Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull Chamber of Commerce Shop Hop was a win for the retail community, even though the number of finishers wasn’t as high as expected. The Chamber sponsored a Black-Out Bingo Shop Hop during September. Customers picked up bingo cards at...
June De Wit | Staff Writer To honor October Breast Cancer Awareness month, Demco Manufacturing of Boyden is partnering with Mitographers, a screenprinter in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Sanford of Sheldon, Iowa. Pink magnetic ribbon decals are being given to anyone...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Ladies’ Night of Hope, an annual event sponsored by Hull Chamber of Commerce, drew over 250 women to the Western Christian event center Wednesday, Oct. 10. While helping raise funds to help fight cancer, attendees enjoyed a meal,...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Western Christian High School and its music department were pleased to debut a gift of a Steinway B Grand Piano at the Friends of Western banquet Thursday evening. Orlin and Julie Te Slaa of Shakopee, Minnesota, gifted the piano to the...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sibley-Ocheyedan 0-0-0-0 0 Western Christian 7-0-14-7 28 HULL - Western Christian did not have much trouble moving the ball overall in its Class 1A District 1 football game against Sibley-Ocheyedan Friday, Oct. 5, but the Wolfpack...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor CHEROKEE-Conditions proved to be an added factor for the Trinity Christian and Western Christian cross-country teams at the Cherokee Cross-Country Invitational Tuesday, Oct. 2, but the competition proved to be much tougher for the Wolfpack...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor B-H/RV 21-14-13-0 48 Sheldon 0-0-0-0 0 SHELDON-Class 2A second-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley had everything working on offense, defense and special teams in its Class 2A District 1 football contest on the road with Sheldon Friday,...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor SIBLEY-Some newer faces to varsity cross-country took the course for the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls’ and boys’ teams and both squads had high finishes at the Sibley-Ocheyedan Cross-Country Invitational Monday, Oct. 1. This meet was...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor GEORGE-The weather was not ideal for a cross-country meet Thursday, Oct. 4, at the George-Little Rock/Central Lyon Cross-Country Invitational, but both Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley and Trinity Christian toughed out the conditions and had strong...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Storm Lake 4-9-8 0 Western Christian 25-25-25 3 HULL-Class 2A third-ranked Western Christian got off to a fast start in set one and never looked back in a 25-4, 25-9, 25-8 Lakes Conference volleyball victory over...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Trinity Christian 27-21-18-25-12 2 West Sioux 25-25-25-20-15 3 HAWARDEN - Trinity Christian had a big win in set one, but West Sioux battled in sets two and three. The Tigers came back to force a game five, but late service errors...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Rock Valley 13-21-18 0 Boyden-Hull 25-25-25 3 HULL-Boyden-Hull had a strong start in its first set against arch-rival Rock Valley in a Siouxland Conference volleyball match Tuesday, Oct. 2, but then had to battle some mistakes in...
Lorraine Dykstra 79 Orange City, Iowa Oct. 5, 2018 Lorraine Dykstra, 79, of Orange City, Iowa, passed away Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Happy Siesta Care Center, Remsen, Iowa. Funeral service is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Trinity Reformed Church, Orange City,...
Gertrude Van Roekel 86 Rock Rapids, Iowa October 3, 2018 Gertrude “Gert” Van Roekel, 86, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, at Rock Rapids Health Centre. Funeral service will be Tuesday, Oct. 9, at First Reformed Church, Rock Rapids. Gertrude De Vries...
Frieda Smit 100 Boyden, Iowa October 2, 2018 Frieda Smit, 100, of Boyden, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, at Hawkeye Care Center, Spirit Lake, Iowa. Funeral service was Saturday, Oct. 6, at First Reformed Church, Boyden, with interment in Sheridan Township...
By Matt Geiger | Executive Editor - News Publishing Co., Black Earth, Wisconsin “Everything in this newspaper is important to someone.” It’s become something of a mantra for me, in recent years. Weekly community newspapers are eclectic, to say the least. We publish...
Four members of the Western Christian FFA chapter participated in the district soil judging competition at Morningside College in Sioux City Thursday, Sept. 27. Students had to take a 40-question test on basic knowledge of soils. After the test, students were then...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Margaret Grond, daughter of Steve and Greta Grond, Hull, was recently named a Commended Scholar by the National Merit Scholarship Program. The 17-year-old Boyden-Hull senior received a letter of commendation for “outstanding performance”...
The Boyden-Hull High School marching band, under the direction of Virginia Eulberg, participated in the Sioux Falls Festival of Bands parade Saturday, Oct. 6. The band performed along the route in downtown Sioux Falls, stopping to be evaluated by a panel of judges....
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The shelter house at Hubbling Park in Hull is getting a new roof, courtesy of the Boyden-Hull High School home construction and repair class. Instead of replacing the dilapidated shingles, students will be covering them with a metal roof....
