Junior Christensen, 87, of rural Sully, died on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, at his home. A funeral service was held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. Memorials to the Killduff United Methodist Church or the American Parkinson’s Disease Association may be left at the...
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Home decorating contest donations made
The decorated home of Jeff and Kristi Brummel at 805 4th Street in Sully was the winner of the home decorating contest this year. With Van Wijk Winery’s various projects, including spearheading the first decorating contest, $25 will be donated to the Sully Central Park Fund via The Sully Foundation and $100 will be given...
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SCS holds school-wide skating party
Partway through Christmas break, SCS students had a chance to get together for some fun involving exercise, a few spills, good food, and lots of laughs. A two-hour school skating party was held at West Gate in Newton on Tuesday, Dec. 30. All SCS students and their families, as well as preschoolers from the area,...
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2014 Year in Review
We’ve celebrated with you in good times and mourned with you in the tragic. Throughout 2014, the “Hometown Press” has covered top news stories from devastating fires to monumental wins. We’ve cheered on our local students in the classroom and in athletics, cringed at the record-high prices of propane during a bitterly cold winter, and...
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2014 Chronology
The Hometown Press prints all new arrival, anniversary, and death information FREE every week. For your information to be included on the chronology page at this time next year, submit new arrival, anniversary, and obituaries (tell your funeral director) to [email protected] or call 641-594-3200. You may also submit announcements online at www.hometownpressia.com. We will gladly...
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Pastor’s Pen: New Beginnings
Every year as the calendar turns from one year to the next, I always look forward to new challenges and resolutions for the year. Most of the time these resolutions revolve around exercising and trying to limit my Mountain Dew intake. However, this year I find myself looking back more than forward. Maybe you find...
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Roland wins 125-pound weight bracket at state
Lucas Roland, an eighth grader at Lynnville-Sully, recently became the champion of the 125-pound weight class at the 2014 Iowa Grade School and Junior High State Wrestling Tournament. The tournament, held Dec. 28 at the Jacobson Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, included 150 middle school wrestlers competing in 18 weight classes...
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