June De Wit | Staff Writer The new fuel pumps at Cooperative Gas & Oil Co. are installed and ready to go at a new location on Highway 18 in Boyden. “We hope to be open the week of Jan. 21. We are currently waiting for final DNR approval,” said Tyler Boone, manager...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Last week, the Boyden-Hull School Board accepted a bid of $5,382,000 from Wiltgen Brothers Construction, LeMars, for phase two of the school district’s additions and renovations project. Hoogendoorn Construction, Canton, South Dakota, is...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull City Council covered a lot of topics last week at its first meeting of 2019. The council is still searching for an economical way to provide security lighting at the city dump. Mid-American Energy’s estimate to run electricity...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull’s Republican state senator, Randy Feenstra, announced last week that he will challenge nine-term Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) for his Iowa House seat. “Today, Iowa’s 4th District doesn’t have a voice in Washington because our current...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The new owner of Le Meilleur Bakery and Barista in Hull admits he has a passion for making bread. Brad Gabel, Orange City, has been baking bread as a hobby for several years but last week that pastime became his profession when he assumed...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Love INC of Sioux County, located in Rock Valley, is hosting winter Love and Learn classes. Four classes on faith and finances, grief share, affirming potential, and parenting run for 12 weeks from 6:45-8:15 p.m. beginning Tuesday, Jan. 22,...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Friday night, Jan. 4, during the halftime of the Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball game in Hull, the 1993-1994 boys’ basketball team was recognized for going to state. Ten of the 17 basketball players on the team were able to attend last week’s...
June De Wit | Staff Writer What could be more exciting than being featured in a magazine? Joyce Sipma thought it was a fun experience and felt honored to be featured in Our Iowa magazine’s October/November 2018 issue with her recipe, Luscious Pumpkin Dessert. Jeanne...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer “Our modern health care system is broken. Patients aren’t getting treatments they need and the cost of what they get is greatly inflated,” stated Lyndle Shelby, M.D. Last week, the 47-year-old opened his office, Morningstar Medical Direct...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Several years ago when Premier Communications purchased Consolidated Communications’ Iowa service territory, the company’s goal was to provide the latest technology with great customer service. Throughout this year, Premier Communications...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Conducting a symphony orchestra has never been on Steve Grond’s bucket list, but he recently added it after being asked to raise funds for the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra. Lyle Van Ravenswaay, member of the board of directors for the...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hair on Hickory owner Shondra Wielenga got an early Christmas present in December when she was introduced to massage therapist, Amanda Fennessey. For several months, Wielenga had been looking for a massage therapist to fill a spot in her...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer As a way to better serve its customers, Hull Coop introduced an updated website and logo recently. “Our old website wasn’t as user-friendly as we would like, especially for people trying to access it on a phone, tablet or other mobile...
The population of Iowa has grown by 109,273 people, or 3.6 percent, since 2010, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2018 estimated overall population of Iowa is now 3,156,145 people, ranking Iowa at 31st in the nation for size. “Iowa’s increase...
June De Wit | Staff Writer For over 54 years, Demco has used the same logo to brand the company name on its products. This script logo has been well recognized, but now there is a new sign going up at Demco along Highway 18. The company recently updated this sign to...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Brian Verwolf will be the next administrator for Western Christian High School beginning July 1, 2019. The Western Christian High School Board of Directors unanimously approved Verwolf as the next administrator at its last board meeting. He...
June De Wit | Staff Writer The Hull Chamber had a caroling party Tuesday, Dec. 18, and invited students from the Boyden-Hull High School concert choir to join them. Faye De Kam, Chamber director, said, “We are very happy they could join us.” The group started at...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Citizens State Bank and Boyden Insurance in Boyden had their annual Christmas open house and customer appreciation Monday, Dec. 17. Several customers stopped by throughout the day and into the evening at the bank from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Betty...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor For Dylan Anderson of Hull, getting involved in sports and making friends was originally not an easy task. Before Anderson was born, he was said to have spina bifia. According to mayoclinic.com, spina bifida is a birth defect that occurs...
June De Wit | Staff Writer What could be more fun than visiting a Christmas tree farm? That’s what preschool kids from Boyden-Hull Elementary school in Boyden did Friday. All three classes took turns visiting The Christmas Grainery east of Boyden owned by Greg and...
