Monthly Archives: February 2019

City of Lynnville maintenance director receives wage increase, sewer project on hold until funding is secured

                Mayor Roy James called the Lynnville City Council meeting to order on Monday, Feb. 11, at 5:30 p.m. at Lynnville City Hall. Councilmembers Bev Van Maanen, Kevin Arment, Hugh Carney, Terry Fraker, and Mark Newberg were present along with city clerk Bev Arthur and guest Faye Brand. City maintenance director Josh DeWitt arrived later while taking a...

Read more

Sully Council: Shooting crew, funds needed or July 4 fireworks canceled

                                The Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11, at Sully Community Center. Councilmembers present were Jeff Brummel, Brad Rozendaal, Teryl Ver Ploeg, Gordon Yarrington, mayor Brent Vander Molen, and city clerk Barbra Maasdam. Councilmember Wes Van Wyk was absent. Guests present were Matt Walker, Ron Williams, Jenice Van Rees,...

Read more

The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Feb. 14, 2019

I’m out in California one more time. This is a different planet.

                No one works out here because they are all on the freeway every day in some shiny foreign car at 80 mph.

                I have friends and relatives out here: Mostly relatives, because they are stuck with...

Read more

Larry Johnson, 60

                Larry Gene Johnson, 60, of Fernandina Beach, FL, passed away Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 at the Community Hospice.

                Larry was born in Grinnell to the late Lavern and Drusilla “Sally” (Hansen) Johnson on Aug. 29, 1958. He graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School with the Class of 1976. He attended technical School for Heating...

Read more

Iowans experience sub-zero deep freeze and spring, all in a week

When people think of escaping the cold winter months, they often think of booking a flight south. On Wednesday, Jan. 30, people desperate for relief from the cold could travel to Alaska, across the border to Canada, to Mount Everest’s base camp of Siberia, or even to parts of Antarctica and find warmer temperatures! Iowa, and much...

Read more

Donation fund set up for Sully resident diagnosed with cancer

Jim Vos, a lifelong resident of Sully, was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma on Jan. 23. On Jan. 29, Vos and his wife Nancy set up a time for surgery to remove the tumor and part of his kidney. Surgery is scheduled for Feb. 14. Jim will be off work for a month or more and...

Read more