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Easter Egg Hunt in Boyden

Nayomi and Harper Reiser pose with the Easter bunny. Children gather at the shelter house at Centennial Park anxiously waiting for the hunt for the 1,300 eggs that were hidden to begin. Centennial Park in Boyden was full of excited kids Saturday morning, March 30, for...

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Library Club learns about solar eclipses

Sandy Westra helps Ella De Groot make eclipses with Oreos. Lilly De Groot works on her eclipses on the left. Mr. Z helps Emma, Hannah and Noah Kroese make a viewing box. Keaton Stoker tries out the eclipse glasses. Mr. Z helps Olivia Kroese try out the viewing box...

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Heritage Reformed Church

The church at 1204 Third St. was built by the Hull Protestestant Christian Reformed Church in 1925. Later it belonged to the Hull Protestant Reformed Church. . (Photo/Sioux County Index-Reporter archives) Heritage Reformed Church bought the church from the Protestant...

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Boyden-Hull fifth-grade girls place fourth at state

The Boyden-Hull fifth-grade volleyball team poses with their medals after placing fourth in the gold bracket at state AAU. (Photo/Submitted) The Boyden-Hull fifth-grade girls’ volleyball team placed fourth in the gold bracket at state AAU Saturday, March 23. Makenna...

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When one game is bigger than the other 81

If there is no immediate threat to change it, an NBA season is usually 82 games. Ask most coaches, players, former players, former coaches and fans and they would like to say that all 82 games are important. It’s about consistency, about stringing wins together and...

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Sioux County Radio, Creative Living Center secures grant

Sioux County Radio and its partner Creative Living Center have secured a grant to help those who have been touched by suicide from Sioux Rivers Regional Mental Health and Disabilities Services. Sioux County Radio and Creative Living Center were able to use the grant...

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Boyden-Hull hosts Swing Show performance

SOLOIST Pictured is soloist Kaylee De Jong during the Swing Show performance Thursday, March 21. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson) BOYDEN-HULL JAZZ CHOIR PERFORMS Pictured are members of the Boyden-Hull Jazz Choir performing at the Swing Show Thursday, March 21, at the...

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Hull Co-op presents check to Bright Start

Hull Co-op recently presented Bright Start Daycare and Preschool with a check for $20,000 to support the expansion of its Hull-based facilities. With the help of its cooperative partners, Land O’ Lakes, CHS and CoBank, Hull Co-op has contributed a total of $120,000...

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Celebrating 20 years with TeSlaa Trucking

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS Wade Rosack celebrates 20 years working with Te Slaa Trucking Friday, March 22. Rosack enjoys splitting his time between Te Slaa Trucking and Hope Haven. He has a passion for washing trucks at Te Slaa Trucking, a position he has taken on for 20...

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City of Boyden dedicated to daycare

Shane D. Johnson |Editor The City of Boyden and the economic development corporation have chosen to dedicate the former Boyden Fire Department building and the former Brunsting Insurance building as the future of daycare in Boyden with the costs of which roughly half...

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Young Iowa Cattlemen visit governor’s office

SEEING GOV. REYNOLDS PROCLAIM MAY BEEF MONTH Pictured are Hull locals Merritt Moss (left) and Isla Tiedeman (right) with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds declaring May as Beef Month. (Photo/Submitted) A VISIT TO THE IOWA CAPTITAL Pictured are John Tiedeman’s children visiting...

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Cooking Club at the Hull Library

Lynne Hoehamer read the book “Lily’s Victory Garden” to students. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Hannah Kroese is shown stirring her Snowball Cookies. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Eden Hoekstra stirs the cookie dough. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Noah Kroese and Daniel Evertse (l to r) roll their...

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Fitch affirms Iowa’s excellent credit rating

DES MOINES, Iowa – State Treasurer Roby Smith announces Iowa’s AAA credit rating has been affirmed by Fitch Ratings. “This is great news for Iowa. We are in a good financial position, according to the experts,” Smith said. “An AAA credit rating indicates the strength...

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Outdoor Skills Day

The Outdoor Skills Day at Sandy Hollow will be Thursday, June 6, from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. There will be several outdoor stations that may include shotgun shooting, air rifles, archery, outdoor cooking, wrist rockets, deer hunting lessons, canoeing, improving outdoor...

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Blood drive collects 35 units

For over 15 years, Hull and surrounding communities have supported the local blood bank, LifeServe Blood Center, with at least one blood donation opportunity per month. Over the course of March, one blood drive was hosted to support Sioux Center Health and 160-plus...

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Easter Egg Hunt at Aspen Heights

Ellie Horstman fills her pail with Easter eggs. (Photo/Julie Bosma) Griffin Kats stops to open some of his Easter eggs. (Photo/Julie Bosma) The children kept busy collecting the 4,000 Easter eggs Aspen Heights residents had filled with candy. (Photo/Julie Bosma)...

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Craig’s County Comments

Sioux County Board of Supervisors’ Report Craig Hoftyzer | Contributor, Sioux County Board of Supervisors, 5th District Supervisor Report for March 19, 2024The suitcase is put away for the time being after many miles of traveling alongside me the last few weeks....

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Water Treatment Plant

One of the problems engineers ran into when building the water treatment plant was that soil was falling away from the footings of the Senior Men’s Club. (Photo/Sioux County Index-Reporter archives) Workers were able to stabilize the construction site of the water...

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Spring/Summer 2024 environmental education opportunities

Sign up for programs at siouxcountyparks.org. Registration opens approximately one month before event. April 1-Summer Camp Sign-Up OnlineThis is the day to sign your child(ren) up for this year’s summer camp season! Topics, dates and times will be posted prior to this...

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