The calls and emails to Hometown Press last week were numerous because the newspapers for Grinnell, Kellogg, and Pella addresses were lost in Des Moines for a few days and finally were delivered on Monday, July 13, instead of the publication date of July 9. Your local post office and newspaper staff are not to...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 7-16-15
It’s 5 a.m. I’m trying to repair my laptop computer. It has probably slid from my lap about 50 times.
It happens when I drop off to sleep for a few seconds. It wakes me up when it crashes to the floor.
My wife has told me many, many times that the thing was going to break....
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Jasper County Fair underway this week
Jasper County Fair
The Jasper County Fair will be held at the fairgrounds in Colfax July 17-23. Complete information is at www.jaspercofair.com. The schedule includes:
Friday, July 17
1 p.m. fashion revue and clothing selection judging (closed to public)
5 p.m. opening ceremonies, dog show, cat show
6:30-8:30 p.m. bean bag contest
7 p.m. horse trail classes
Saturday, July 18
Chainsaw Artist
8 a.m.-2:30...
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Poweshiek County Fair underway this week
Poweshiek County Fair
The Poweshiek County Fair activities started July 11 and 14 and continue through July 20 at the fairgrounds in Grinnell. See www.poweshiekcountyfair.org for complete details. The schedule includes the following.
The fair started July 11 with bottle calf conference judging, bake sale of food projects, pets judging, and horticulture conference judging. Tuesday, July 14...
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Anabelle Lee
Anabelle Lee Vos was born at 8:11 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. She weighed 9 pounds 1 ounce and measured 20 inches long. Her parents are Curt and Candice Vos of Sully. Her siblings are Brenden (14), Colton (10), Bailey (7), Chloe (5), and Adrianna (18 months). Grandparents are Clint and Marla Vos of...
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Kennedy Kay
Kennedy Kay Van Maanen was born July 8, 2015. She weighed 9 pounds 5.5 ounces and measured 21.5 inches long. Her parents are Matt and Rachel Van Maanen of Sully. Her brothers are Rowan (4) and Dryson (2). Grandparents are Tim and Rindy Vander Schel of Newton and Dave and Beth Van Maanen of Pella....
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Truck rolls in one-vehicle accident
At approximately 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, the Jasper County Sheriff's Office and Sully Fire and Ambulance crew were called to a one-truck accident five miles west of Sully. A truck with gravel-dump trailer loaded with sand and driven by David Alan Yakle, 58, of Montour was going south on County Road F-62 when...
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