The Boyden-Hull boys’ basketball team finished the 2018-2019 campaign in second place in Class 2A during the boys’ state basketball tournament in Des Moines last week. Look inside for our “Road to State” special section for complete recaps on all three games, photos...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull Chamber of Commerce’s annual Outstanding Citizens luncheon was Monday, March 11, in the community building. According to the Chamber, the purpose of the event is to recognize the people who go above and beyond to make Hull a...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer The Hull Industrial Development Corp.’s new 15 percent discount on lots at Liberty Heights is already producing results. Two lots were sold at the end of February. “We’ve had a lot of interest since we announced our promotion a few...
Makiah Wiersma used Legos to construct buildings for a “city” created by kids at the Hull Public Library last week. ISU extension and Outreach county youth coordinator, Katie Leusink, led a dozen kids through the city-building process. This is part of an outreach...
Jeanne Visser | Staff Writer Finding a job she loves and moving back to northwest Iowa seemed like a godsend to Pam Ellis. The daughter of John and Pat Haveman, Hull, Ellis has been named the Village Northwest Unlimited autism program director. During the two-year...
Students advance to state SkillsUSA Students from Northwest Iowa Community College, Sheldon, advanced to the SkillsUSA Iowa State Leadership and Skills Conference in Ankeny, Iowa, April 25-26. SkillsUSA programs help to establish industry standards for job skill...
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Horticulture Educator Margaret Murphy will host “Vegetable Gardening 101” Monday, March 18, from 6-7 p.m. at the Hull Public Library. “Vegetable Gardening 101” will cover the basics of gardening: • Cold season and warm...
Iowa State University, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced recently that the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report is now available to the public...
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 A public hearing for the City of Hull’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019-2020 is set for March 11 at 5 p.m. The city will be asking less of taxpayers for the upcoming year — $11.98 per $1,000 taxable valuation on regular property,...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Caitlyn French, a native of Bay City, Michigan, recently joined the staff at New Century Press as a staff writer. “I grew up as an only child to my parents Jim and Linda French and grew up surrounded by water since Bay City is a port...
On Monday, Feb. 18, the Western Christian High School FFA chapter hosted its first CDE/LDE (Career Development Events and Leadership Development Events) competitive showcase. The event allowed FFA members and ag students to partake in a competition to prepare for...
Individual speech participants at Western Christian High School competed at the district individual speech competition at Okoboji High School Wednesday, Feb. 27. The team saw a great deal of success with 12 of their entries earning a I rating and advancing to the...
The Boyden Hull speech team competed at the district individual speech competition Wednesday, Feb. 27 at Okoboji High School. Individuals competed in a variety of categories including prose, storytelling, public address, after-dinner speaking, expository address, and...
Recently, the World Wildlife Fund released its 2018-2019 overwintering monarch population report. Adult monarch butterflies covered approximately 15 acres of forest canopy in Mexico, a doubling of last year’s population, and a level not seen since 10 years ago. The...
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...
