71 Hull, Iowa January 1, 2023 Galen De Jong, 71, of Hull, Iowa, passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, at his home. A celebration of life will be from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Rolling Hills Country Club, Hull. Galen Dean was born July 20, 1951, in Hull, son of...
Jace Mulder of the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley boys' wrestling team. Mulder was one of three individual champions at the G-T/R-A Invitational Wrestling Tournament Saturday, Jan. 7, also helping the Nighthawks claim the team title. (Photo/Nathan Broek) boyden-hull/rock...
WHO LET THE COWS OUT?During the blizzard of 1975, the snow drifts on the Vande Waerdt farm were high enough for the cattle to walk over the fences and gates. (Photos/Submitted) The following is the account of the January 1975 blizzard as recalled by Henrietta Vande...
Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer BOYDEN-HULL ELEMENTARY CHRISTMAS TREEBoyden-Hull fourth-grade students, sponsored by Siouxland Machine, The Kelly Group, Demco, Agropur and Pizza Ranch, designed ornaments to adorn their unique trees at the Prairie Woods Nature Center...
blast from the past Left: Harvey Van Oort is shown pouring spindles in the foundry area at the Hull Industries plant. (Photo/Sioux County Index Archives) Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Hull Industries Inc. was organized Oct. 15, 1969, for the purpose of community...
ADAPTING TO A PASSIONHull native Matt De Wild is shown here displaying his 12-point mule deer and his antelope he shot on a Wyoming hunting trip in late October of this year. De Wild, who is paralyzed from a July 2018 car accident, had the opportunity to go hunting...
DACA PROTECTIONS TOPIC OF DISCUSSIONJason Lief, regional mobilizer for the National Immigration Forum, presented on the role of DACA recipients in the local community to the Hull Chamber of Commerce Monday, Dec. 12. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson) Shane D. Johnson |Staff...
Shane D. Johnson | Staff Writer Iowa State Bank in Hull hosted a holiday open house from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 21-23. Those who came into the bank enjoyed some Christmas cookies and treats. Those who enjoyed the festivities also saw the bank's display its very own...
The Hull Christian School fifth-grade band played several Christmas songs for their program Monday, Dec. 19. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Second- through fifth-graders at Hull Christian presented the program “Jesus, Light of the World” Monday, Dec. 19. The...
Kim Godtland led the Boyden-Hull junior high choir Wednesday, Dec. 21 for the Christmas program. She was accompanied by Leila Moret. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant The bands and choirs of Boyden-Hull junior high and high school performed their Christmas concert...
The combined choirs were accompanied by the hand bell choir on the song “Peace, Peace” during the Western Christian High School Christmas concert Tuesday, Dec. 20. Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant Western Christian High School presented its Christmas concert...
Hull Co-op has a creative snowman on display at the Cenex station for all passersby. Also perched atop one of its grain elevators, Hull Co-op has its giant star overlooking the community. The decorations are hung and Main Street in Boyden and Hull are aglow with...
Blessed Barn Co. features small-batch, hand-poured candles Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Imagine what a winter cabin scene might smell like. White branches hanging with heavy snow and snowflakes swirling through the air, giving way to the smell of the deep woods...
MAKING WREATHS AT THE CHRISTMAS GRAINERYPictured are customers of Debbie and Greg Alexander's The Christmas Grainery displaying wreaths made at the acreage east of Boyden. The Christmas Grainery has been open since 2018 and offers fresh cut Christmas trees,...
BOYDEN-HULL ELEMENTARY CELEBRATES COMPUTER SCIENCE WEEKSixteen Boyden-Hull high schoolers from Sarah deVries’ computer science class came to Boyden-Hull Elementary to teach youngsters about coding and computer science Dec. 8. The elementary school students were...
BOYDEN-HULL AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN WELL REPRESENTEDOn Tuesday, Dec. 13, students from Western Christian (left) and Boyden-Hull (right) competed with nearly 100 students at Northwestern College in Orange City in an Innovate competition. The annual event taught local...
RV donated to former Boyden resident in aftermath of Florida hurricane PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER HURRICANE IANPictured is former Boyden resident Justin Lammers, his daughter Saylor and his wife Katie. The Lammers family recently had an RV donated to them by the...
HULL THROUGH THE GENERATIONSPictured is Arnold Tiedemann, who spearheaded a model project of Hull on display at the Hull Historical Society. The depiction of Hull through the generations of the 1910s, 1950s and 1990s was a passion project for Tiedemann and showcases...
MRS. CLAUS HELPS OUTRight: Mrs. Claus is seen here helping out a child in the creation of a paper gingerbread man at the Boyden Public Library Wednesday, Dec. 7. Mrs. Claus will return to the Boyden Library Dec. 20 from 3:30-4:45 p.m. (Photo/Shane D. Johnson) Shane D....
Julie Bosma | Editorial Assistant One of the newest acquisitions at the Hull Historical Museum is a Hoosier cabinet. A Hoosier cabinet is a free-standing kitchen cabinet that served as a workstation where the cook could complete all food preparation and not move...
