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Berdena Bylsma

93 Hull, Iowa March 11, 2022 Berdena Bylsma, 93, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 11, 2022, at Lyon Specialty Care in Rock Rapids. Visitation with the family will be Friday, March 18, from 6-8 p.m. at Oolman Funeral Home in Hull. Funeral service will be at...

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Sharon Bultje

76 Sioux Falls, South Dakota March 6, 2022 Sharon Bultje, 76, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died Sunday, March 6, 2022, after a short battle with cancer.  Funeral service was Saturday, March 12, at Shalom Christian Reformed Church, Sioux Falls. Sharon Faye...

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Overcoming the odds

high school basketball Boyden-Hull alum Wade Vander Maten leads Rock Valley to boys’ Class 2A state basketball title amid his heart condition and surgery on April 22 Wade Vander Maten (pictured squatting) looks on with the rest of the Rock Valley bench during the...

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Ethan Kooima named as all-conference

war eagle all-conference boys’ basketball honors Kooima picked to the honorable mention team as announced by the War Eagle Conference Friday, March 11 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor One Trinity Christian boys’ basketball player was selected to the War Eagle...

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B-H Comet selected to participate in Senior Basketball Classic

igca senior basketball classic Marissa Pottebaum will play for the Class 2A gray team April 9-19 in the Larry Niemeyer Senior All-Star Game Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Iowa Girls’ Coaches’ Association announced, prior to the Iowa High School Girls’ Athletic Union...

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Two Tigers named as honorable mention

war eagle all-conference girls’ basketball honors Makiah De Jager and Anna Postma selected to the War Eagle All-Conference team as announced Friday, March 11 Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two Trinity Christian girls’ basketball players were selected to the War Eagle...

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A sneak peek at spring

Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor  Kallie Hoekstra rides her scooter on Tuesday, March 1.  There is a saying in the Midwest and familiar to most Iowans, “If you don’t like the current weather, just wait a bit. It will change.”  That was certainly the case last...

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Down with the old

Down with the old 1974 HULL CO-OP FERTILIZER PLANT DEMOLISHED Hull Co-op took steps to demolish the old fertilizer warehouse this week in order to make more room in that lot.  The building was erected in 1974 and was deemed obsolete since the 2021 construction of the...

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Lenore Jongerius

86 Orange City, Iowa March 4, 2022 Lenore “Lee” Jongerius, 86, of Orange City, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 4, 2022, at Happy Siesta Health Care Center in Remsen, Iowa. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 9, at First Christian Reformed Church,...

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Local athletes get selected to participate in all-star contest

iowa basketball coaches association all-star game Western Christian boys’ basketball coach Derek Keizer also selected to coach Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two athletes from Western Christian and one athlete from Boyden-Hull, as well as Wolfpack boys’ basketball coach...

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Former Western Christian athlete named as Player of the Year

great plains women’s basketball Asthyn Veerbeek of the Dordt University women’s basketball team named as GPAC POY Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Western Christian girls’ basketball standout Ashtyn Veerbeek was selected as Great Plaines Athletic Conference (GPAC)...

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Two former Wolfpack earn All-American honors

naia national indoor track and field Cole Zevenbergen finishes sixth in the 600-meter run with Emilee Heynen also earning honors in multiple events Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Two former Western Christian track and field standouts earned All-American status after...

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Caden Kleinwolterink chooses Red Raiders

college signing Kleinwolterink of Boyden-Hull looks to play both basketball and golf at Northwestern College in Orange City Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball and golf standout Caden Kleinwolterink has signed a letter of intent to continue both...

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Six Wolfpack earn all-conference recognition

lakes all-conference boys’ basketball honors Western Christian highlighted by first-team unanimous picks Ty Van Essen and Wyatt Gulker Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Six Western Christian boys’ basketball players were selected by the Lakes Conference as all-conference...

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Four Western Christian players named as all-conference

lakes all-conference girls’ basketball honors Wolfpack highlighted by Lydia Van Kley and Stella Winterfeld as second-team selections Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Four Western Christian girls’ basketball players were selected to the Lakes All-Conference girls’...

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Hull city administrator Jim Collins celebrates last day

Shane D. Johnson Staff Writer Saying goodbye  Hull Mayor Arlan Moss stands next to former Hull city administrator Jim Collins during Collins’ last day in the position.  To honor Collins, a coffee and cookie social was had at the city offices Friday, Feb. 18 from 9-11...

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Hull Historical Society to host high tea event

Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer The Hull Historical Society is going to be hosting a high tea event at First Reformed Church in Hull Wednesday, April 20, beginning at 5:30 p.m.  The event will last about one to one-and-a-half hours and will give audience members...

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Hull Business and Industry Expo slated for March 30

Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer The Hull Business and Industry Expo will be Wednesday, March 30, in Hull’s community building from 3-7 p.m.  The Hull Chamber of Commerce is hosting the event, which currently has 22 businesses registered, according to Hull Chamber...

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Tunis Vollink

82 Hull, Iowa February 16, 2022 Tunis Vollink, 82, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull. Memorial service was Monday, Feb, 21, at First Reformed Church, Hull, with interment in Hope Cemetery, Hull.  Tunis...

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