Yearly Archives: 2021

Hawks run past the Mustangs for second win of the season

Hawks run past the Mustangs for second win of the season
Gage Elscott, Braden Alberts (62), and Lane Fisk (17) take down an East Marshall Mustang. The Hawks had their home crowd support and excitement of young Hawk fans in attendance for youth football night on Friday, Sept. 10. L-S played with high intensity from start to finish to rein in the East Marshall Mustangs, 48-21. Sophomore Corder...
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VMF Motorsports well represented at Poplar Grove

VMF Motorsports well represented at Poplar Grove
Rhett Spoelstra holds his third-place trophy after racing at Poplar Grove Speedway Sept. 4. The VMF Motorsports team of Lynnville showed their speed at Poplar Grove Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 4. Five-year-old Rhett Spoelstra, son of Logan and Krysta Spoelstra, spent his Labor Day weekend at the racetrack. In the first heat, Spoelstra started out second and...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Sept. 16, 2021

I have had to back off on a lot of things I said would never happen. The most recent is that a Japanese car would never sit in my drive. My granddaughter that is living with me now owns a Japanese car. It does sit in my drive. It is a miserable little auto called a Nissan...
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Eileen Johnson, 68

Eileen D. Johnson, 68, of Newton and formerly of Monroe, passed away on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, at UnityPoint Finley Hospital in Dubuque. Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 3, at First Baptist Church of Monroe with burial at Silent City Cemetery, Monroe. The daughter of Lloyd and Katherine (Ver Heul) Nolin, Eileen was born Sept....
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Melvin Ratcliff, 87

Melvin Ratcliff, 87, of Lynnville, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. A funeral service was held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. A luncheon followed in the Heritage Room of Smith Funeral Home. Interment will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, at...
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Dennis Ashby, 65

Dennis Ashby, 65, of Grinnell and formerly of Des Moines, passed away Sept. 7, 2021, at UnityPoint Taylor House in Johnston. A funeral mass will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Grinnell. Interment will be at Bethel Cemetery north of Lynnville. A luncheon will follow at Elks...
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