Lester Van Der Wilt, 92, of Pella went to his heavenly home on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, at the Cottages in Pella. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Pella. Interment was in Woodland Cemetery, Lynnville. Memorials have been designated for Wesley Life Hospice.
Lester Van Der Wilt was born...
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JoAnna Thomas, 46
JoAnna Lynn "JoJo" Thomas, 46, of Grinnell died July 31, 2014, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the First Friends Church in Grinnell with Pastors Todd Follette, Walt Claussen, and John Claussen officiating. Burial was in Our Silent City Cemetery in...
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Richard Gander, 45
The body of Rich Gander, 45, of Creston was recovered by divers about 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2014, on the southwest side of Twelve Mile Lake near Afton, 30 feet from the shore. Gander was reported missing at 6:15 p.m. July 28 when a fellow fisherman found an empty boat on the lake. Authorities...
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Maurine Van Der Kamp, 96
Maurine Van Der Kamp, 96, of Sully, passed away Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, at The Cottages of Pella. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at Sully Community Church....
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Heart of Worship holds successful Pay It Forward free clothing drive
Lynnville Heart of Worship held its first annual Pay It Forward free clothing drive July 25-26 with great success.
People started lining up at 4 p.m. on Friday with the event starting at 5 p.m. There were 66 people through the door in the first five minutes. Free bags of school supplies were handed out while...
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Van Zante sees the agricultural side of China firsthand
Earlier this month, rural Grinnell farmer Arlyn Van Zante went on a 10-day trip to China as part of the 2014 Iowa Farm Bureau Market Study Tour. The following is a summary of the trip written by Van Zante.
I will start by answering the three most frequently asked questions I have been asked since my...
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Woman with medical condition alarms rural Sully and Killduff residents
Shortly before noon on Wednesday, July 23, a few incidents began that ended in the recovery by a canine unit of a woman in a pond near Killduff. It was determined that the woman who prompted a Code Red Alert in and around Killduff at about 12:15 p.m. was suffering from a medical condition.
According to...
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