Monthly Archives: December 2024

Sully Locker and Market welcomes new owners in the new year

Emily and Gideon Boender take over ownership of Sully Locker and Market on Jan. 2, 2025. Later this month, the young family, which includes daughter Oakley, will move north of Sully. Sully Locker and Market, a cornerstone business in the community for nearly 80 years, will start the new year with new owners at the helm....
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Year in review 2024-A year for the record books

Another year has passed by in the blink of an eye. 2024 was full of memorable and record-breaking highlights, impactful events, a historic election, as well as deep valleys where residents united and carried one another through. In 2024, the Hometown Press reported on stories that welcomed new businesses and residents to the area, celebrated...
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2024 Chronology

The Hometown Press prints all new arrival, anniversary, and death information FREE every week. For your information to be included on the chronology page at this time next year, submit new arrival, anniversary, and obituaries (tell your funeral director) throughout the year to [email protected] or call 641-594-3200. You may also submit announcements online at www.hometownpress-ia.com....
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Fikse’s Fixings By Chad Fikse

I have loved pancakes since I was a little boy, not only because pancakes taste great, but because for me, they remind me of my father. Some of my most vivid memories of my childhood are of my father making pancakes for my sister and me. One of his frequent flourishes was making Mickey Mouse-shaped pancakes....
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Area athletes gear up for return to the court, mat in January

The Lynnville-Sully Hawks are ready to attack the second part of the winter sports season. The first full week of competition following winter break will be a busy one for L-S and PC basketball players, wrestlers, bowlers, and their fans. The L-S girls basketball team holds a 6-3 record with all three of their losses against...
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Roy James, 80

Roy James, 80, of Lynnville, passed away Thurs-day evening, Dec. 26, 2024, at University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 3, at Heart of Worship Church near Lynnville. A private family burial will take place in the Woodland Cemetery in Lynnville at a later...
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