Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull basketball standout Tanner Te Slaa has announced he is planning on joining the South Dakota State basketball team in Brookings, South Dakota. Last season as a junior, Te Slaa averaged 21.5 points per game on 54 percent shooting...
EXPANSION INCLUDES ROOM TO MOVE New facilities at Protestant Christian Reformed School in Hull offer an expansive gym area for students to enjoy and practice their sports with space to move about. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson) New school year means big changes for the...
SCHOOL YEAR BRINGS NEW STAFF Jenelle VanDer Zwaag, Faith Bierma, Alex Van Der Wilt, Jenna Roghair and Sydney Durbin are welcomed to the staff roster of Hull Christian School in Hull. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson) 2021 school year also brings second-highest attendance Shane...
State’s population sees nearly 5 percent increase Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer The U.S. Census Bureau has released 2020 census statistics for Iowa and its counties and cities. The information is accurate as of April 1, 2020. The census provides data on...
SCHOLAR AND NURSE (Right) Annie Vanden Brink is enrolled in the LPN program at NCC in Sheldon. She received an Iowa Health Care Association scholarship as a dedicated Aspen Heights employee since 2019. Here, she is holding the scholarship award certificate for the...
SMOKE FOR MILES (Above) Smoke rolls from the fire at a poultry barn structure northwest of Otter Valley Golf Course Wednesday, August 11. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson) Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer A poultry barn structure fire Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 11, near George...
ihsaa and ighsau board minutes IHSAA and IGHSAU also announce that track and field first practice date also moved up to February 21 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor BOONE-Two new recommendations from the joint committees of the Iowa High School Athletic Association and...
COMMANDING THE DIESEL James Ver Dorn’s 1965 Farmall 1206 Diesel Turbo tractor was driven by Jim Koele, Hull American Legion commander, during the Western Christian FFA tractor ride Saturday, Aug. 7. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson) Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer The annual...
READY TO LEAD KIDS’ CLUB Pictured in the front row, left to right are Kids’ Club co-directors Elaine Boogerd and Sylvia Eekhoff. Pictured in the back row, left to right are co-president Ruth Moss, vice-president Pastor Aaron Deutsch, and co-president Julie Kreun....
MADE-TO-ORDER OMELETS Chef Jacob Formaro has been serving residents of the Aspen Height Retirement facility three years. As chef, he offered made-to-order omelets for the Chamber Coffee event with sausages and potatoes as sides. Here, he gets ready to serve Ed...
Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Human Sciences division hosted a QPR virtual meeting Tuesday, Aug. 3 on the topic of suicide and suicide awareness in relation to farming and agriculture. QPR stands for “Question....
86 Storm Lake, Iowa August 3, 2021 Leona Schreur, 86, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake, Iowa. Funeral service was Monday, Aug. 9, at Alton Reformed Church, Alton, Iowa, with interment in Nassau Township...
30 Tea, South Dakota August 6, 2021 Tyler Lee Westra, 30, of Tea, South Dakota, passed away Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, at his home. Visitation with family present will be Tuesday, Aug. 10, from 5-8 p.m. at George Boom Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, South Dakota....
ihsbca all-district baseball team Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Treyton Sandbulte of the Western Christian baseball team was selected by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches’ Association as an all-district player as announced Monday, Aug. 2. Sandbulte, who was picked...
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley baseball player Alex Godfredsen named as a third-team selection in Class 3A by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley baseball player Alex Godfredsen was named to the Iowa Print Sports...
ihsbca all-district baseball team Alex Godfredsen named first-team with Kody Noble named to the second team by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches’ Association Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley baseball players were selected to the Iowa High...
Tim Brunsting chats with the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls’ cross-country team prior to a race in Sibley during the fall of 2020. Brunsting was hired as the new activities director at Boyden-Hull with this past week as his first on the job. Because of that, Brunsting...
A STEP BACK IN TIME Arlan Bonestroo stands beside his original 1955 Chevy underneath the canopy of his newly-renovated “Standard Station.” The structure was renovated as a model of the former Bonestroo Station in Hull on the corner of Main Street and Highway...
Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer Hull residents expressed their concerns with potential plans for water retention and future development during the Hull City Council meeting July 26. Eric Bleeker, Doyle Wissink and Marianne Bleeker addressed the group pertaining...
Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer The PDR Youth Hunt began in 2008 in Clark, South Dakota, to honor Payton Dean Rasmussen whose life was taken by spinal meningitis in 1999. Now an annual event, the PDR Youth Hunt allows young children with disabilities to enjoy a...
