Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer When the school year started last August at Hull Christian, one essential position was unfilled. They didn’t have a school secretary. A few months earlier, the previous administrative assistant had left for another job closer to where she...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Five sixth-grade girls who love to read have created their own book club at Boyden-Hull Elementary School. Last fall, with the help of principal Tom Kerr, the group began meeting twice a month, during lunch break, to discuss books “Book...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Demco employees enjoyed a delicious lunch while supporting disabled veterans Wednesday, Feb. 27, in Boyden. The company hosted its third chili cookoff as a fundraiser for Partners for Patriots, a non-profit that provides service dogs for...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Pete Pals never intended to write a book. But somehow the Orange City man’s collection of stories about growing up in Hull ended up published and for sale on Amazon. “Memories of Growing up in Hull, Iowa: the 1940’s and 1950’s” is a...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Getting into the spirit of Western Christian’s 100th anniversary, Lyle Van Ravenswaay, the school’s instrumental instructor, commissioned Jacob Ven Huizen, a local composer, to create a piece in honor of the anniversary. The commissioned...
June De Wit |Staff Writer The 2019 Iowa Beef Expo Livestock Judging Contest is a week-long event that was Saturday, Feb. 9 to Sunday, Feb. 17. Showing their beef livestock is one of the activities Riley and Reagan Jansen of Hull enjoy doing. They showed Friday through...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The former Bison Renewable Energy site, located south of Perkins, is the proposed location for ReadiFuels-Iowa, a $58.7 million plant that would produce approximately 34 million gallons of renewable diesel and renewable naphtha annually....
June De Wit | Staff Writer The bzBots, Trinity Christian High School’s robotics team, was part of a winning alliance at the Feb. 2 competition that qualified them for the state competition in Coralville, Iowa, Feb. 22 and 23. The team had three league meets which...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull’s city code does not allow vehicles to be parked on lawns, yet this rule is often violated during the winter, when residents are prohibited from parking on city streets. At its meeting last week, the Hull City Council was informed of...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer For the first time, Boyden-Hull and Rock Valley Junior High football players will have their own locker room and storage space next year. Last week, the Boyden-Hull School Board approved plans for a junior high football shed with costs...
New Century Press, parent company of the Sioux County Index-Reporter, received several awards at the Iowa Newspaper Association awards banquet during the association’s annual convention Feb. 8 in Des Moines. Winners in the 2019 Iowa Better Newspaper Contests, judged...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Even though it’s been quite cold outside, Billy and Kohen Rankin constantly have swimming on their minds. They spend much of their time practicing at indoor pools for swim meets and district competitions and both of them recently qualified...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer It’s been seven months since Bargain Alley Thrift Store opened in Hull and, in that time, the business has exceeded expectations. The thrift store nets between $5,000-8,000 per month and draws shoppers from Iowa, South Dakota and...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Activities Hull Christian School teachers planned for students the week of Jan. 28-Feb. 1 focused on Ability Awareness. They were guided by Psalm 139:14, which says, “I will praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” “We really...
June De Wit | Staff Writer About 20 women gathered at the Boyden Public Library Thursday evening, Jan. 31, to learn about ‘Meal Squeeze,’ a program developed by registered dietitian, Tonya Huenink. Huenink shared her ideas about nutrition and talked about meal...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Siouxland Habitat for Humanity will host a ‘Love Your Neighbor’ pancake supper Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 5-7 p.m. in the Hull Community Building. Free-will donations will be accepted to help fund Habitat for Humanity homes being built in Hull...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Sam Klarenbeek is excited for the new opportunity to be a fitness coach and personal trainer at Compass Fitness in Hull. He is looking forward to helping clients meet their fitness goals of building muscle, losing weight, improving mobility...
June De Wit | Staff Writer A new Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) class is being offered at Boyden-Hull High School. Andreah Maassen, also the school nurse, is teaching the class for the first time in conjunction with Northwest Iowa Community College. Dan Pottebaum,...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Love INC of Sioux County is expanding into a new fund-raising venture — a comedy show. The organization’s Love and Laugh event will feature “Slap Happy Comedy” Saturday, Feb. 9, at Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley. Doors for...
June De Wit | Staff Writer A winter storm warning for Sioux County was issued from about 3 a.m. Friday through midnight. Residents were warned to plan and prepare as total potential snow accumulations could be 5 to 8 inches. Travel was expected to be difficult as...
