Monthly Archives: November 2021

ZIP IN’s new ownership is a family affair

ZIP IN’s new ownership is a family affair
  Curt and Stacey James are the new owners of ZIP IN in Lynnville and say the whole family will play a role in the convenience store’s success. From left to right, a few of the James children – daughter Brianna James, daughter-in-law Shaleah James, daughter Lysandra Newell, son Rylan, and son-in-law Austin Newell. Curt and Stacey’s youngest...
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Veterans Salute

Veterans Salute
The Jasper County Freedom Rock, located on the southeast corner of the Sully square, honors all United States veterans. The rock was painted by Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II, of Greenfield, in June 2014. This year, Sorensen completed his tour of Iowa providing a unique-to-their-area Freedom Rock for all 99 counties. He is now on a 50...
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Copycat Recipes: Round 2

Copycat Recipes: Round 2
By Deb Johnson I know Thanksgiving is right around the corner, but I’m just not in the turkey and fixin’s holiday spirit yet. It’s been a busy summer and fall, we had wonderful weather extended for so long. Then poof! Where did the warm weather go, other than to my sister’s place in Arizona? We’ve just...
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City of Lynnville to acquire DTCC building from UnityPoint

  The Lynnville City Council met in regular session on Monday, Nov. 8, at Lynnville City Hall. Highlights of the one-hour meeting included Unity Point’s acceptance of the City of Lynnville’s bid to purchase the building that houses the Diamond Trails Children’s Center and former Lynnville Medical Clinic, abandonment proceedings, and concrete repairs near city hall....
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Jones brings big dreams to Big Apple, completes NYC Marathon

Jones brings big dreams to Big Apple, completes NYC Marathon
By LeAnn Hjelmeland In the past, if you wanted to find Julie Jones on the first Sunday of November, she could be found at home, glued to the TV as she enjoyed every moment of the televised TCS New York City Marathon. Although she’s not much of a TV watcher, the Sully runner would make sure...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Nov. 11, 2021

It seems like I’ve been surrounded by female drivers. It is a whole different experience. First, they like to set the emergency brake. The cars all have automatic transmissions. They all have PARK. If they would put the gear shift in PARK, a Clydesdale could not budge it. And the mirrors are never in the right spot. They...
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