Most of the Aug. 10 storm is being cleaned up. The farmers took the worst of it.
I did not have much damage. My lawn chairs blew around and some small pieces on them were broken. I super glued them like I said last week. The two fingers that were stuck together are loose now....
Read more
Evelyn Roll, 86
Evelyn Grace Roll, 86, of Colfax, passed away Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Graveside funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m. at McKeever Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Howard Street Christian Church.
The daughter of Neal and Mary (Ver Steegt) Vander Leest, Evelyn was born Jan. 8, 1934 in rural Sully where...
Read more
Betty Zuidema, 85
Betty Jean (Ver Steegt) Zuidema, 85, of Killduff died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at Accura Healthcare of New-ton West. A funeral service was held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 24, at Sully First Reformed Church. Memorials have been designated to the Lynnville Fire Department.
Betty, the daughter of Gerrit and Maggie (Van Genderen) Ver Steegt,...
Read more
Kenneth Arthur, 95
Kenneth Carl Arthur, the son of Cecil and Pansy (Gerard) Arthur, was born Apr. 4, 1925, in Poweshiek County. He graduated from Searsboro High School with the Class of 1943. Kenneth served in the South Pacific in the United States Marine Corps from 1944-1946.
Mar. 5, 1947, Kenneth was united in marriage with Colleen Fudge in...
Read more
Paul Lee
Paul Lee was born to Brandon and Noelle Husmann of New Sharon on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. He weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce. His siblings are Johnny, age 5, Eden, age 3, and Ember, age 1.
Grandparents are Marlo and Ruth Jansen of Sully and Lance and Sharon Husmann of Cedar Rapids and the late Barb...
Read more
David Alexander
David Alexander was born to David and Ashley Voss of Pella on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. He weighed 9 pounds 8 ounces and measured 21.5 inches long.
Grandparents are Brent and Brenda Rolffs of Sully and David and Pam Voss of Homer Glen, IL.
Great-grandparents are Ken and Verna Hackert of Lynnville, Peter and Lovetta Voss of...
Read more
Aftermath, clean-up of derecho devastation continues
Flattened and dying corn is a sickening yet familiar sight in fields that were in the path of the 2020 derecho. The farming industry was hit particularly hard with crops and grain storage equipment heavily impacted.
Storm clean-up and recovery continues following the derecho that hammered down on the Midwest with hurricane-force winds on Monday, Aug....
Read more