Boyden-Hull High School students at districts March 1. Fifteen students performed in 19 categories. Front: Nadja Stanojkovic, Kiera Boogerd, Brayden Rozeboom, Carlos Caldera, Isaak Sanchez. Middle row: Aubree Boender, Valeria Duenas-Topete, Liza Jansma, Emma De Jong,...
Western Christian High School speech team for 2024-2025 school year. Front row left to right: Lily Van Voorst, Esme Khang, Aliya Koelewyn, Maliyha de Boom, Ivanna Reynoso-Reyes, Megan Wielenga, Ashlee Koedam, Levi Westra. Back row left to right: Jocelyn Feekes,...
Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ Report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for February 25, 2025It was a marathon meeting with a full agenda. There was a lot to discuss and a lot of decisions that had to...
There is a saying most of us probably know and may have used before. The saying, “You can’t judge a book by its cover” can be applied to many things and perhaps has been applied to many different situations. One has to believe, however, its original form and meaning...
Groundbreaking for the new church was held April 24, 1960, and included all ages pulling a walking plow. (Photo/Submitted) The cornerstone of the new church was laid Aug. 7, 1960. (Photo/Submitted) The interior of the old church before it was dismantled in 1961....
Boyden-Hull Football Cheerleaders L-R: Makaylee Churchill, Cheyenne Neuman, Amy Granillo, Lauren Phillips, Cristel Marquez, Kalyson Bakker, Breanna Cruz, Maria Lopez Morales (Photo/Courtesy of Esmeralda Herrera) Wrestling Cheerleaders Front: Jesenia Vargas, Bria Den...
Per the Sioux County Sheriff’s Office, there were no reported injuries of the motor vehicle accident on Feb. 19. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Sunni Battin | Editor No one was injured when a 2019 Subaru Outback, headed west on Main Street, crashed into the front of the Hull...
COOKIES FOR A CAUSE Students from Western Christian browse and buy items at the Pro Life Pack’s bake sale following their chapel on Jan. 27. They raised $849 and plan to make 50 tie blankets to donate to women and babies in need through the Alpha Center in Sioux...
Sunni Battin | Editor Voters will choose whether to approve a Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) for the Boyden-Hull School District in a special election March 4.“In northwest Iowa, people have always valued education and I think they value taking care of the...
Boyden-Hull preschool students made melting snowmen and wrote why their snowmen were melting. Some of the snowmen had sat in a hot tub, drank hot cocoa or sat by a fireplace. (Photo/Julie Bosma) A Hull Protestant Reformed Christian School seventh grader made quilled...
Students started building a snow fort on the snow pile. Students had fun sliding down the snow pile. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Hull Christian School students were excited to finally go outside for noon recess Friday. The wind-chill temperatures had prevented...
Sunni Battin | Editor A pavement replacement project on U.S. Highway 18 from U.S. Highway 75 to the west of Division Street in Hull could begin at any time — weather permitting and a signed contract.According to Iowa Department of Transportation District 3 planner,...
The first St. John Lutheran Church was dedicated in November 1888. (Photo/Submitted) The church was remodeled in 1905 and a bell tower was added. It was dedicated Oct. 15, 1905. (Photo/Submitted) This is the interior of the remodeled church in 1905. The picture of...
KOOIKER FAMILY Front, from left to right, Zoey, Brooks and Myles. Back, Heidi, Jada, Bill and Will. (Photo/Submitted) Amy Lyon | Staff Writer Bill and Heidi Kooiker have five children who have lived on the farm for as long as they can remember. Here to bring a farm...
ISB INSURANCE AGENTS Iowa State Bank Insurance offers a wide range of insurance policy options including crop, farm, home, auto, life, health, livestock risk protection and commercial insurance. (Photo/Submitted) ISAAC HOFTYZER Isaac Hoftyzer is a farmer and a crop...
MARK FRANKEN Mark Franken has been the sales manager at Automated Waste Systems in Hull seven years and has been in the ag business all his life. (Photo/Submitted) BOBCAT LINE Automated Waste Systems added the Bobcat Line in addition to its manure-handling equipment...
Students Aubree Boender, Johnathon Bosma, Seth Webb-Perez, Andrew Kaufman, Aalijah Moss, Jayden Gonzalez, Landon Pfingsten, Landon Woelber, Kade Moret Center: Caleb Lentz, Kandence Boender are going through leadership training, led by two state officers....
FFA competitors for Sub-District Competition Feb. 20. Western Christian FFA competed in Conduct of Meetings and Creed Speaking LDE. From left to right: Mara Kuyper, Lily Van Voorst, Makiah Wiersma, Talja vanNienhuis, Alyssa Schmidt, Carissa Hulstein, and Megan...
Westen Christian FFA Chapter Members Front row from left: Drew Tiedemam, Carter Mulder, Breckyn Van Vugt, Tyson Van Voorst, Lydia Bleeker, Barret Bleeker, Aiden Van Roekel, Allie Wielenga, Lydia Zylstra, Sophia Pausma, Advisor Miss Emily Joenks. Second Row: Logan...
INSPIRING LEADERS Pastor Adam Van Der Stoep from Hull First Reformed Church leads a short devotional before the Hull outstanding citizen and scholarship award luncheon Feb. 10. His concluding remarks urged guests to be good leaders for the city of Hull. (Photo/Amy...
