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...
June De Wit | Staff Writer A special pinning ceremony for Vietnam War Veterans was conducted at the Demco Center in Boyden Sunday, June 30. The recognition was in conjunction with a Vietnam War commemoration act of 2017. The act set aside March 29 as Vietnam War...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull City Council approved plans to extend Maple Street north to 310th Street at its Monday, June 24, meeting. But first, council members listened to some worries about the proposed residential area during the public hearing on the...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Ten years ago, a new summer theater program was introduced to the Hull community with the production of “The Story of the Velveteen Rabbit.” Since then, the Boyden-Hull summer theater has given hundreds of students in grades four through...
Nearly 40 students made rockets during the Hull Library summer reading program’s make-and-launch bottle rockets program last Thursday. Using 2-liter soda bottles, the kids decorated their rockets and then decided how much water to put inside. They watched and...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Screen-printing is a big part of B. Fierce Boutique. Last week, the Hull business invited customers to watch how that screen-printing process works and even pick up a free T-shirt. The live printing event was part of B. Fierce Boutique’s...
June De Wit | Staff Writer April 15, 2019 was the last day Art Van Bruggen worked as a CPA. He was honored Wednesday, June 19, with an open house at the Demco Center in Boyden after nearly 42 years in the profession. Guests from Boyden, throughout northwest Iowa and...
June De Wit | Staff Writer Becoming an Eagle Scout is the highest rank that can be attained in Boy Scouts. It involves doing a large service project. But before becoming an Eagle Scout, scouts need to earn ranks that come before it by earning merit badges and...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer At a special meeting of the Boyden-Hull community school district board of directors a few weeks ago, the group voted to enter into negotiations with the West Sioux school district for a shared superintendent position. Boyden-Hull was...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Hull’s annual Summerfest celebration, July 10-13, will offer new activities for all ages. Hull firefighters and EMTs will be displaying their new “jaws of life” equipment with an extrication demonstration Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. in the...
June De Wit | Staff Writer “Banking on Some Rocket Fun” was presented in the Boyden Library Tuesday afternoon, June 18, for kids of all ages. Two representatives from Citizens State Bank talked about how to save money. Barbara Besaw, Junior Savers coordinator for the...
Producers can learn about the latest in agronomics and weed management during the annual Iowa State University Northwest Research and Demonstration Farm Field Day July 10. Located in O’Brien County, the 272-acre research farm will feature at least four different...
With the 74 percent passage of a general obligation bond in April 2018, Northwest Iowa Community College officials are now in the process of implementing plans to enhance and expand programs in order to serve students well into the future. Part of the mission of...
A community blood drive Tuesday, June 18, at the Hull Library collected 34 units of blood, saving up to 102 local lives. Donors reaching milestone donations include: James Regnerus, 5 gallons; Martin Nielsen, 8 gallons; and Minerva Wissink, 14 gallons. The next...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Even though active emergency service personnel are required to be at least 18 years of age, that didn’t stop 16-year-old Laiken Koerselman from joining her community EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) program. The daughter of Bob and Laura...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer In just a few days, William Rankin will be moving to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York. Reception Day for the class of 2023 is July 1. Rankin, a 2019 Boyden-Hull High School graduate and the son of Eric and Lora Rankin,...
