Article submitted Nadja Stanojkovic presented about Serbia to Boyden-Hull high school students on Monday and Tuesday, November 18 and 19 during Comet Time and to Junior High students on November 21. After the presentations, students sampled Lazy Apple Pie, a...
Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ Report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for December 3, 2024No matter the weather, November seems like fall to me which technically it is. The weather can still be fair...
Movies are great for any number of reasons. They can fill time when the hours are long and the days seem even longer. They can transport us to times and places where we never have envisioned to go or hope someday to visit. They can also tell the stories of the...
The “Blast from the “Past” book on Hull’s history is available now! The books will be available for purchase at Winterfest and at the Index office from 8:15 – 11:30 Monday through Friday. From photographs to column to book Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant “Blast from...
A SIGN TO BE PROUD OF From left to right, Adrienne Thorson and Eniya, Travis and Helen Soodsma pose with the Century Farm Award they received this August. The Soodsma family has owned the land since 1922, and current owner Travis looks forward to displaying the sign...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
