The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope made the Pillars of Creation famous with its first image in 1995, but revisited the scene in 2014 to reveal a sharper, wider view in visible light, shown above at left. A new, near-infrared-light view from the NASA/ESA/CSA James...
Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer This year’s election cycle will impact schools and cities throughout the area.The city of Boyden will vote for mayor, a seat held by Laryl Koerselman. Boyden City Council members will also be decided upon who are Nathan Alexander, Robert...
TEACHING ABOUT LEAVES AND TREESPictured is Sioux County Conservation naturalist Sarah Davelaar helping a student decide which leaves they have in their hands. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson). Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer Wednesday, Oct. 25 saw nearly 30 students learn from...
TELLING A CHARACTER’S STORYDylan Hanenburg (left) and Ryder Van Bemmel (right) tell a story to a youth at the Hull Public Library Wednesday, Oct. 25. Hanenburg and Van Bemmel were two of 15 Western Christian High School students who read to children from 2:45-3:25...
Hull Clovers 4-H club members participate in archery nightThe Hull Clovers 4-H club had archery night at the Arrowhead Archery 4-H Club’s building at Sandy Hollow Thursday, Oct. 19. Andrew Roelfs from the 4-H Shooting Sports Club led the event. (Photo/Submitted) Hull...
The Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra’s fall concert featuring Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” is set for Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the B.J. Haan auditorium on the campus of Dordt University in Sioux Center.Familiar musical selections will include Beethoven’s...
Second graders wait anxiously for the play to begin. On Thursday, Oct. 19, students in kindergarten through fourth grade from Hull Christian School had a field trip to Orange City. After playing at the park, they enjoyed sack lunches and headed to Northwestern College...
Kason Van Briesen and Lauren De Groot practice posing their rabbits. The Lincoln Loggers 4-H Club hosted a rabbit workshop and showmanship clinic at the Hull Community Building Saturday, Oct. 21.Rick Dean, a certified judge from Monona County, led the workshop,...
This is the scene on the front lawn of Western Christian High School in May 1979 as students went on a bike-a-thon to help raise money for the new gym. Over 300 students rode the 20-mile route to Middleburg and back. The students raised about $15,000 for the new gym....
Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer The grain wagons are full and the dust of the harvest season of 2023 is in the air as farmers reap the rewards of their spring-time planting work. Locally, yields have been variable, according to Hull Co-op agronomist Peter...
Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer For Western Christian sophomore Teigen DeKam and junior Aiden VanRoekel, the opportunity to show off school sporting events put on by their school through Wolfpack Livestreaming was one they simply couldn’t pass up. Their collective...
Andrew Buckman, who recently graduated from Penn State University, has joined New Century Press as a sports writer for its Northwest Iowa publications. He will cover sports throughout the year for the West Lyon Herald, Sioux County Index-Reporter and Lyon County...
Kallie Hoekstra shows off the pumpkin she picked out at Solsma’s Punkin Patch during Hull Christian School’s visit Friday, Sept. 29. (Photo/Submitted) First and second graders from Hull Christian School visited Solsma’s Punkin Patch in Sanborn Friday, Sept. 29. The...
Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant The Hull Public Library asked patrons of all ages to bring in decorated pumpkins for its Storybook Pumpkin Patch. The pumpkins were to be a favorite book character and were displayed with the book they were from. The library had a...
The TTB Choir sang “Uptown Girl” with a solo by Levi Schaffer. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Boyden-Hull Junior High and High School choirs presented their fall vocal concert Tuesday, Oct. 17, directed by Kim Godtland.The junior high choir sang “Heigh Ho Nobody’s...
The Christian School stood on the property of Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Sitter. (Photo/Boyden Reporter-Sioux County Archives) BLAST FROM THE PAST Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant • One of the early schools in Boyden was the Christian School which stood on the property of...
Creating a Great Camp ExperienceAva Brummel plays a game with a girl during an English camp in Váchartyán, Hungary. Brummel visited Europe this summer from June 28 to July 28 and helped lead English camps to teach kids basic English skills. Brummel’s group partnered...
When a Sheriff and a Presidential Candidate MeetPictured is Sioux County Sheriff Jamie Van Voorst shaking the hand of Florida governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. Van Voorst was in attendance Monday, Oct. 9, when Gov. DeSantis stopped by The Grain House...
Shane D. Johnson |Staff Writer The Sioux Center Chamber of Commerce recently visited Washington, D.C., where they saw first-hand the impact Fourth District of Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra makes in the nation’s capital. Following this visit, Feenstra encourages all...
Ryan Reiser talked to the children about his fire suit. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Children attending story time at Boyden Public Library had special visitors from the fire department Tuesday, Oct. 10. Members of the department talked to the kids about fire...
