Category Archives: Feature

Sweet Sully Memories

By Erika Veurink For 20 years, I didn’t know the address of my Grandma’s farm. I don’t think any of the cousins really did. We knew you drove to Sully, Iowa, and then turned at this mass of metal structures and then just when you thought you were there, turned right one more time. Its unknown coordinates...
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From the Kitchen: Taylor Vos

Although they “officially” met in preschool, Taylor Vos and her husband, Logan, didn’t start dating until 2013. “We met back in preschool and then attended Lynnville-Sully together,” shared Taylor, this week’s featured cook. “We happened to be in each other’s class our third-grade year, where we got in trouble numerous times for talking too much—surprise, surprise!...
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The Dee Zee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 3/16/17

One more trip to California, and it didn't go without incident, of course. Packing my suitcase at home was stressful. A friend/relative of mine out there has three motorcycles, one is a Harley almost exactly like mine. He texted me and told me to bring my helmet along. He said we could ride up the Coast...
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Conover Seed gearing up for its third spring

As spring approaches, area farmers are looking forward to getting back in the field soon. It’s a busy time of year for the ag industry, and that includes Conover Seed north of Sully as well. Owner Chad Conover, a Pioneer dealer, has been preparing for spring ever since November, the biggest seed-selling time of the year...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 3/9/16

Basic. Minimal. Let's focus on those two perfect words with the food this week. Do you all need a recipe that's 100 percent unashamedly lazy? Beautifully easy? Of course you do. I really promise this is 100 percent kid friendly. I know I say that every week, but even the one-year-old INHALED this. Like, three bowls...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 3/9/17

Having spent half of my life looking through a windshield, I drove between four and five million miles, close as I can figure. I liked to drive anything since I was a kid. My dad had a couple of old rock trucks he had put together. I rode with one of the drivers a lot. He...
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From the Kitchen – Kendra Annee

This week’s featured cook, Kendra Annee, her husband Tim, and their son Ryan live in Galesburg, in a home that has been in her family for nearly three-quarters of a century and, understandably, holds many treasured family memories. “The title of our home dates back to 1855, but we believe there was another house here before...
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