday, Nov. 9. The former standout running back for the Nighthawks is now a...

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Various Nighthawk athletes named to the academic list

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Thirteen Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley football players were named to the Class 2A District 1 academic football list as released by the district Wednesday, Nov. 13. Named to the list were Chris Van Der Brink, Cody Moser, Eric Salazar, Dawson...

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Two Wolfpack earn academic all-state

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two Western Christian volleyball athletes were named to the academic all-state list as announced by the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association Monday, Nov. 11. Named to the list were sisters Abby Postma and Ally Postma. To be named to the...

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ISU Extension presents program

Summer Beery, a program coordinator with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach-Sioux County, presented a program at the Boyden Library Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 12. The program was all about leaves and engaged the kids, kindergarten through fourth grade, in a...

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Tiedemann depicts Hull’s history with unique display

June De Wit | Staff Writer Arnold Tiedemann is setting up a unique train display in the Hull Historical Society Building. The display is a historical replica of Hull’s Main Street in 1910 and 1950. Both models feature Main Street from Railroad Street to Second Street....

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Boyden-Hull sends 11 to FFA national convention

Carmen Vande Stroet | Writer On Oct. 29, the Boyden-Hull FFA chapter sent 11 high school students to the 92nd national FFA convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.  These members included Kyra Fykstra, Hannah Hulstein, Sydney TeSlaa, Joeb Boogerd, Reid Vande Stroet, Jake...

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Western Christian FFA Chapter attends national convention

Carmen Vande Stroet | Staff Writer Six Western Christian High School students attended the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, recently. Leaving Oct. 29, the students enjoyed a full week filled with networking, workshops and various tours. One tour the...

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Hull Kiwanis annual poinsettia sale

His address might not be Hull anymore, but Denny Wright is still a member of the Hull Kiwanis organization and he’s helping promote the annual poinsettia sale. Thursday, Nov. 21, from 1-7 p.m. hundreds of the colorful Christmas plants will be available at Natural...

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Wolfpack head back to state for 19th consecutive season

Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull             16-21-15  0 Western Christian 25-25-25  3 ROCK VALLEY-When the regional pairings came out, the matchup between top-ranked Western Christian and ninth-rated Boyden-Hull in the Class 2A Region 1 final Tuesday, Nov. 5,...

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