Yearly Archives: 2016

Kitchen Bloopers – Hometown Press Readers’ Edition!

Kitchen Bloopers – Hometown Press Readers’ Edition!
In our June 2 issue, Hometown Press staffers brought you, our readers, the colorful details of our most memorable kitchen bloopers. We then turned the tables and asked you for your kitchen mishaps. This week, we are featuring our winning entry and also sharing a few of our favorite entries, all of which made choosing...
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Press INKlings: Too many half-staff flags flying

If you’ve been thinking the U.S. flag has been flying at half-staff so many, many times, you are right. If you’ve been thinking the U.S. flag has been flying at half-staff too many times, you are right. If you can’t keep up with when and why the U.S. flag has been flying at half-staff, you...
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Sully Fourth of July fireworks after ball games on July 2

"Star Spangled Spectacular" was selected as the 2016 Sully Fourth of July celebration theme at the Monday meeting of the Sully City Council. Tentative event schedule is: Saturday, July 2 8:15 a.m. tractor ride, line up on north side of Sully square, route to be announced. 2 p.m. softball tournament at Sully Ballpark 9:30 p.m. or dark fireworks, rain date...
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Gabriel Francis

Gabriel Francis Lee O'Dell was born to Craig and Lindsey O’Dell of Monroe on June 16, 2016, at 3:44 a.m. He weighed 9 pounds 6.8 ounces and was 22.25 inches long. Brothers are Gavin (5) and Logan (3). Grandparents are Gerald and Cresty Leffler of Monroe, Bruce and Cindy Nolin of Greenbrier, AR,...

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Jaren Kelly

Josh and Jess Vander Molen of Sully are the parents of a son, Jaren Kelly, born Thursday, June 16, 2016. He weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces. His sister is Jaelynn (8), and his brother is Jayse (2). Grandparents are Mark and Karla De Cook of Sully, Craig and Kris Boot of Pella, and Mike and...
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Ivy Marie

Josh and April Van Maanen of Bondurant are the parents of a daughter, Ivy Marie, born Tuesday, June 14, 2016. She weighed 7 pounds. Her angel brother is Peyton Duane. Grandparents are Alan and Gail DeGrote of Worthington, MN, and Marc and Shelly Van Maanen of Grinnell. Great-grandparents are Robert Kolander of Fulda, MN, Carolyn...
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Local truck driver injured

Steve Beyer of Sully was the driver of the Sully Transport tanker truck involved in an accident, which caused his truck to upset and spill fuel in the southwest part of Des Moines, closing Highway 5 most of the day on Friday, June 17. Beyer suffered a broken hip during the accident and is recuperating...
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