(LEFT) Boyden-Hull All-State Performers: Zach Gaul, first time selected for All-State; Kaylee De Jong, second time selected for All-State; Jeremy Maassen, third time selected for All-State. (Photo/Submitted) Iowa High School Speech Association judges recently selected...
Church celebrates farming season with inaugural ‘Blessing of Tractors’ Sunni Battin | Editor St. John Lutheran Church in Boyden wants to give farmers extra support this spring by hosting its first “Blessing of Tractors.” With farming season and planting already...
FFA members line up by their tractors at Western Christian High School March 26. (RIGHT) FFA members drove their tractors around town before classes started. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Western Christian High School had its Drive Your Tractor to School Day March...
Hamilton Verwolf (right) helps Lucas Van Lingen with the pirate word game. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Eighteen students met at the Hull Library March 24 to learn all about pirates. Sandy Westra read “On a Pirate Ship” by Sarah Courtauld and Benji Davies. She...
Students painted the hair for Thing 1 and Thing 2 with plastic forks. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Dr. Seuss Day was celebrated at the Hull Library March 25 with Shelby Kaestner from ISU Extension. Students made Thing 1 and Thing 2 art and played Dr. Seuss BINGO....
This is an open letter to ESPN regarding its decision to end a partnership with MLB after the 2025-2026 season.To ESPN,I have been a fan and consumer of your product for many years. I have watched numerous NBA games, college football games, Monday night football...
Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ Report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for March 25, 2025 Springtime activities are what is going on a KC Family Farms right now. I seldom sell grain for delivery in the...
Aliya Koelewyn’s acrylic painting is titled “Sunset Swing. Carissa Hulstein’s drawing is titled “Wayward Jelllyfish.” Haley De Groot’s umbrella and flowers is titled “Beauty from Sadness.” Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Western Christian High School’s art class has...
Kaylee DeJong is chosen for the 1A/2A Iowa All-State Jazz Band and will perform May 15 at the 98th Annual Iowa Bandmasters Conference in Des Moines. (Courtesy of Iowa Central/Paul DeCoursey) Sunni Battin | Editor It has been a daily grind of perfecting her art and now...
Sunni Battin | Editor Uncertainty seems to be the looming word regarding the flurry of tariffs issued this month and the forecast of what remains to be seen. “A tariff is an import tax,” said Chad Hart, Iowa State University economics professor. “Goods created in...
Shelly Van Otterloo, owner of ANEW nutrition, says her favorite thing about Hull are the people. Long-term resident ‘grateful’ for community and opportunities Sunni Battin | Editor "I will always be grateful for the opportunities I’ve been given in Hull." - -Shelly...
Emma De Jong, “Fading Landlines” Juan Acros, “Salmon Swimming Upstream” Madisyn Jansen, “Head in the Clouds” Juliana Rodriquez, “Dinner Time” Shelby Wells, “Grizzly Bear” Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant The artwork of 10 Boyden-Hull students was accepted into Dordt...
When you pass through the waters… Annica Van Bemmel drew a coloring page on “When you pass through the waters…” The Lord is my Shephard Karyn Uittenbogaard drew this coloring page on Psalm 23. Stand Fast in the Faith Mattias Vis drew the “Stand Fast in the Faith”...
Cason made a replica of DeJong’s Hardware Hank. Hollis made a replica of Home on Main and The Grain House. Kylee made a replica of B. Fierce. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Colleen Horstman’s third graders at Hull Christian School made replicas of Hull buildings as...
SCHOLTEN FAMILY From left to right, Ella, Mikah, Mary, Ethan, Thane and Jase. (Photo/Submitted) BONDING ON THE FARM Mikah and Mary Scholten have raised their four children on the farm. Pictured are the two youngest, Jase, left, and Ethan, with their dad....
PLANT MANAGER Darren De Groot is the plant manager at Farmers Feed and Supply in Boyden. De Groot started there in 1998 in high school and worked his way up to manager. (Photo/Amy Lyon) MAKING CUSTOMIZED FEED Pictured is the inside of Farmers Feed and Supply in Boyden...
HONORING HARV PUNT Harv and Lori Punt started H&L Enterprises, which later became Livestock Equipment & Manufacturing, in the early 1990s. Harv was known for designing cattle-working equipment and helping his customers in any way possible until his tragic...
Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ Report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for March 18, 2025The blizzard that wasn’t. That’s what is transpiring right now as I write this on the morning of March 19. All...
By Robin Opsahl | Iowa Capital Dispatch House and Senate appropriations subcommittees on Tuesday advanced the governor’s health care proposal to expand Iowa’s medical residencies and increase funding for the state’s health care student loan repayment program, largely...
Boyden-Hull boys’ and girls’ track and field Girls win seven of 10 events at Dordt Indoor competition Andrew Buckman | Sports Editor SIOUX CENTER – Several Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley track and field participants competed in an early meet in Sioux Center. While the girls...
