35 years ago (1980)
Bryce W. Gause joined the staff of the First State Bank in Lynnville as executive vice president. Gause graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School in 1959, served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1967, and graduated from Simpson College in Indianola in 1969 with a BA degree in accounting.
Harold and Grace Beyer...
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A day for sweet little candies
Apr. 22 is National Jelly Bean Day. Who doesn’t love a jelly bean, from good old cherry, orange, or lemon to the more adventurous flavors like buttered popcorn, latte, and chili mango? Jelly beans are a classic candy with a soft, chewy center and a thin candy coating. The flavor possibilities are endless, which has...
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Sully Fire Dept. fire call reported
Monday, Apr. 13, at 12:50 a.m., the Sully Fire Department was called to just west of the junction of F-62 and T-22 near the Jerry Elscott residence for an electric pole on fire from a lightning strike....
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John Nile-Bruce
Brandon and Noelle Husmann of New Sharon are the proud parents of a baby boy, John Nile-Bruce Husmann, born Monday, Apr. 6, 2015. John weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces.
Grandparents are Lance and Sharon Husmann of Mount Auburn, the late Barb Kraus Dierks, Duke and Lisa Dierks of Cedar Falls, and Marlo and Ruth Jansen of...
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Silas David Barrett
Joel and Victoria Lewicki of Virginia Beach, VA, are the parents of a son, Silas David Barrett Lewicki, born Mar. 24, 2015. He weighed 7.7 pounds and measured 19.5 inches long. His siblings are Benjamin (6) and Violet (4). Grandparents are Harlan and Mary Van Wyhe of Sully, Sheila Van Wyhe of West Des Moines,...
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Controlled burn held at Barnes City
Ten area fire departments, including some members of the Sully, Lynnville, and Searsboro departments, participated in a controlled burn of the elevator at Barnes City on Sunday, Apr. 13. The Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau and Key Cooperative planned the project....
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 4/16/15
I had some requests from people asking me to write something that had happened to me during all my years of driving a semi.
I starting driving an 18-wheeler when I was 17 years old. The first unusual thing happened not long after that. I had a license to drive a straight truck, but not a...
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