Sally (Drusilla Marie) Johnson, 87, of Grinnell, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
A memorial service was held Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the Carman Center of the Mayflower Community with the Rev. Christine Tinker, chaplain of the Mayflower Community, officiating. Burial will be at the West Liberty Cemetery near Searsboro at a...
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Clint Ashman, 34
Clint William Ashman, 34, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. He was born Dec. 12, 1980, in Oskaloosa, the son of George and Shirley Vander Beek Ashman. He graduated from Oskaloosa High School with the Class of 1999. He went on to earn his A.A....
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First Winter Dance Showcase held at L-S
A Winter Dance Showcase, the first of its kind at L-S, kept members of the Lynnville-Sully dance team busy from morning to night on Saturday, Jan. 17.
For three hours Saturday morning, 36 enthusiastic elementary girls learned a short dance and four new cheers taught by members of the high school team. The girls danced, stomped...
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Gas prices still going down
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Before last week’s newspaper was printed, the price had gone down and as of Jan. 17 is below $1.80.[/caption]...
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Before last week’s newspaper was printed, the price had gone down and as of Jan. 17 is below $1.80.[/caption]...
JVM Cattle Company wins big in Colorado
In what is considered the Super Bowl of livestock events, JVM Cattle Company, owned by Jordan and Tayler Vander Molen of Pella, came out on top at the 2015 National Western Stock Show (NWSS) held in Denver, CO, Jan. 13.
The Vander Molens, whose herd includes 130 head of cattle, 10 of which are owned by...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 1/22/15
This week has consisted of:
“Coughing, sneezing, snot, we wondered where you’ve been.
This cold says, I could show you incredible things.
Snot, Kleenex, orange juice
The germs saw us there and then they thought
Oh my gosh just look at that face
You look like a great mistake.”
Okay, enough of the Taylor Swift madness, but seriously, we have been very...
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Public invited to SCS’s Food & Fun Night this Saturday
Come one, come all to the Sully Christian School Food & Fun Night 2015, set for this Saturday, Jan. 24. The fun starts at 4:30 p.m. and includes dinner (4:30-6:30 p.m.), games (5-7 p.m.), and an auction (silent auction 4:30-7 p.m., live auction 7:15 p.m.).
Some of the bigger items to be auctioned off include dinner for...
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