About: Hometown Press

Recent Posts by Hometown Press

PC Sports Shorts

PC Sports Shorts

Track and Field

IA Track and Field named its award winners for the 2026 State Track and Field Meet, and it is no surprise that Bailey Vos, senior daughter of Curt and Candice Vos,  was named 2A Ms. Iowa Track. Vos rewrote school and State Meet history numerous times during her illustrious high school...
Read more

Gene Roose, 84

Gene Roose, 84, of Pella passed away on Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House after his health rapidly declined. Memorial service was at 11 a.m., Friday, May 29, at Calvary Christian Reformed Church, Pella, preceded by a committal service at Oakwood Cemetery, Pella. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions...
Read more

Audrey Brand, 85

Audrey (Criswell) Brand, 85, of Sully, passed away Apr. 16, 2026, at Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. The visitation for Audrey will be 9-11 a.m., Monday, June 15, with the Celebration of Life service held immediately after at 11 a.m. with both being held at the Sully First Reformed Church, Seth Adams officiating. Memorial...
Read more

Coy Kenneth

Josh and Aimee Nikkel of Lynnville are the parents of a baby boy, Coy Kenneth, born May 30, 2026. He weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and measured 19.5 inches long. His brothers are Camden (6), Chet (4), and Cashmen (2). Grandparents are Scott Rolffs of Lynnville and Rick and Cheryl Nikkel of Sully. Great-grandparents are Ken and...
Read more

Clayton James

Colton and Elaina Vos of Pella are the parents of a son, Clayton James, born May 28, 2026. He weighed 9 pounds 1 ounce. Grandparents are Curt and Candice Vos of Sully and Joe and Renae Vos of Pella. Great-grandparents are Clint Vos of Reasnor, Helen Six of Altoona, Gary and Becky Vos of Newton, and Sherwin...
Read more

Rawlins races to the checkered flag with consecutive clean sweeps

Rawlins races to the checkered flag with consecutive clean sweeps
Eight-year-old Sawyer Rawlins enjoys the winner’s circle with his mom and dad, Kylie and Zack Rawlins of Kellogg, at the Atwater Karting Speedway in Minnesota. The need for speed runs deep in the Rawlins family tree. The youngest member of the family – eight-year-old Sawyer Rawlins – is carrying on a generational hobby he has known...
Read more

Local Pella Christian, Pella athletes finish on the podium

Local Pella Christian, Pella athletes finish on the podium
PCHS athletes take a picture at State Track. Pella Christian’s Bailey Vos,  Hayley Rens, and Ezra Ochsner and Pella’s Phenix Gibbs – high school athletes with local ties, represented their schools well at the State Track and Field Championships. Vos broke multiple records and finished on top of the podium as a state champ in all four...
Read more

Recent Comments by Hometown Press