I know everyone talks about our terrible weather. I guess I am no better.
Things happen to me in this weather that nearly kill me.
Last week on one of those -40 windchill days, my daughter called me - never a good thing. She had hit a...
Brian Verhey, 57
Brian G. Verhey, 57, passed away Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at his residence in Santa Cruz, CA. Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 26, at Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella. In honor of Brian, purple clothing was preferred. The family prefers memorial contributions to Hope Ministries.
Brian Gerry Verhey was born...
Jerry Waugh, 73
Gerald Douglas “Jerry” Waugh, 73, of Sully, passed away Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in Des Moines after a brief illness, with family by his side.
Visitation will take place Friday, Feb. 1, from 5-8 p.m. at Hamilton Funeral Home in West Des Moines. Funeral services will be held at Union Park...
Alma Veldhuizen, 89
Alma Jane Veldhuizen, 89, of Pella passed away Saturday morning, Jan. 26, 2019. Her funeral will be held at Sully First Reformed Church on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be held before the service beginning at 8:30-10 a.m. in The Gathering Place at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be...
DTGC drops membership requirement, opens course to public
The calendar may display January, but members of the Diamond Trail Golf Club (DTGC) in Lynnville already have their sights set on the upcoming golf season. And an exciting season it will be with big changes being made to the structure of playing at the golf course.
Ever since opening in 1997, the...
Sold-out crowd gathers at Pheasants Forever Banquet
It may have been a white winter wonderland outside on Saturday, Jan. 19, but inside the Christian Conference Center in rural Newton was a sea of blaze orange as a sold-out crowd of hunting enthusiasts and supporters gathered for the 34th Annual Jasper County Pheasants Forever Banquet.
The Jasper County Pheasants Forever Chapter...
Local churches organize volunteer relief efforts for people affected by Marshalltown tornado
You’ve heard about the need for help for the citizens of Marshalltown whose lives have been forever changed by the ravages of the EF3 Tornado that hit Marshalltown on July 19 of last year. Many stories have appeared on local television news and in print throughout the state detailing the devastation and the efforts needed to help...