The Junior High Choir at the Choir Festival Thursday, Feb. 22, was made up of 348 students from eight local Christian schools. The song, “The Rising of the Moon,” was accompanied by Maeva Haveman on the fiddle and Kyra Visser on the tambourine at the Choir Festival...
HAVING FUN WITH FFA AT WESTERN CHRISTIAN Pictured are all students at Western Christian participating in ag olympics during National FFA Week Feb. 19-23. Students played a game of tug-of-war, wheel-barrel races and much more during the Friday, Feb. 23 event....
BOYDEN-HULL FFA HOLD TRACTOR DAY The Boyden-Hull FFA Chapter hosted a “Bring your tractor to school day” Friday, Feb. 23. Pictured in the front row (left to right) are students Taylor Sohl, Aisayah Moss, Brady Teunissen, Landon Pfingsten, Johnathan Sipma, Lauren...
WELCOMING FISHER Pictured are Brian and Rachel Verwolf holding their son Fisher whom they adopted recently. (Photo/Submitted) WELCOME HOME Pictured is the newest addition to the Brian and Rachel Verwolf family, Fisher. Fisher was recently adopted by the Verwolfs after...
Allison Mooy of Trinity Christian High SchoolHull Chamber of Commerce Scholarship recipient Justin Van Schepen of Van’s Power CenterBusiness of the Year Award Lavonne De Jong of Aspen HeightsEmployee of the Year Renae De Boer of Trinity Christian High SchoolHull...
SEEING PLANS COME TO FRUITION Pictured is the new and improved Casey’s convenience store which reopened Thursday, Feb. 15. The new facility was built after a Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, fire caused the prior building site to be a complete loss. The new store is...
Nancy Hoegh and Wanda Willemssen hold up one of the quilts they have ready to sew. Wanda Willemssen, Norene Funk and Donna Dickmann (l to r) lay the quilt out and pin the edges. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant There are many talented women in the community who use...
EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS Pictured is Bright Start’s Kirsten Niemeyer (left) and Kelsi Van Leeuwen (right) receiving a check from Kiwanis president Brad Vis in the amount of $3,524.78 in support of the newest expansion project of Bright Start Daycare and Preschool....
JUDGING THE PINEWOOD CARS Students of Hull Christian School had the opportunity to make their own pinewood derby cars for the annual races Wednesday, Feb. 14. The cars were judged not only through the outcome of the races but also for best-of-show and most...
Kids talk about god Corey Kinsolving | Columnist When it comes to where we will spend eternity, God doesn’t want us to gamble. Therefore, Jesus banished all doubt by fulfilling a mission predicted by Hebrew prophets hundreds of years before his miraculous birth in...
As someone who has been a sports fan from a very early age, one of the ways I engaged with my fandom as well as the sports community in general was the collecting of trading cards of various sports. It was always exciting to get a new package of cards, to see who you...
The De Yagers ran Foreign Candy out of their home until they ran out of room and built a new building on Highway 18 in June 1980. (Photo/Sioux County Index-Reporter archives) When Foreign Candy was running out of room in their building on Highway 18, they started a...
IN SUPPORT OF FCCLA Pictured is Blake Woelber who supports the awareness of the Boyden-Hull FCCLA chapter by wearing construction-themed apparel during National FCCLA Week Feb. 12-16. (Photo/Submitted) UP FOR A CAUSE Pictured is Lauren Phillips wearing beach-themed...
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for students in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) education in public and private schools through grade 12. FCCLA offers intra-curricular resources...
Checks issued to eligible customer-owners the last week of January SHELDON, IOWA – Farmers and ranchers in O’Brien, Sioux, Lyon, Osceola and Cherokee counties will be receiving an estimated $11 million in cash-back dividends returned by Farm Credit Services of America...
SRO POLLEMA TAKES ON NEW ROLE Sioux County Sheriff’s Office SRO Waylon Pollema will begin a new full-time role at Western Christian High School as director of campus safety and student support beginning Aug. 1, 2024. Pollema brings his years of working with the Sioux...
Shane D. Johnson |Editor The City of Hull has undertaken some zoning changes for residents, a change that has come to fruition after the last update to zoning ordinances in February 1995. Mayor Arlan Moss commented on the changes made.“Our city staff and council...
HELPING STUDENTS THRIVEPictured is Emily Miranda, Boyden-Hull Junior/Senior High School’s guidance counselor who has been in the position two years. (Photo/Submitted) THROUGH STRUGGLES AND SUCCESSES Pictured is Abby Vanden Bosch, guidance counselor for Western...
Students dance the Galopede Dance with their parents, grandparents and siblings. Swinging partners in the Galopede Dance. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Third- and fourth-grade students at Hull Christian had their Folk Song and Dance Celebration Tuesday, Feb. 6....
The kindergarten through second graders danced to “I Will Survive” at Dance Team Night February 5. The Western Christian dance team performed its hoopla routine on Dance Team Night. Julie Bosma|Editorial Assistant Western Christian had its Dance Team Night Monday,...
