NEW SRO ROLE IN SIOUX COUNTY Pictured is Sioux County’s newest school resource officer, Deputy Jake Harmelink who will be frequenting the schools of Hull and Boyden within the program. (Photo/Sioux County Sheriff) Shane D. Johnson | Editor The utmost care and thought...
Yesterday, (Aug. 12), the first Associated Press poll came out for the 2024-25 college football season. Not a meaningful pass has been thrown or a key defensive stop made, yet we still take the time before the start of the season to rank the college football teams, to...
The Boyden Legion erected an Honor Roll to honor the men who were fighting for our country. (Photo/ Diamond Jubilee 1889-1964) After the Honor Roll was taken down, the Co-op Gas Station was built. This is the picture of the Co-op Station in 1958. (Photo/Boyden Iowa’s...
The Hull Scouting program, which includes Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, received some recreational equipment from the Hull Jaycees in 1985. Behind the canoe in the photo are Darren Stueven, Mike Bryson, Jaycees President Larry Van Ginkel, Scout leader Wes Overman and...
Shane D. Johnson | Editor Hull Christian School board members recently discussed and passed a new proposal on an expansion project that will take place in the future. While there is no projected date of beginning the project, Hull Christian administrator Randy Ten Pas...
20 YEARS OF HULL’S AMERICAN STATE BANK Pictured is the ribbon-cutting ceremony that took place May 23, 2007. American State Bank is now celebrating 20 years in Hull with various events taking place from Monday, Aug. 19-Friday Aug. 23. (Photo/Submitted) Shane D....
ENJOYING A WOODBURNING HOBBY Pictured is Brad Kats outside his home in Hull standing beside the fruit of his labor in the number of hours, work and preparation it takes to source, cut, split and dry his wood used for his woodburning stove installed in November 2023....
Porter J. Webb was the founder of the town of Boyden. (Photo/Diamond Jubilee) The original Webb farmhouse was used as a hotel until the Boyden Hotel was built on Main Street. (Photo/Diamond Jubilee) The Boyden Hotel was the first business on Main Street. (Photo/Boyden...
Blast from the Past Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Hull Christian School’s float in the 1998 SummerFest Parade was an ark full of animals under a rainbow.
Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ Report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for August 6, 2024Pests come in many varying shapes and sizes. I’ve written recently how the mosquitoes were so bad. Thankfully...
Danielle Raveling Therapist with Rising Hope Counseling in Rock Rapids Rising Hope Counseling offers services in Rock Rapids Dominique Kooiker | Editor Processing grief can be one of the most difficult experiences in one’s life, but Danielle Raveling of Rising Hope...
Supporting our grieving community members Since 1956, Porter Funeral Home is Inwood has been supporting members of the community through the grieving and funeral processes. (Photo/Tristan Taylor) Tristan Taylor | Editor The loss of a loved one is an...
Shane D. Johnson | Editor Philip De Koster of De Koster and De Koster Law of Hull knows first-hand how best to navigate opening up the discussion on end-of-life estate planning with the clients he sees on a daily basis.“One of the first steps we would take is to...
Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” are among those most commonly targeted by school book bans around the country. (Photo by Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector) Robin Opsahl | Iowa Capital Dispatch The Iowa law prohibiting school libraries from having books containing sexually...
FIRST HOLE-IN-ONE AT ROLLING HILLS Paul De Leeuw is pictured next to the flag on Hole 8 at Rolling Hills Country Club. De Leeuw earned his first hole-in-one with the shot being made July 23 at 11:30 in the morning. He earned the coveted hole-in-one shooting with a 5...
Shane D. Johnson | Editor The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office is tasked with the duty of saving lives on a daily basis. This responsibility sometimes takes the form of protecting those most vulnerable — those who wander and get lost for a variety of reasons. Beginning...
Hannah Kroese, Olivia Kroese, Tinley Kroese and Beckham Kroese taste their ice cream at the end of a Siouxland Ag in the Classroom event at the Hull Public Library Wednesday, July 31. (RIGHT) Sidney Riemenschneider read the book “Tales of the Dairy Godmother – Chuck’s...
Westside Park Hubbling Park Eastside Park Julie Bosma |Editorial Assistant The parks in Hull recently received new signs. Blake Eichmann, parks and recreation director, worked with Dusty Bliek of Bliek’s Custom Fab to design the signs. The plan is to add landscaping...
Isaac Yeager | Staff Writer The U.S. Small Business Administration (a federal agency that provides support to small businesses) put out a press release Thursday, July 25 to inform people of low-interest disaster loans available to businesses and residents of Buena...
Take a drive around any of the flood-affected areas and you will see differences; you will see change. This is to be expected after an event like this happens in communities, cities and rural areas. If one visits the countryside after the flood, one could see many...
