Kids Avenue Indoor Play opened earlier this month. Ashtyn Jansma, owner, said the Hull community has been so welcoming to her as a new business owner. (Photo/Submitted) The goal of Kids Avenue Indoor Play is for any child to learn and develop their creativity...
Boyden’s Community Christmas Celebration will include a visit from Santa, Christmas Carols and community spirit. (Photo/Submitted). Sunni Battin | Editor sbattin@ncppub.com Boyden’s Community Christmas Celebration Monday, Dec. 8, will have kids’ crafts, an adult and...
Hull WinterFest will celebrate 20 years in 2025. The event will start Dec. 3 and continue through Dec. 6. (Photo/Submitted) Sunni Battin | Editor sbattin@ncppub.com The main goal of Hull WinterFest is to serve as a temporary winter wonderland filled with local...
The Hull Clovers and Lincoln Loggers 4-H clubs made 37 tie blankets and 100 blessing bags Nov. 20 for a service project. (Photo/Submitted) Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant jbosma@ncppub.com The Hull Clovers and Lincoln Loggers 4-H clubs met at American Reformed...
The combined junior high band opened the concert Nov. 24 at Calvary Protestant Reformed Church. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Janessa Van Bemmel and Makenzie Westra (left to right) were featured in the song “Nearer, Still Nearer. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Julie Bosma | Editorial...
(LEFT) Beckham makes a seashell with his playdough. (RIGHT) Emerson and Hannah made ice cream cones with their playdough. (Photos/Julie Bosma) Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant jbosma@ncppub.com Shelby Kaestner with ISU Extension met with 13 students at the Hull...
Retired Iowa State University professor Paul Lasley repairs violins and donates them to the university’s instrument drive for local schools. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Brooklyn Draisey | Iowa Capital Dispstch Paul Lasley’s hobby of restoring old...
Business leaders cheered legislation approved in 2021 addressing workforce issues such as housing, child care and broadband. Shown is downtown Dubuque. (Photo by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Brooklyn Draisey | Iowa Capital Dispatch The University of Dubuque is...
Thanksgiving is often considered as a time to slow down, live in the present, and reflect on the blessings of the year while enjoying time with loved ones. (Photo/Submitted). Sunni Battin | Editor sbattin@ncppub.com The season of thanks is always a reminder to take...
Art Kooi, formerly of Hull, served in the Vietnam War. (Photo/Submitted) Art Kooi served in the National Guard and Navy until his retirement in 1992. He also has 50-plus years in the American Legion. (Photo/Submitted) Sunni Battin | Editor sbattin@ncppub.com Art Kooi,...
Boyden- Hull students attend the 98th FFA Convention and Expo in Indiana. Pictured left to right; Mr. Van Der Wilt, Carlos Caldera, Blake Verhoef, Kinsly Altena, Aisayah Moss, Aalijah Moss, Aubree Boender. (Photo/Submitted) Western Christian FFA visited the...
The fifth- and sixth-grade choir sang “I Will Sing,” accompanied by Faith Bierma on violin and Evan Schroeder on piano. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant jbosma@ncppub.com Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Hull Christian School presented a...
Tyler Sullivan visited the Hull Museum Nov. 12. Carolyn Goold met him in May 2021 when he visited the museum for the first time. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant jbosma@ncppub.com The Hull Museum had a special guest Nov. 12. Tyler Sullivan from...
Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant jbosma@ncppub.com Special activities are planned at the museum this year for Winterfest on Dec. 6. from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Children will be able to go on scavenger hunts for items in the museum and receive prizes when they’ve...
Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant jbosma@ncppub.com Jessica L. Felix, Iowa Department of Transportation District 3 engineer, met with the Sioux County Board of Supervisors Nov. 12 to present the DOT’s plans for the north and south intersections of U.S. Highway 18 and...
I’m no Hollywood insider and I’m not an entertainment reporter, but I think it’s fairly obvious to many who watch television and movies that sometimes Hollywood and the entertainment industry can have full-circle moments. What do I mean by that? I mean an actor or...
Black Friday is one of the busiest and most profitable shopping days of the entire year. According to DemandSage and National Public Radio, American consumers spent a record $10.8 billion on online Black Friday shopping in 2024. Around $61 billion in total sales (both...
BLEEKER FAMILYEric and Marianne Bleeker with their four children: Barret, Lydia, Justin and Claire. (Photo/Submitted) Amy Lyon | Staff Writer alyon@ncppub.com This year, Eric and Marianne Bleeker celebrated 25 years of marriage and life on their farm in Hull where...
HIGH TUNNELSPictured are two of the eight high-tunnel greenhouses that house a variety of produce at The Cornucopia in Sioux Center. These buildings help extend the growing season as they add 11-13 degrees of extra protection from the outside, according to Ana Timmer,...
Iowa has just a small percentage of corn and soybean acres left to harvest. (Photo courtesy of USDA as it appeared in the Iowa Capital Dispatch) Cami Koons | Iowa Capital Dispatch Just 3 percent of corn acres and 1 percent of soybean acres across the state of Iowa...
