Monthly Archives: November 2014

Hometown Press celebrates five years with Five Days of Freebies

Hometown Press celebrates five years with Five Days of Freebies
The Hometown Press has been bringing the latest community news to you for five years! Thank you, readers, for making our first five years a success! In celebration, we are holding a Five Days of Freebies promotion. There are two days left to enter! Simply like the anniversary status on our Facebook page, Hometown Press, each...
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Area fire departments assist in fighting fatal Taintor house fire

Firefighters were called to a massive fire at the Taintor home of Emery Black and Judy Clenin on Thursday evening, Nov. 13. When crews arrived at the scene in the small community located eight miles southeast of Lynnville, the house was fully engulfed and flames could be seen from miles away. The blaze claimed the life...
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Sully Fall Family Fun Night

Mark the calendar to attend the second Fall Family Fun Night on Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Sully Community Center from 5-8 p.m. Join neighbors and community members at this family-friendly event for all ages. The Killduff Hotshots 4-H Club will serve a freewill donation meal consisting of barbecue pork sandwiches, baked beans, chips, desserts, and...
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Kids Against Hunger partners with locals to feed families around the world

Kids Against Hunger partners with locals to feed families around the world
Dozens of local volunteers teamed up with Jasper County’s Kids Against Hunger to package highly-nutritious, life-saving meals for starving and malnourished children and their families in developing countries and the United States. The food packaging event was held on Saturday, Nov. 11, in the Lynnville Friends Church FCC Building. Saturday’s event was the third community...
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Improved playset for Sully’s Central Park proposed

The last phase of the Sully Central Park update project will be a playset to replace the current playset that is over 30 years old, which has served the city well but is deteriorating. Teryl Ver Ploeg presented the playset proposal to the Sully City Council at its regular meeting Monday night, Nov. 9, to...
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Sully City Council accepts $454,227 bid for 1st Avenue paving project

Last Thursday, four bids were reviewed instead of two bids like the first time but the results were not much different for the 1st Avenue and business park paving project. The low bid was $454,226.50 by Bloomers Construction of Pella. City engineer Brad Uitermarkt had initially estimated the project at $407,923 early in 2014. For...
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