Norma Gosselink, 93, of Grinnell, passed away Thursday, Mar. 12, 2026, at Windsor Manor in Grinnell. Funeral services were at 11 a.m., Monday, Mar. 16, at Holland-Coble Funeral Home in New Sharon. Burial was in Woodland Cemetery in Lynnville. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or...
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Eldon Snook, 81
Eldon Snook, 81, of Grinnell and formerly of Montezuma, entered the gates of Heaven on Sunday evening, Mar. 15, 2026, at UnityPoint Grinnell Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Mar. 20, at the Trinity Lutheran Church near Malcom. Burial will be held in the Trinity Lutheran...
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Bonnie Lynn
Brady and Christine Van Wyk of Sully are the parents of a baby girl, Bonnie Lynn, born at 3:58 a.m., Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026. She weighed 9 pounds 3 ounces and measured 21.5 inches long.
Grandparents are Terry and Paula Nikkel of Sully and Jeff and Deb Van Wyk of Sully.
Great-grandparents are Bob and Linda Kading...
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SOAR students give back
Gabe Rozendaal, Lyra Dunlap, and Lorcan Lewis help clean and organize shelves at East Jasper Christian Food Pantry. At right, Kate Arkema cuddles a PALS feline friend.
Armed with a mission to serve, Lynnville-Sully Middle School SOAR members launched a multi-project community service initiative in early 2026. See page 6 to learn how the students’ care...
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De Jong spends 23 years serving others out of love for Jesus
Diane De Jong celebrates 23 years of caring for patients at the Pella Regional Medical Clinic in Sully with an open house for her retirement on Friday, Mar. 6.
Diane De Jong, PA-C, retired after 23 years of caring for patients at Pella Regional Medical Clinic in Sully last week. Thank you to everyone who stopped...
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Tice recognized for good sportsmanship
Cory Tice is honored with the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union and the Iowa Farm Bureau’s outstanding sportsmanship award prior to Lynnville-Sully’s State Quarterfinals game on Wednesday, Mar. 4. He was presented with a certificate by Karina Romero, an IGHSAU student-athlete advisory committee member.
Sportsmanship matters and is an emphasis of values that goes far beyond...
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Let the Madness begin! By Megan Pothoven
During the middle of March, ESPN will be on most of the time while Adam is keeping up with his NCAA brackets. We used to each do a bracket and keep score when we first dated and married. While Adam would put a lot of thought into the strategy of bracketology, I would typically choose...
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