Rusty J. Wilcox, 38, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A Celebration of Life was held at 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 22, at First Christian Church, Newton. Memorials may be made out to Amy Wilcox and sent in care of Cox-Smith Funeral and Cremation Service, PO Box 163,...
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Henrietta Terpstra, 87
Henrietta Terpstra, 87, of Sully, passed away Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 5, at Sully First Reformed Church. Visitation will be Sunday, Feb. 4, with the family present 3-5 p.m. Interment will be in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for American...
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Mother Nature wins, again
The view looking west at the drifted-shut gravel road at South 80th Avenue East, just north of Sully. The scene of neighbors helping neighbors clear snow played out all across Central Iowa as people tried to dig out of monster snow drifts.
After a relatively mild start to winter, Mother Nature let us all know who...
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Republican caucus goers choose Trump in coldest caucus in history
Just under 200 (196) votes were cast in the Lynn Grove-Richland and Buena Vista-Elk Creek precincts held inside Lynnville-Sully’s gym on Monday, Jan. 15. Former President Donald Trump won Lynn Grove-Richland precinct and tied with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in Buena Vista-Elk Creek precinct. Trump won the state with 51% of the caucus vote.
By Derek...
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Business opportunity ‘Blossoms’ for newly retired Sully resident
By Derek Bates
Laureen Van Wyk of rural Sully ended a chapter in her life’s book in December as she retired from a career at Grinnell College. Letting no time go to waste, she has begun a new chapter by starting Blossoms, a silk flower arrangement business she runs out of her home a mile east...
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‘Have a seat at my table’ By Cathryn Dunsbergen
It is 9:35 p.m., and the smell of chocolate cake is wafting through my parents’ house. I should be headed to my sister’s bachelorette party, but a large snowstorm is headed our way. Flights got canceled, and so did school. Thus, we are making a cake when we are supposed to be getting ready for...
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Pella rider finds success on the saddle
By Derek Bates
Nine-year-old Atlas St. John of Pella has been awarded the championship honor for 2023 from the Iowa Horse Shows Association, and she’s riding high on the saddle!
Atlas, the daughter of Lawrence and Clarissa St. John, grand-daughter of Mark and Melissa Doll of Lynnville, and great-granddaughter of Roy and Dianne James of Lynnville, recently...
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