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Farm to foreign markets

AMERICAN BEEF IN JAPAN Hayley Moss stands in an aisle containing American beef in a Japanese supermarket. Moss was honored to travel to Taiwan and Japan as part of an Agriculture Trade Mission coordinated by the Iowa Economic Development Authority from Nov. 15-23....

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Combined junior high fall music program

The combined choir sang “Jesus Loves Me” with several small ensembles at a concert Nov. 25. (Photo/Julie Bosma) The combined junior high band from Hull Protestant Reformed Christian School and Northwest Iowa Protestant Reformed School presented its concert Monday,...

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Boyden Post Office

In 1904 Sherman David Thompson was the mail carrier for the first horse-driven wooden wagon. (Photo/Diamond Jubilee) Two rural mail wagons are shown in front of the Boyden Post Office in 1905. (Photo/Diamond Jubilee) Betty Mouw arranged the keys to the new post office...

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Robots on the rise

FINE-TUNING Trinity Robotics team members tweak their robot bzBots during their most recent competition at Sioux City East Middle School Nov. 23. The team fine-tuned their robot to earn another first place out of 16 teams at their latest competition and is now ranked...

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A fruitful tradition

READY FOR DISTRIBUTION Kellen Van Schepen loads boxes of fruit to deliver from this year’s FFA fruit sales at Western Christian Tuesday, Nov. 19. FFA members sold fruit and other items throughout October and have finally completed the fundraiser after distributing all...

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Musical accomplishments

WESTERN CHRISTIAN ALL STATERS From left to right, Ava Van Maanen, Ari Van Grootheest, Allie Wielenga, Katie Veldman and Jenessa Van Roekel. (Photo/Submitted) Seven local students perform at All-State Music Festival Amy Lyon | Staff Writer Music filled the arena of the...

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Serve day

Hull Christian School’s junior high demonstrates service through fall clean-up Amy Lyon | Staff Writer Hull Christian School’s motto is “Rooted in Christ,” and one way they live that out-loud is through service. An example of such service took place Nov. 12 when the...

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Hull Christian School presents fall music concert

One of the junior high band’s selection was “Gettysburg” by Brian Balmages which used many instruments to depict the events at the Battle of Gettysburg. (Photo/Julie Bosma) The seventh- and eighth-grade choir sang an Israeli Folk Song “Zum Gali Gali” which was...

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Country Kids 4-H Club Meeting

Jessa Haahr | Country Kids 4-H Reporter The Country Kids 4-H Club met Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Inwood Community Center. There were 23 members present. Members were reminded to get enrolled online for the new 4-H year if they haven’t already done so. Our club will be...

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Improvements in the eyes of the owner

Opinions, judgments and takes can come from many different sources in the world of sports. General managers can always be self-critiquing how the roster moves have panned out and how their vision for the team is coming into form. Coaches can often reflect on goals...

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Featuring the Moss Family

The Moss family poses at Northwest Iowa Horse Show Association’s annual awards banquet where Merritt, far right, was honored with the title 2025 NIHSA king. (Photo/Submitted) Hayley and Craig Moss with their two sons, McCoy, left, and Merritt. (Photo/Submitted) Amy...

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Modern machinery, timeless service

FRIENDS OF FENDT From left to right, Kevin Van Schepen, Matt Vande Hoef and Travis Veldman stand in front of some posters depicting the cutting-edge technology of Fendt machinery in Van’s Implement in Hull. This family-owned-and-operated business began in 1947 and...

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Livestock risk protection

JUSTIN BEUKELMAN Justin Beukelman is an insurance producer with Iowa State Bank Insurance in Hull, and his role is the sale and service of farm, livestock, crop and commercial insurance. He has worked at Iowa State Bank Insurance over 16 years and strives to educate...

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Shopping Small First

Pictured are the staff from B Fierce Boutique back, from left: Megan De Jong, Alyssa Faber, Nicole Rozeboom, Ashley Van Maanen, Randi Grevengoed, Lindsey Hoogendoorn; Front, from left: Ashley Heimensen and Maddie Emerick. (Photo/Submitted) Hull business to participate...

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Women Serving in World War II

Kosters Rena US Navy WAVE 1943. (Photo/Submitted) Remembering Rena (Kosters) Roberts Pat Kosters | Guest Writer This Nov. 11 we celebrate 80 years since the establishment of the Women’s Branch of the Naval Reserve. In 1942, after the Navy estimated it did not have...

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Hull Christian honors veterans

Hull Christian School second graders made special Veterans Day artwork with a picture of a veteran and writings about what they learned about Veterans Day. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Hull Christian School seventh and eighth graders made Veterans Day posters that lined the...

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Craig’s County Comments

Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ ReportCraig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for November 13, 2024 The election is over. I wish I could say that all the texts I get regarding the election was too. While it...

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90th Birthday

Birthday Wilma Grevengoed will celebrate her 90th birthday Tuesday, Dec. 3. Her family is requesting a card shower in honor of the occasion. Cards may be sent to her at Aspen Heights, Room 109, 1410 Aspen St., Hull, Iowa 51239.

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Replica of 1885 First Reformed Church

Russ Vander Zwaag made a replica of the 1885 First Reformed Church. (Photo/First Reformed Church 1885-1960) The front doors open to reveal the pews inside the church and the altar in front of the church. (Photo/Julie Bosma) A small altar with a tiny open Bible, two...

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Election 2024

ELECTION 2024 Pictured is incumbent Randy Feenstra giving a speech at the Hull Public Library on his re-election as U.S. Representative of the Fourth District Tuesday, Nov. 5. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson) Shane D. Johnson | Editor In the 2024 U.S. election cycle, several...

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