Monthly Archives: March 2018

Lynnville City Council

  Lynnville Council approves $69,325 sewer project first phase The Lynnville City Council met in regular session on Monday, Mar. 12, at Lynnville City Hall. Mayor Roy James, councilmembers Bev Van Maanen, Terry Fraker, Roger Beason, Mark Newberg, city clerk Bev Arthur, city maintenance director Josh DeWitt, and guest Faye Brand were present. The minutes of the prior...
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Sully City Council Meeting

Funding sewer project brings debate to Sully Council meeting

                The Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Mar. 12, with city clerk Barbra Maasdam, mayor Brent Vander Molen, councilmembers Brad Rozendaal, Wes Van Wyk, and Teryl Ver Ploeg present (Gordon Yarrington and Jeff Brummel were absent), and guests...
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L-S School Board Special Meeting

Teachers group gives opening offer to Lynnville-Sully School Board In a five-minute special meeting, the Lynnville-Sully School Board met at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 7, for the sole purpose of receiving the teacher representatives’ opening wage negotiations proposal. Vice president Jer Schnell called the meeting to order with superintendent Shane Ehresman, board secretary Karla De...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Mar. 15, 2018

It was pretty much an uneventful week at my house and in my family for once. No one got put in jail or had a car wreck. None of my daughters called home from 70 miles away at midnight to tell me her furnace has stopped and what was I going to do to fix...
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Frank A. Webster, 73

Frank A. Webster, 73, of Gilman, died Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2018, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A visitation was held from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 11, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. Condolences may be shared at www.smithfh.com. Frank Albert Webster was born the son of Oscar and Rita (Elliott) Webster on Nov. 8, 1944,...
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Mattie Lewis, 84

Mattie Lou Lewis, 84, of Lynnville, passed away peacefully on Mar. 7, 2018, in the South Village at the Mayflower Com-munity Health Care Center, Grinnell. A celebration of life service was held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Mar. 10, at the Mayflower Community Carman Center. Burial will be at a later date in Lynnville Woodland...
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Over $30,000 raised for Kelly Miller

Everyone who knows Kelly Miller of Galesburg is aware he is a friend to everyone who is always ready to strike up a conversation or share a laugh. But after the final guest left a benefit held in his honor which raised over $30,000 on Friday night, Mar. 2, Kelly was full of emotion and speechless....
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