Couple recounts their time as foster parents NO EMPTY NEST HERE Dan and Julie Bosma started the process to become foster parents when their youngest daughter, Kathy, was in high school. Over the past 17 years, the couple have fostered 88 children, often times...
BEING CYBER SAFE TAKES EVERYONE Josh Folkerts of Premier Communications provided a presentation on cyber security at the monthly meeting of the Hull Area Chamber of Commerce March 8. (Photo/Jennifer Kor) Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer The Hull Area Chamber of Commerce...
Virtual course designed to prepare kids for time at home alone Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Keeping kids safe at home is something all parents worry about. As the child gets older, parents start to wonder what is an appropriate age for their son or daughter to be left...
Spring cleaning is a good time to prepare a financial plan Paul Hoogendoorn Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer No one can predict the future, especially when it comes to finances, but each person has the power to prepare. As many begin spring cleaning in their homes and...
war eagle all-conference boys’ basketball Photographed left to right: Anthony Kooiker and Carson Zandstra. Both Trinity Christian boys’ basketball players were selected to the War Eagle All-conference boys’ basketball team as announced by the War Eagle Conference...
war eagle all-conference girls’ basketball Alyssa Maassen of the Trinity Christian girls’ basketball team. Maassen was selected as a War Eagle All-conference pick as announced by the conference Friday, March 12. (Photo/Nathan Broek) Alyssa Maassen picked as an...
high school football Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley still a 3A school after the state adds a class, Western Christian still in Class 1A District 1 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Prior to the start of the state basketball tournaments Friday, March 12, the Iowa High School...
ONE-OF-A-KIND Christiana Westra, owner of C Anna’s Things in Hull, creates one-of-a-kind, handmade, flower arrangements that are for sale in her home. Westra creates wooden flowers that that are added in with artificial greenery that can be arranged and used for any...
PASSION FOR AGRICULTURE Kylie Nettinga, ag instructor and FFA advisor at Western Christian High School, has been nominated for the Golden Owl Award presented by Nationwide and the Iowa FFA Foundation. Nettinga is one of seven educators nominated for the award....
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer In 1900, Rudolf Diesel unveiled the first diesel engine at the World Fair. The engine originally ran on peanut oil and Diesel believed plant-based oils could play a big part in the future of America’s engines. Celebrating the...
Residents took time to check out all the spring decorations Bargain Alley has to offer Friday, March 5. Many stores downtown were buzzing with customers who were enjoying the 50-degree day and came out to support local businesses. (Photo/Jennifer Kor) Jennifer Kor |...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Western Christian High School individual competitive speech students participated in a district contest at Western Christian Monday, March 1. “We are so thankful the students are able to perform in-person this year; so, while...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer No matter the season in Iowa, weather is one thing everyone needs to be constantly aware of. In moments when precious seconds matter to the safety of all residents, the Iowa Emergency Management Association asks all homeowners to take a few...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union announced guidelines for golf in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic in a press release issued Feb. 26. The groups recommend those who are feeling sick...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Western Christian girls’ basketball standout and senior women’s basketball player at Dordt University Erika Feenstra received Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) all-conference basketball honors as released by the GPAC...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Three Boyden-Hull students, Allison Moore, Jaiden Cannegieter and Aubrey Cannegieter, competed in the South Dakota girls’ state hockey tournament in Watertown, South Dakota, March 5-7 as part of the Sioux Center Tornadoes and they came...
(Right) Maggie Kats and Emily De Jager of Western Christian. Both students participated in the Iowa Honor Dance team Feb. 22 with their routine being aired on PBS during the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union state basketball championships on March 6....
The boys’ basketball teams from Boyden-Hull High School, top, and Western Christian High School, bottom, celebrate with their respective state qualifier banners Saturday, Feb. 27. The Comets won a substate final over OABCIG in Sheldon while the Wolfpack defeated...
A STUDY IN COMMUNITIES Students in Megan Raman’s third-grade class at Hull Christian School created models of local businesses as part of a social studies unit on the three different types of communities. (Photo/Jennifer Kor) Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer The key to a...
Members of the Hull Area Chamber of Commerce board conducted ribbon-cutting ceremonies at three businesses Wednesday, Feb. 24. (Photo/Jennifer Kor) Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer The Hull Area Chamber of Commerce honored three businesses Wednesday, Feb. 24 with a ribbon...
