Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Finding a job she loves and moving back to northwest Iowa seemed like a godsend to Pam Ellis. The daughter of John and Pat Haveman, Hull, Ellis has been named the Village Northwest Unlimited autism program director. During the two-year...
Students advance to state SkillsUSA Students from Northwest Iowa Community College, Sheldon, advanced to the SkillsUSA Iowa State Leadership and Skills Conference in Ankeny, Iowa, April 25-26. SkillsUSA programs help to establish industry standards for job skill...
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Horticulture Educator Margaret Murphy will host “Vegetable Gardening 101” Monday, March 18, from 6-7 p.m. at the Hull Public Library. “Vegetable Gardening 101” will cover the basics of gardening: • Cold season and warm...
Iowa State University, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced recently that the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report is now available to the public...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Pocahontas Area 13-9-18-16 56 Boyden-Hull 18-13-21-16 68 SPENCER-Those outside the Boyden-Hull school district had their doubts on how the Comets would do coming into the Class 2A District 1 boys’ basketball tournament after dropping two...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Four Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball players were selected to the Siouxland Conference all-conference team as announced Monday, Feb. 26. Earning a first-team unanimous selection was senior center Beau De Jongh. He ranked in the top-10 in the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two Western Christian girls’ basketball players and four Western Christian boys’ basketball players were selected to the Lakes Conference all-conference teams as announced Tuesday, Feb. 25. For the girls’ squad, Olivia Granstra earned a...
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 will be Thursday, March 7, at 7 p.m. at Oolman Funeral Home, Hull, with interment in Eureka...
JoAnne Blankespoor 78 Doon, Iowa February 23, 2019 JoAnne Carol Blankespoor, 78, of Doon, Iowa, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, at Rock Rapids Health Centre. Memorial services were Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Doon United Reformed Church with interment in Hillside Cemetery,...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer When the school year started last August at Hull Christian, one essential position was unfilled. They didn’t have a school secretary. A few months earlier, the previous administrative assistant had left for another job closer to where she...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Five sixth-grade girls who love to read have created their own book club at Boyden-Hull Elementary School. Last fall, with the help of principal Tom Kerr, the group began meeting twice a month, during lunch break, to discuss books “Book...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Demco employees enjoyed a delicious lunch while supporting disabled veterans Wednesday, Feb. 27, in Boyden. The company hosted its third chili cookoff as a fundraiser for Partners for Patriots, a non-profit that provides service dogs for...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer A public hearing for the City of Hull’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019-2020 is set for March 11 at 5 p.m. The city will be asking less of taxpayers for the upcoming year — $11.98 per $1,000 taxable valuation on regular property,...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Caitlyn French, a native of Bay City, Michigan, recently joined the staff at New Century Press as a staff writer. “I grew up as an only child to my parents Jim and Linda French and grew up surrounded by water since Bay City is a port...
On Monday, Feb. 18, the Western Christian High School FFA chapter hosted its first CDE/LDE (Career Development Events and Leadership Development Events) competitive showcase. The event allowed FFA members and ag students to partake in a competition to prepare for...
Individual speech participants at Western Christian High School competed at the district individual speech competition at Okoboji High School Wednesday, Feb. 27. The team saw a great deal of success with 12 of their entries earning a I rating and advancing to the...
The Boyden Hull speech team competed at the district individual speech competition Wednesday, Feb. 27 at Okoboji High School. Individuals competed in a variety of categories including prose, storytelling, public address, after-dinner speaking, expository address, and...
Recently, the World Wildlife Fund released its 2018-2019 overwintering monarch population report. Adult monarch butterflies covered approximately 15 acres of forest canopy in Mexico, a doubling of last year’s population, and a level not seen since 10 years ago. The...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull girls’ golf standout, Brialle Koerselman, has signed a letter of intent to continue her golf career at Northwestern College next fall. Koerselman, who will be entering her senior season for the Comets this spring, has played...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sioux Center 15-10-7-12 44 Boyden-Hull 13-16-6-14 49 HULL-Beating a team for the third time in a season is never an easy task. That proved to be the case for Class 2A fifth-ranked Boyden-Hull against Sioux Center in the Class 2A District...
