Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer Starting off the school day for students can be difficult without some help from a morning cup of coffee. Luckily for students at Western Christian High School, the opportunity to have a morning coffee drink or refreshment is made easy...
Fifth-grade band students are shown dressed up in Halloween costumes for their trick-or-treat band concert Oct. 30. “Freaky Fantasy” was the trick-or-treat song played by the sixth-eighth grade band. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Students in fifth- through...
Three- to 5-year-olds at the Hull Library story time pose for a picture before the latest installment of the program Friday, Oct. 27. Marge Vander Esch read “The Leaf Thief,” “Not a Box” and “When the Leaf Blew In.” In addition to leaf stories this fall, children...
Six Christian schools participated in the Northwest Iowa Christian Schools String Orchestra Festival Oct. 26, including Hull Christian and Western Christian. (Photo/Submitted) Unity Christian High School hosted the Northwest Iowa Christian Schools String Orchestra...
The Luxembourg Heritage Society of Northwest Iowa will meet Saturday, Nov. 11 in the Remsen Public Library meeting room at 9:30 a.m. After a brief business meeting, the program will consist of members and guests telling stories of family members who have served in the...
Maureen Veldman began operating Cut and Style in 1995. Representatives of the Hull Business and Professional Club participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 3, 1995. Participating in the ceremony were, front row, from left Dawn Westra, Jan Boon, Maureen Veldman,...
Madelyn Van Middendorp and cousin Owen Vander Waal (left to right) had matching outfits for the occasion. Beau Scholten was having fun dressed in his puppy costume. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant There was a great turn-out at the trunk or treat event hosted by...
MUSIC TO FILL THE BOYDEN-HULL AUDITORIUMPictured (Left to Right): Sophie Moeller, Aubree Boender, Rhia Van Beek and Alexis Van Voorst are shown during a dress rehearsal for the “Cinderella” musical to be performed at Boyden-Hull Junior/Senior High School at 7:30 p.m....
AYYYY PIRATING ADVENTUREPictured (Left to Right): Allison Wielenga (Ella), Sophia Pausma (Cinders) and Kade LeLoux (Barnacle Billy). These student-actors are rehearsing the scene “The Cave of Lost Souls” which portrays their characters after being stranded there by...
The Western Christian Wolfpack, left, and the Boyden-Hull Comets, right, celebrate after winning their respective volleyball regional finals last week Tuesday and Thursday, Oct. 24 and 26 respectively. The Wolfpack will compete in the Class 3A and the Comets in the...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope made the Pillars of Creation famous with its first image in 1995, but revisited the scene in 2014 to reveal a sharper, wider view in visible light, shown above at left. A new, near-infrared-light view from the NASA/ESA/CSA James...
Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer This year’s election cycle will impact schools and cities throughout the area.The city of Boyden will vote for mayor, a seat held by Laryl Koerselman. Boyden City Council members will also be decided upon who are Nathan Alexander, Robert...
TEACHING ABOUT LEAVES AND TREESPictured is Sioux County Conservation naturalist Sarah Davelaar helping a student decide which leaves they have in their hands. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson). Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer Wednesday, Oct. 25 saw nearly 30 students learn from...
TELLING A CHARACTER’S STORYDylan Hanenburg (left) and Ryder Van Bemmel (right) tell a story to a youth at the Hull Public Library Wednesday, Oct. 25. Hanenburg and Van Bemmel were two of 15 Western Christian High School students who read to children from 2:45-3:25...
Hull Clovers 4-H club members participate in archery nightThe Hull Clovers 4-H club had archery night at the Arrowhead Archery 4-H Club’s building at Sandy Hollow Thursday, Oct. 19. Andrew Roelfs from the 4-H Shooting Sports Club led the event. (Photo/Submitted) Hull...
The Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra’s fall concert featuring Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” is set for Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the B.J. Haan auditorium on the campus of Dordt University in Sioux Center.Familiar musical selections will include Beethoven’s...
Second graders wait anxiously for the play to begin. On Thursday, Oct. 19, students in kindergarten through fourth grade from Hull Christian School had a field trip to Orange City. After playing at the park, they enjoyed sack lunches and headed to Northwestern College...
Kason Van Briesen and Lauren De Groot practice posing their rabbits. The Lincoln Loggers 4-H Club hosted a rabbit workshop and showmanship clinic at the Hull Community Building Saturday, Oct. 21.Rick Dean, a certified judge from Monona County, led the workshop,...
This is the scene on the front lawn of Western Christian High School in May 1979 as students went on a bike-a-thon to help raise money for the new gym. Over 300 students rode the 20-mile route to Middleburg and back. The students raised about $15,000 for the new gym....
Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer The grain wagons are full and the dust of the harvest season of 2023 is in the air as farmers reap the rewards of their spring-time planting work. Locally, yields have been variable, according to Hull Co-op agronomist Peter...
