Jackson Verhoef won Best of Show, Overall Winner for Cadets. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Olivia Kroese won Best of Show for fifth-grade Gems. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Eli Van Schouwen holds his trophy for Cadets Most Original, Overall Winner. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Addison Negen won...
Community
Art Club receives award and visit from Sunday Ford
Sunday Ford brought the barred owl named Kahoot around so children could get a close look at it. Lena Vollink (on the right) presented Sandy Westra with the plaque the Art Club won. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Sunday Ford paid a visit to Hull Public Library Feb....
Winter Art
Hull Christian School first-graders made these snowmen pictures. (Photo/Julie Bosma) These Penguin Pals were made by Boyden-Hull second-grade students. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Cardinals flying by birch trees were made by second graders at Hull Protestant Reformed...
100 days of school
Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant First-, second- and third-grader students at Hull Christian School celebrated 100 days of school by making special artwork that used the numbers 1 and 0 in their pictures. (Photos/Julie Bosma)
FCCLA Boyden-Hull
The Boyden-Hull FCCLA chapter at the babysitting clinic event they hosted for elementary students Jan. 24, 2025. Front row left to right: Valeria Duenas, Cristel Marquez, Angela Sandoval. Back row left to right: Bryanna Garcia, Makinze Rensink, Itzel Marquez, Sonia...
What is FCCLA?
FCCLA or Family Career Community Leaders of America is a nationwide public career and technical organization for adolescent women and men in family and consumer sciences through grade 12. The community service organization is intended to help students build real-life...
Craig’s County Comments
Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for February 11, 2025 It’s all my fault. I opened my big trap last week and carried on about how we didn’t have any snow and how...
A love that endures
MARRIED FOR 63 YEARS Gradus Kuipers and Caroline Vander Streek were married June 5, 1961. The best friends live at Aspen Heights in Hull, have two daughters, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. (Photo/Amy Lyon) IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY Pictured are Gradus and...
Break up the winter blues
Car show coming to Boyden Amy Lyon | Staff Writer Car enthusiasts, come one, come all to the Frostbite Auto Fest Saturday, Feb. 22, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Demco Heritage Center in Boyden. Organized by the Moonlite Crewzers Car Club, this indoor car show is free to...
‘Hope to the hopeless’
BREAKFAST IS SERVED A student smiles as he receives breakfast at the Instituto Harvest Hands, a primary Christian school in Juárez, Mexico. The school has 126 students enrolled from grades 1-6 and is supported by Harvest Hands Ministries. (Photo/Submitted) MISSION...
Valentine’s Day Art
Boyden-Hull kindergarteners created woven hearts. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Hull Christian School kindergarteners created hearts with their hand prints and decorated them with glitter. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Hull Protestant Reformed Christian School first graders painted...
Boyden Public Library’s cake-decorating class
Pam Wielenga (in the middle) explains how she made the decorations and border on her cake and what tips were used to make them. Allison Van Roekel finishes decorating her cookies. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant The Boyden Public Library hosted a cake-decorating...
Origami Hearts at the Library
Ella De Groot, Emma Vink, Makenzie De Wild, Lilly De Groot and Shiloh Vink hold up their hearts. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Seventeen students at Hull Public Library were busy making origami hearts Tuesday, Feb. 11. Shelby Kaestner from ISU Extension read the...
Hull Christian School has science fair
Keith Hoekstra explains his “Balloon-Powered Car” to his grandpa from California, Vern Eekhoff. Breynlee LeLoux explains her “Volleyball Machine.” Alex Bruxvoort’s project was “Tallest Paper Tower Challenge.” Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant The seventh and eighth...
Craig’s County Comments
Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ Report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for February 4, 2025I have a hard time thinking of anything that is more unpredictable than the weather and the markets. In my...
Congratulations Large Group Speech Participants
Ensemble Acting, I The Goddess of Brand Muffins. Nadja Stanojkovic, Sophie Moeller, Aubree Boender (Photo/Submitted) Short film, I Forever Missing. Aliya Koelewyn, Maliyha de Boom, Levi Westra (Photo/Submitted) Choral Reading, II True Friendship. Lily Van Voorst,...
For the love of dogs
HELPING DOGS FEEL AND LOOK THEIR BEST Jenna Mantel of Canine Creations in Doon finishes grooming a Cavapoo named Peanut. Mantel’s love of dogs led to her opening her dog-grooming business in April 2024. She offers many grooming options, including baths, toenail trims,...
New development project gets underway
Sunni Battin | Editor Due to increasing population in Hull the last few years, a new housing project called Elm Street Development is in the works and is set to be completed in late summer. “It will be 25 buildable lots with two of those reserved for multi-family....
‘Kind of wild this season’
Staff from Community Health Partners of Sioux County at a health fair booth. (Photo/Submitted) Increases in respiratory viruses throughout area Sunni Battin | Editor Medical professionals are noticing an uptick in respiratory illnesses this winter, especially with...
Boyden-Hull recognizes employees for years of service
Left to right. Steve Grond (20 years); Jill L. De Ruyter (30 years): Heather Walton (30 years); Jacinda Zoet (25 years); Sue Boone (25 years); Tom Kerr (20 Years) (Photo/Boyden-Hull yearbook staff) Seven Boyden-Hull School employees were honored Jan. 28 with a service...
