NEW FACES Course superintendent Preston Marco, top, and clubhouse and kitchen manager, Angela Den Besten, above, began their new roles at the Otter Valley Country Club for opening day, Thursday, April 1. (Photos/Submitted) Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer With opening day...
MORE THAN A GAME Kole Beukelman takes part in the opening lineup announcement of a Western Christian boys’ basketball game in January. The Wolfpack donated funds raised from a youth basketball tournament to Kole’s Krew which helps fund cystic fibrosis research and...
READY FOR A NEW HOME Kurt Franje, director of Siouxland Habitat for Humanity-Sioux County surveys the ground-breaking work completed by crews on Friday, March 26 for the new Habitat for Humanity house which will be located at 2013 Maple Street in Hull....
TAKING ON MATH PROBLEMS Hull Christian School students in Kerrigan Kats’ eighth grade math class participated in a math bee March 25. Sixth graders competed March 24 while seventh graders competed March 18. Pictured left to right are Kats and her eighth grade students...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer March is Youth Art Month, a time to promote art education around the country. Western Christian High School is doing that by putting students’ talents on display with help from the Hull Public Library. For the past month, Western Christian...
Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball assistant coach Jeff Meyn looks on from the sidelines during the Class 2A state title game against Western Christian. Meyn stepped down from being the assistant coach of the program due to retirement at the end of the school year....
MIXED VOCAL GROUP PERFORMS ON BIG STAGE This mixed vocal group of seniors from Boyden-Hull High School performed the National Anthem at the Iowa boys’ state basketball tournament earlier this month. Pictured left to right: Emma Zoet, Leah Rozeboom, Caleb Sutton, Brody...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Blood donations are a critical part of healthcare at any time, but a global pandemic created additional needs and challenges. Many individuals made the decision to donate convalescent plasma after having the Coronavirus to give antibodies...
Couple recounts their time as foster parents NO EMPTY NEST HERE Dan and Julie Bosma started the process to become foster parents when their youngest daughter, Kathy, was in high school. Over the past 17 years, the couple have fostered 88 children, often times...
Western Christian grappler Tristan Mulder puts his name in the history books CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATION Western Christian wrestler Tristan Mulder gets congratulations from his coaches Vince Vanderloo, left, and Pete DiPol, right, after winning the Class 1A 195-pound...
COOKING AND BOOKS After reading “The Little Red Hen Makes Pizza” by Philemon Sturges, Mali, Kinley and Jersey work together Wednesday, Feb. 17 to prepare pizzas during the Kids’ Cooking Club at the Hull Public Library. “I will eat anything on mine except anchovies,”...
Renovations planned for Scott’s Auto Repair building MOVING WALLS TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE REPAIRS Scott’s Auto Repair owner Scott Hansmann will be making renovations in phases to his building in an effort to better accommodate the increased work load in his shop....
COMMUNITY CONGRATULATIONS The Hull Area Chamber of Commerce recognized those nominated as outstanding citizens during the annual luncheon Monday, Feb. 8. Pictured left to right are Don and Julie Bosma, Citizens of the Year; Becky De Jong, Employee of the Year; and Te...
Members of the Hull Book Club celebrated 10 years of friendship, stories and discussion, Monday, Feb. 8 at Hull Public Library. Front row (left to right) Julie Kreun, Cheryl Vierhout, Greta Grond and Julie Visscher. Back row (left to right) Abby Heijboer, Jill De...
Construction on one-stop shop underway in Boyden Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Construction has begun at the corner of Highway 18 and Kennedy Avenue in Boyden as owners of Brew Oil LLC have purchased the building with plans to offer a convenience store, wine, spirits,...
TAKING NEW BUSINESS ON THE ROAD Curtis Van Grouw is pictured with his son, Waylon, and wife, Emily. Van Grouw recently started a new business venture - a mobile custom meat processing operation - named from the fact the couple renovated the old milk house and parlor...
FRIENDLY COMPETITION Boyden-Hull English teacher, Julie Visscher, and students, Caitlyn Beyer, Hannah Willemssen, Josie Grond and Gabi Luevano sort through donations brought to The Food Pantry to be counted as part of a competition with the Rock Valley School....
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Whether light fluffy snow or wet and heavy, the Boyden Fire Department is reminding everyone to take the time to scoop snow from around their fire hydrants. Every second matters when the Boyden Fire Department is paged out on a call....
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many across the nation took to bird feeding as a way to pass the time and get outdoors. February is National Bird Feeding Month and a great time to get the feeders filled again to help feed the...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer To many motorists traveling on Highway 75 south into Sioux County, a wildlife refuge on the east side of the road just north of the Highway 18 west intersection previously blended into the landscape of the area, not easily identified, until...
