June De Wit | Staff Writer Katie Van Den Top of Hull was sad but excited to show her beef steer, Wilson, at the 37th annual Governor’s Charity Steer Show Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. A celebrity is chosen to help show each of the steers and...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Shawn and Stacy Andringa, Sanborn, recently purchased the former Compass Pointe office building located on Main Street in Hull. They are leasing space in the building to Vander Haag’s Inc., a licensed truck and trailer dealer. Shawn is the...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Twelve years ago, Chris Kelley arrived in northwest Iowa as a construction manager for the Bison Renewable Energy plant near Perkins. While Bison Renewable Energy wasn’t successful, Kelley prospered, and became a vital part of Koele...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Twenty-six cars go off the tracks Wednesday evening brought emergency personnel to Sioux County when reports were received by the Sioux County Sheriff`s Office of a train derailment five miles northwest of Hull. The derailment occurred on...
Carmen Vande Stroet | Writer Nine months out of the year, Boyden-Hull Elementary School is a symphony of noise from hallways filled with nervous chatter, to classrooms that quietly hum and playgrounds that boast energetic laughs. But for the past few months, the usual...
Carmen Vande Stroet | Writer Just a little off the beaten path down a gravel road north of Boyden, a group of garden enthusiasts were treated with a walk through a garden in a league of its own Thursday, July 25. Northwest Iowa Community College and GoodEetens Produce...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Transition means change, and a new partnership between Pastor Van Rathbun and First Reformed Church in Hull will lead them both in new directions. Rathbun was pastor at Bethel Reformed Church, Sioux Center, nearly 18 years. First Reformed...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Although still in the early planning stages, the Boyden City Council recently approved the purchase of a lot adjacent to Centennial Park. The three-acre parcel, owned by Doug De Weerd, is located to the east of the ball diamond at the park....
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull city administrator, Jim Collins, offered new ideas for another bike trail when the city council met last week. The trail would begin at the corner of Sixth and Aspen streets, run north behind Morgan Court to the field north of Eighth...
Carmen Vande Stroet | Staff Writer In just a few short days, the city of Hull will be one of five destinations in the sixth annual Commercial Chaos for a Cure semi-truck poker run when trucks of every size and shape will roll into town. Started in 2014, the idea for...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Boyden-Hull school board recently approved creating two new positions — an elementary dean of students and secondary dean of students, adding soccer as a club sport and purchasing property south of the high school in Hull. The new...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Like the rest of Sioux County, Hull and Boyden have a shortage of daycare spaces. Mid-Sioux Opportunity’s Iowa Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) regional director, Melissa Juhl, calls it a child care crisis. “The total number of...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer In 1919, Western Academy was created as the beginning of a high school in Hull. A century later, hundreds of alumni and friends will gather to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Western Christian High School and its history of providing...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull City Council began looking ahead to street overlay projects for 2020 when they met Tuesday morning, July 9. City administrator Jim Collins noted that the street committee met at the end of June and made recommendations for next...
New staff writer looks forward to telling stories Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Growing up, news wasn’t real news unless it made it in the newspaper for Carmen Vande Stroet, the newest staff writer to join New Century Press, parent company of the Sioux County...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The 2019 Hull Summerfest celebration lived up to its theme, “Making Memories Happen,” with families, friends and large crowds of people sharing in the many events and activities. Summerfest began Wednesday evening with a car and tractor...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Dan Wardell’s Reading Road Trip stopped at the Boyden Public Library Tuesday, July 9, for an engaging and interactive story time. More than 50 young Wardell fans cheered, laughed and listened intently as the celebrity read books and told...
Caitlyn French | Staff Writer Monarch butterflies are more than just a beautiful sight to behold; monarchs are critical pollinators that make an arduous journey each year during their annual migration. Recently, emphasis has been placed on providing habitat for the...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Cliff and Marlys Koele were honored Friday, June 28, with an open house. They’ve retired from Koele Inc. and sold their book of insurance business to Chris Kelley, an agency employee. Kelley has been with the Koeles over eight years. Cliff...
June De Wit | Staff Writer The 2019 Boyden Bash is in the books. Friday June 28, was a hot day, but many still turned out for the festivities. A golf tournament drew several golfers to Otter Valley Golf Club north of Boyden. The afternoon was spent at Centennial Park...
