The Boyden-Hull FCCLA chapter at the babysitting clinic event they hosted for elementary students Jan. 24, 2025. Front row left to right: Valeria Duenas, Cristel Marquez, Angela Sandoval. Back row left to right: Bryanna Garcia, Makinze Rensink, Itzel Marquez, Sonia...
FCCLA or Family Career Community Leaders of America is a nationwide public career and technical organization for adolescent women and men in family and consumer sciences through grade 12. The community service organization is intended to help students build real-life...
Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for February 11, 2025 It’s all my fault. I opened my big trap last week and carried on about how we didn’t have any snow and how...
MARRIED FOR 63 YEARS Gradus Kuipers and Caroline Vander Streek were married June 5, 1961. The best friends live at Aspen Heights in Hull, have two daughters, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. (Photo/Amy Lyon) IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY Pictured are Gradus and...
Car show coming to Boyden Amy Lyon | Staff Writer Car enthusiasts, come one, come all to the Frostbite Auto Fest Saturday, Feb. 22, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Demco Heritage Center in Boyden. Organized by the Moonlite Crewzers Car Club, this indoor car show is free to...
BREAKFAST IS SERVED A student smiles as he receives breakfast at the Instituto Harvest Hands, a primary Christian school in Juárez, Mexico. The school has 126 students enrolled from grades 1-6 and is supported by Harvest Hands Ministries. (Photo/Submitted) MISSION...
Boyden-Hull kindergarteners created woven hearts. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Hull Christian School kindergarteners created hearts with their hand prints and decorated them with glitter. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Hull Protestant Reformed Christian School first graders painted...
Pam Wielenga (in the middle) explains how she made the decorations and border on her cake and what tips were used to make them. Allison Van Roekel finishes decorating her cookies. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant The Boyden Public Library hosted a cake-decorating...
Ella De Groot, Emma Vink, Makenzie De Wild, Lilly De Groot and Shiloh Vink hold up their hearts. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Seventeen students at Hull Public Library were busy making origami hearts Tuesday, Feb. 11. Shelby Kaestner from ISU Extension read the...
Keith Hoekstra explains his “Balloon-Powered Car” to his grandpa from California, Vern Eekhoff. Breynlee LeLoux explains her “Volleyball Machine.” Alex Bruxvoort’s project was “Tallest Paper Tower Challenge.” Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant The seventh and eighth...
Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ Report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for February 4, 2025I have a hard time thinking of anything that is more unpredictable than the weather and the markets. In my...
Ensemble Acting, I The Goddess of Brand Muffins. Nadja Stanojkovic, Sophie Moeller, Aubree Boender (Photo/Submitted) Short film, I Forever Missing. Aliya Koelewyn, Maliyha de Boom, Levi Westra (Photo/Submitted) Choral Reading, II True Friendship. Lily Van Voorst,...
HELPING DOGS FEEL AND LOOK THEIR BEST Jenna Mantel of Canine Creations in Doon finishes grooming a Cavapoo named Peanut. Mantel’s love of dogs led to her opening her dog-grooming business in April 2024. She offers many grooming options, including baths, toenail trims,...
Sunni Battin | Editor Due to increasing population in Hull the last few years, a new housing project called Elm Street Development is in the works and is set to be completed in late summer. “It will be 25 buildable lots with two of those reserved for multi-family....
Staff from Community Health Partners of Sioux County at a health fair booth. (Photo/Submitted) Increases in respiratory viruses throughout area Sunni Battin | Editor Medical professionals are noticing an uptick in respiratory illnesses this winter, especially with...
Left to right. Steve Grond (20 years); Jill L. De Ruyter (30 years): Heather Walton (30 years); Jacinda Zoet (25 years); Sue Boone (25 years); Tom Kerr (20 Years) (Photo/Boyden-Hull yearbook staff) Seven Boyden-Hull School employees were honored Jan. 28 with a service...
Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Head Start and the Child Development Center are recruiting 3- and 4-year-old children for the 2025-2026 school year.Head Start centers are located in Akron, Cherokee, Ida Grove, Le Mars, Orange City, Rock...
Hollis, Ella, Hannah, Olivia and Beckham try a marble on their track after adding a loop-de-loop and a tunnel. The boys show their excitement when the marble got to the end of their track. Later they made a loop-de-loop, hills and tunnels with the noodles. Julie Bosma...
Kindergarten through second graders perform their routine. Third- through fifth-grade dance camp students conclude their dance routine Thursday, Jan. 30. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Western Christian’s dance camp participants performed during the halftime of the...
John Erneste opened a new Standard Super Station on Highway 18 Sept. 27, 1951. (Photo/Sioux County Index-Reporter archives) Larry, Connie, and Brad Wise operated The Little Store II from 1983-1987. . (Photo/Sioux County Index-Reporter archives) The Little Store II...
