BE PREPARED FOR DETOUR Road crews were digging into the road at Highway 18 and Main Street Wednesday, May 19. Detour signs have been placed throughout town as roadwork is expected to last until Aug. 20. (Photos/Jennifer Kor) Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Road...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor New Century Press, parent/publishing company of the Sioux County Index-Reporter, has welcomed Shane Johnson to the Index as a staff writer. Johnson was raised on his family’s farm near Cleghorn, Iowa, by his parents, Mark and...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Staff and students at Western Christian High School will be wishing long-time teacher Darren Van’t Hul farewell at the end of the school year. While he will be saying goodbye to teaching, he will be pursuing his dreams of real estate. For...
naia national football title game Tyson Kooima fires a pass during a Great Plains Athletic Conference football game this past fall. Kooima, who is a Hull native and Western Christian alum, helped lead the Northwestern College Red Raiders to the NAIA national title...
Jessica Jensen | Managing Editor Julie Bosma | Administrative Assistant Memorial Day services are planned for Monday, May 31 in Boyden and Hull. Boyden Memorial Day services will be condcuted at the Demco Community Center Monday at 9:30 a.m. The speaker...
Members of the Hull American Legion Post 0380 Wagman Koele visited Hull Christian School Monday May 10 to teach students the importance of disposing of a flag properly. Nearly 200 flags were burned in the ceremony of unserviceable flags and Legion members took great...
First Christian Reformed Church hosted a Parsonage Porch Party Wednesday, May 12. Participants roasted hot dogs and shared lemonade with each other and members of the public passing by. (Photo/Jennifer Kor) Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer A front porch is a place for...
Caleb Sutton and Josie Bergstrom were chosen as Boyden Community Club scholarship recipients for 2021 at the Community Club meeting Wednesday, May 12. Sutton and Bergstrom were awarded $250 each to help pay for school supplies or other needs as they get started on...
Philip De Koster gave a presentation on the importance of wills in anyones life at the Chamber Lunch Monday, May 10 at the Hull Community Building. De Koster explained the different options a person has when splitting up assets, what probate is and why taking steps...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer With 95 percent of corn and 80 percent of soybeans already in the fields, farmers across Sioux County are wrapping up planting season in hopes of a prosperous year. For the second year in a row, farmers across Sioux County have had...
The Boyden-Hull Band teacher took seventh- and eighth-grade students on the streets of Hull to practice their marching skills Monday, May 10, to prepare for the Volksparade at the Orange City Tulip Festival. (Photo/Jennifer Kor) Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer The...
SAFETY AND ENJOYMENT GO HAND IN HAND Gary Oldenkamp has been riding and customizing motorcycles for some 40 years through his business Oldy’s Custom Composites and stresses the importance of motorcycle safety to riders and motorists. (Photo/Jennifer Kor) Jennifer...
RETIRING BOYDEN-HULL STAFF MEMBERS Five staff members are retiring from the Boyden-Hull school district at the end of the school year. All agreed the thing they will miss most is the students and staff they worked with. Staff members retiring include Virginia Eulberg,...
Cole Feenstra, Jaden Van Schepen, Jeremiah Kredit, Teagan De Jager, Jaylin Van Dyken, Shayla Van Beek, Ellie Dokter, Lydia Van Kley (Photos provided by Karinda deBoom.) ‘Desert Oasis’ is theme of Western Christian banquet Juniors and seniors at Western Christian High...
NOT A KENTUCKY DERBY WITHOUT THE PROPER HAT Lavonne Landman, Leola Baker and Pearl Roozing wear homemade hats Saturday May 1, for a Kentucky Derby themed afternoon filled with their own version of horse racing. (Photo/Submitted) Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Residents...
Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer Hull Christian School staff, students and community members got together Friday, May 7, at the annual walk- and jog-a-thon at Hesla Field to raise money for projects the school. Each year, the Parent Circle Project hosts a walk- and...
Water Werks opens satellite location MORE THAN JUST BOTTLED WATER Water Werks owner, Stacy Jasper and son, Trevor have added a new satellite location for their business in Boyden. Water Werks supplies reverse osmosis drinking systems, bottled water services, water...
may is national water safety month Jennifer Kor | Staff Writer As the temperatures are increasing and schools are in their final weeks, many are dreaming of warm days spent at the pool spending time with friends. May is National Water Safety Month and staff at the...
SAYING GOOD-BYE TO THE LOCKS Chamber director, Faye De Kam, pumped the crowd up before making the first cut into Mr. Hartbecke’s hair Thursday, April 29, at Hull Christian School. Students celebrated with a week of events after reaching a debt elimination challenge...
It’s all in the hypotheses Tiegen De Kam presented a science fair project Thursday, April 29, at the Hull Christian School science fair. De Kam tested how much voltage a wire would conduct as it ran through various liquids. (Photo/Jennifer Kor) Hull Christian School...
