Lilly, Ella and Sadie color their rockets. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant The Hull Library Club met Feb. 24 and learned about astronauts. Sandy Westra read the book “If I Were an Astronaut” by Eric Brown. She also talked to the kids about how people train to be an...
The 4-Hers practice archery at the fairgrounds. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant The Hull Clovers and Lincoln Loggers met at the new fairgrounds Feb. 20 for an archery event. The 43 students were split into two sessions. One session met at 6 p.m. and one at 7:30 p.m....
Western Christian varsity dance team performs its state jazz routine. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Western Christian had its Dance Team Night Feb. 24. Western’s varsity and JV dance teams performed, as well as K-2 and 3-5 Kids’ Camp...
(LEFT) Students were treated to Mexican pop with chips and salsa. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Hull Christian School had a fiesta Feb. 24 to culminate their study of Mexico the last few weeks. Their unit on Mexico included...
Boyden-Hull students pose by their tractors on “Drive Your Tractor to School” Day. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Boyden-Hull students had a beautiful day for their “Drive Your Tractor to School” Day Friday, Feb. 28. Students posed for a picture with their tractors...
(LEFT) Rochelle Bloemendaal, speech adviser said students “practice with goals to reach from practice to practice." From left to right: Samuel Baker, Carly Brummel, Jayda Van Egdom. (Photo/Submitted) Trinity Christian High School is headed to state individual speech...
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...
