June De Wit /Staff Writer Boyden-Hull Community School partnered with the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office and Sioux County Community Health Partners to host an informational presentation on the dangers of vaping and Juuling, and how it affects a teen’s developing brain...
June De Wit | Staff Writer The fourth annual Business & Industry Expo will be Wednesday, March 27, from 3- 8 p.m. in the Hull Community Building on Main Street. The Hull Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event. The expo is open to the public with free...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer It hasn’t been easy to follow the Boyden-Hull School District’s calendar this year. Weather or sporting events have resulted in eight missed days and six late starts or early dismissals. Even with two snow days made up, the last day...
June De Wit | Staff Writer The Hull Chamber and Hull Public Library are jointly sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt in Hull this year. It will be the first of its kind for the community in several years. The Easter Egg Hunt will take place April 13 from 10-11 a.m. Kids...
The Otter Valley Country Club will present its spring dinner theater on April 3, 4, 5 and 6. The play, “How The Other Half Dies,” is written by Eddie McPherson who has over 70 plays/books published in the educational, theatre, Christian and children’s markets. In a...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer For several years, the Hull Public Library has been the voting site for school board, city and other elections. But that’s changing this year when the polls will be moved back to the basement of the community building. This change happened...
A northwest Iowa soil health workshop Thursday, March 28, will offer soil and water management CEU credits as well as timely information from local and area farmers. The workshop will be at Northwest Iowa Community College, Building A in Sheldon and starts at 9:30...
Western Christian boys’ soccer player Clay Van Tol made a verbal announcement Thursday, March 7, that he will sign to play soccer at Dordt College next fall. Van Tol will be entering his senior season for the Wolfpack this coming spring. Last season he played all 12...
Correction on the Siouxland Conference boys’ all-conference team from last week. In the Siouxland all-conference boys’ basketball team story that ran in last week’s issue of the Sioux County Index-Reporter, Spencer Te Slaa was accidently omitted. Te Slaa was named to...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Pete Pals is a natural storyteller with an amazing memory. Putting the two together, he entertained a crowd of over 50 visitors at the Hull Public Library last Thursday morning. Pals shared memories and read excerpts from his book,...
Henrietta Dykstra 89 Hull, Iowa March 8, 2019 Henrietta Dykstra, 89, of Hull, Iowa, died March 8, 2019, at Western Home Community, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Family visitation will be Thursday, March 14, from 6-8 p.m. at First Reformed Church, Hull. Funeral service will be...
Joanne Winter 84 Boyden, Iowa March 3, 2019 Joanne Marie Winter, 84 of Boyden, Iowa, died Sunday, March 3, 2019, at Orange City Hospital, Orange City, Iowa. Funeral service was Saturday, March 9, at St. John Lutheran Church, rural Boyden, with interment in the church...
Wilmina Kooiker 96 Hull, Iowa March 8, 2019 Wilmina Kooiker, 96, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019, at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, at American Reformed Church, Hull,...
Bernice Fischer 95 Hull, Iowa March 2, 2019 Bernice Fischer, 95, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Pleasant Acres Care Center, Hull. Funeral service was Thursday, March 7, at Oolman Funeral Home, Hull, with interment in Eureka Cemetery in Eureka,...
Priscilla Siemonsma 91 Rock Valley, Iowa March 3, 2019 Priscilla Siemonsma, 91, of Rock Valley, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Whispering Heights, Rock Valley. Funeral services were Monday, March 11, at First Reformed Church, Sheldon, Iowa, with interment...
Hull city administrator, Jim Collins, attended an Iowa floodplain mapping program meeting in Orange City last week and shared this graphic. “While we in Hull do not have much in the way of a flood plain, it was interesting to see where the mapping program indicated...
The Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball team finished the 2018-2019 campaign in second place in Class 2A during the boys’ state basketball tournament in Des Moines last week. Look inside for our “Road to State” special section for complete recaps on all three games, photos...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull Chamber of Commerce’s annual Outstanding Citizens luncheon was Monday, March 11, in the community building. According to the Chamber, the purpose of the event is to recognize the people who go above and beyond to make Hull a...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull Industrial Development Corp.’s new 15 percent discount on lots at Liberty Heights is already producing results. Two lots were sold at the end of February. “We’ve had a lot of interest since we announced our promotion a few...
Makiah Wiersma used Legos to construct buildings for a “city” created by kids at the Hull Public Library last week. ISU extension and Outreach county youth coordinator, Katie Leusink, led a dozen kids through the city-building process. This is part of an outreach...
