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...
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...
