Financial aid season opened Oct. 1 A new staple of the fall season is the opening of the financial aid season with the launch of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Oct. 1. High school seniors and current college students planning to attend classes in...
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Night of Hope plans being finalized
June De Wit | Staff Writer The sixth annual women’s Night of Hope will be Wednesday, Oct. 10, in the Western Christian High School events center. The annual donation-only event, hosted by the Hull Chamber of Commerce, raises funds for the American Cancer Society....
Ten Pas takes on 35-hour challenge
June De Wit | Writer Hull Christian School principal, Randy Ten Pas, and his wife, Kristi, always look for something unique for Ten Pas’ annual Rally Day Sale challenge. This year, the couple decided to show a little compassion to new parents as part of the...
Veterans and service members recognized for their service
Top: A long line of veterans and service members were recognized at Boyden-Hull`s homecoming game Friday evening. They were thanked for their service by being recognized by the school. Right: Ladell Kaster was recognized for 50 years in the American Legion. He...
Student excitement helps restart Pep Club
June De Wit | Staff Writer After not having a pep club at Boyden-Hull High School last school year, Audrey Kreun and Gabi Luevano thought the 2017 homecoming was rather uneventful. After a discussion with the student council, the two girls decided to restart the club....
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Long rallies a key factor in a 3-2 match victory over CC-E
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Clay Central-Everly 25-10-18-25-9 2 Trinity Christian 23-25-25-23-25 3 HULL-The game of volleyball is all about runs and who has the momentum. The match between Trinity Christian and Clay Central-Everly certainly proved that fact as...
Western Christain out-battles Spirit Lake in three-set sweep
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 28-25-25 3 Spirit Lake 26-17-22 0 SPIRIT LAKE-Coming into its match with Spirit Lake, the Class 2A third-ranked Western Christian volleyball team knew it was an important match for the Lakes Conference volleyball race....
Service line aids a 3-0 sweep over the Generals
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Sibley-Ocheyedan 7-11-11 0 Boyden-Hull 25-25-25 3 HULL-Boyden-Hull had an aggressive serving attack and Sibley-Ocheyedan simply could not defend it as the Comets defeated the Generals 25-7, 25-11, 25-11 in Siouxland Conference...
Western Christian outlasts rival Knights in overtime
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian 7-7-0-7-7 28 Unity Christian 7-7-0-7-0 21 ORANGE CITY-Both teams were evenly matched in a Class 1A District 1 football game between rivals Western Christian and Unity Christian Friday, Sept. 21, but the Wolfpack...
De Jager earns G-PAC Setter of the Week honors
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Western Christian volleyball standout Jamie (Gesink) De Jager earned the Great Plains Athletic Conference Setter of the Week honors for contests played Sept. 10-16. De Jager guided the Dordt College Defenders to a pair of wins,...
Nighthawks get back on track
Jordan Harmelink | Contributing Writer ROCK VALLEY-Class 2A third-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley got back to its winning ways Friday in Rock Valley. After losing their first game of the season the week prior to Class 3A power Sergeant Bluff-Luton, the Nighthawks...
Watch for scams in Hurricane Florence’s wake
In the wake of widespread damage caused by Hurricane Florence, the Iowa Insurance Division is cautioning Iowans to watch out for opportunistic investment or charitable scams. “Iowans know that natural disasters can bring out the best in people as neighbors help...
Iowa West Nile virus activity highest since 2003
Community Health Partners urges everyone to prevent mosquito bites West Nile Virus cases in Iowa have hit the second highest number since 2003. There have been three deaths in Iowa in 2018 associated with the virus. West Nile Virus is transmitted by mosquitos. ...
Governor issues disaster proclamation
Governor Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation Friday, Sept. 21 for Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, O›Brien, Palo Alto, Sioux, Winnebago, Worth and Wright counties in response to storms and flooding that took place...
Statewide Republican candidates to speak at Pizza & Policy
Guests at the next Sioux County Conservatives’ Pizza & Policy event will include Mary Mosiman, Iowa State Auditor, and Jeremy Davis, Republican candidate for Iowa Treasurer. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the Sioux Center Pizza Hut. State Sen. Randy Feenstra...
Helping meet a community need
June De Wit | Staff Writer After being made aware of a need for additional storage units in Boyden, Bruce and Julie Schafer wanted to help out. They purchased a plot of land in the New Horizons industrial district south of Highway 18 and got plans moving. The Schafers...
‘Downstairs at Downton’ coming to Hull Library
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer What was life really like below the stairs at a place like Downton Abbey? Could the chauffer really marry the daughter of an earl? Would a maid help move a dead body to protect her mistress’ reputation? Historian Kathy Wilson...
Commercial pesticide applicators continuing instruction course
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Sioux County office will conduct an aquatic, forest and right-of-way continuing instruction course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators Wednesday, Oct. 17. The program provided by ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide...
