Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Residents of Aspen Heights Assisted Living enjoyed time outdoors Friday, May 15 while watching a parade of cars pass through the circle drive at the facility. Residents waved as the cars drove by with loved ones of all ages holding up...
Each year, the Boyden-Hull High School music department gives out special music awards to graduating seniors during a concert near the end of the school year. This year, the awards were not able to be distributed in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Anna...
Hull council member recognized (Right) Joel Leusink, a member of the Hull City Council, was treated to cake following his last council meeting Monday, May 11. Leusink is moving from the community, vacating his seat on the council. City administrator Jim Collins, the...
Carl Vande Weerd | Contributor Board of Supervisors’ Meeting The Sioux County Board of Supervisors met for a regular meeting Tuesday morning, May 12 at the Sioux County Courthouse. The board met in the main court room due to the auditor’s office is using the board...
Kathie Obradovich | Iowa Capital Dispatch The Iowa Legislature will resume its interrupted 2020 session June 3, Republican legislative leaders announced Wednesday, May 13. The legislative session has been suspended since March 16 when community spread of COVID-19 was...
90 Hull, Iowa May 11, 2020 Harold Klay, 90, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Monday, May 11, 2020, at Sioux Center Health. Funeral service was Friday, May 15, at Oolman Funeral Home, Hull, with interment in Hope Cemetery, Hull. Harold Thomas was born Sept. 14, 1929,...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer The 2020 senior class from Boyden-Hull High School took to the streets of Hull Friday, May 15 to celebrate their academic achievements in a different way than years past. Led by the Hull and Boyden Fire Departments, the graduating class...
CAUSE FOR CELEBRATIONMicah Ochsendorf celebrated his sixth and golden birthday Wednesday, May 6 while social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite not having a typical birthday party, Micah and his family celebrated the occasion in other ways. Jennifer Kor...
OPEN FOR BUSINESS Zandstra Family Greenhouse in Hull is open for business with flowers and vegetables for gardens while observing social distancing guidelines to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. (Photo/Jennifer Kor) Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer For 16...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor The Hull Kiwanis Club announced recipients of the annual Hull Kiwanis awards, $500 scholarship awarded to local high school seniors. This year’s award winners include Brooke Zylstra from Boyden-Hull, Nakia Nielsen from Western Christian...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor The class of 2020 will have left a mark on history in more ways than one. The COVID-19 pandemic brought an abrupt halt to the school year and has forced changes or postponements to the traditional graduation commencement...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer The 2020 planting season is nearly completed, as weather conditions have been more favorable to farmers than years past. “Most all of the corn is in the fields and farmers are reporting 80 percent of the soybeans are already in the ground,”...
STAYING IN TOUCH Aspen Heights Assisted Living resident, Joyce DeVries holds up a dry erase board to send a message to her family thanking them for their visits and sending her love. Staff is finding creative ways for families and residents to stay in contact through...
HULL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FUNDRAISER Mandy Hoekstra (left) and Jamie Oostenink (right) placed flowers in the Hull Christian School parking lot spaced out for social distancing guidelines for recipients to pick up Wednesday, May 6. (Photo/Submitted) Jennifer Kor | Staff...
88 Riverview, FL May 4, 2020 Wilma A. Van Leeuwen, 88, of Riverview, FL, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2020. Wilma was born on May 18, 1931, in Sioux Center, Iowa, to Jacob and Gertrude (Zuiderhof) Tamminga. Wilma was one of nine hard-working, fun-loving children. She...
85 Sioux City, Iowa May 6, 2020 Richard Norberg, 85, of Sioux City, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at a local nursing home. Private graveside service will be conducted for the family. Richard Marvin Norberg was born July 25, 1934, in Sioux City,...
Western Christian wrestling coach Pete Di Pol (kneeling) helps Bently Van Kley and Braxton Van Kley of Hull during a session at the Di Pol Wrestling Academy in Rock Valley. The Di Pol Wrestling Academy began on May 1 with an attempt to grow the popularity of wrestling...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Western Christian football stand out and Hull native Levi Vanden Bos has signed a letter of intent to continue his football career at South Dakota State University in Brookings next fall. This past season as a junior, Vanden Bos ranked...
Keyton Moser, of the Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball team, signs a letter of intent to play basketball for Northwestern College. (Photo/Submitted) Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball standout Keyton Moser announced on Twitter Wednesday, May 6, that...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor Former Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley wrestling standout Chris Van Der Brink has signed a letter of intent to continue his wrestling career at Northwestern College in Orange City this winter. Van Der Brink was a four-time letter-winner for the...
