Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Western Christian High School welcomed five new teachers last week. Courtney Rylaarsdam Position: lower-level math – algebra, pre-algebra, geometry Grew up in Pella, Iowa, and Lake Worth, Florida Education: Dordt College – elementary...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer National Book Lovers Day was especially significant this year at the Paul and Lora Vis home at 631 Second St., Hull. The Aug. 9 celebration marked the unveiling of a Little Free Library in their front yard — the first one for the...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer In a few weeks, five Boyden-Hull High School students will be among the first to take instrumentation controls courses at Interstates in Sioux Center. The classes are being offered through a new cooperative program involving Interstates,...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Libraries have been offering patrons much more than books for many years. Next week, visitors at the Hull Public Library can experience virtual reality. Virtual reality is the use of computer technology to create a simulated environment,...
June De Wit | Staff writer There’s an unusual short bus in town. The gray and pink bus is a travelling kids’ boutique named “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made.” The unique venture was started by Julie Van Oort with the help of her husband, Darin. The traveling pop-up...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Vanessa Steiger was inspired to make weighted baby blankets after talking to a neighbor whose daughter had a sensory processing disorder. The family had been urged to try a weighted baby blanket, but the blankets were expensive, so Steiger...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer For 10 years, Amber Bynes has been chasing her dream of becoming a nurse practitioner. Today the 30-year-old from Hull is one of the nurse practitioners that oversee the emergency room at Sanford Sheldon Medical Center. She packed a lot...
Nathan Broek | Sports Editor For someone who lives in Sioux County, Iowa, giving back to others simply comes naturally. That fact alone was the main reason Logan Dykstra of Hull was named by the Allstate Insurance Co. and American Football Coaches Association as one...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Making Hull a bicycle-friendly community is important to the city council, so city administrator Jim Collins was directed to put together a bike/walking path committee. The committee was formed to provide advice for a bike trail in Hull...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Employees at Hull Christian and Western Christian schools will be looking for a new pension plan between now and Aug. 31, 2019. The Christian Schools International pension plan, in which the two schools participated, will be frozen...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Last week B. Fierce Boutique announced plans to expand the business located on Black Forest Drive in Hull. “We are running out of room,” explained store owner Nicole Rozeboom. “We need to add retail and storage space for the growing...
June De Wit | Staff Writer The American Legion Auxiliary of the William Monster Unit #272 in Boyden is sponsoring “Give 10,” a project that benefits elementary and middle school children of the National Guard unit from Sheldon. “Give 10 collects school supplies for...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Henry “Heusie” Heus-inkveld began Farmers Feed & Supply Co. in the late 1950s. In 1962, he purchased the former Boyden Farmers Co-op Creamery building. The 1920’s structure was remodeled. Equipment was added to manufacture Farmers Feed’s...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Shoot for a Cure golf tournament, which was added to Hull’s Summerfest for the first time this year, did more than raise money for the American Cancer Society. “It was like a big Boyden-Hull Comet reunion. Everyone had a good time...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Throughout the last few months, Bright Start Daycare & Preschool has been hosting fundraising projects in order to get some repairs and updates done at the facility. Since the operation is a non-profit, the fundraising and work...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Three water leaks in the city of Hull were repaired at the end of June, according to city administrator Jim Collins. The leaks were discovered by Westrum Leak Detection, a Stratford, Iowa, company which uses technology to pinpoint...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer It took a special school to lure Harlan DeVries out of retirement. The 66-year-old Orange City resident was recently named interim principal at Western Christian High School in Hull. He’s a familiar face in northwest Iowa, having served as...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Boyden Reformed Church had a special service July 8 as Pastor Dave and Bonnie Poppen celebrated their 40th anniversary in ministry. Poppen was ordained July 2, 1978, and gave his first “official” sermon exactly 40 years ago. The congregation...
