Waiting For Christmas
It is about 350 days until Christmas and I, for one, am quite happy about it. I know I sound like Scrooge, but it’s just more hassle than it’s worth.
The most expensive gift I received this year was some kind of battery-powered blood pressure reading machine. It’s a little box with a digital...
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Halle Lynn
Halle Lynn Ross was born to Matt and Megan Ross of Sully on Dec. 29, 2022. She weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. Her brothers are Beckett-6 and Hunter-5.
Grandparents are Pete and Sandy Ross of Montezuma and Scott and Deb Van Kooten of Lynnville. Great-grandparents are Dwight and Judy Ver...
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Alberta Pol, 93
Alberta Grace Pol was born June 19, 1929, to Dick and Minnie (Van Maanen) Terpstra, near Lynnville. She passed away peacefully at age 93 on Jan. 3, 2023, at Comfort House in Pella with her family by her side. Funeral services were held Jan. 9 at Trinity Reformed Church in Pella. Interment was in Oakwood...
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Margery Bakker, 91
Margery Bakker, 91, of Sioux Falls, SD, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 17, at George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls. Graveside services were at West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Memorials may be directed to World Renew.
Margery Ann...
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Dale W. James, 67
Dale William James, 67, of Reasnor, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, at his home. A celebration of Dale’s life was held from 4-6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 7, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Dale’s name (checks made payable to Machelle James) may be left at the...
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A look back at 2022
“It’s Been a Year,” a popular song by Ashley Cooke playing on country music stations across the nation, has resonated with people with its sentimental rewind on the past year. The song’s chorus of “It’s been 365 of record lows and record highs | loving and losing, fun and confusing, praying and shifting gears |...
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Stevenson appointed to Jasper County Board of Supervisors, officials make appointment for vacated auditor seat
In a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 27, the county auditor, recorder, and treasurer voted to appoint Denny Stevenson to the Jasper County Board of Supervisors. Stevenson, who received a unanimous vote, will fill the seat of newly reelected supervisor Denny Carpenter, who passed away December 10. Stevenson previously served on the board of supervisors...
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