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Pat Shutts, 72

                Pat Shutts, 72, of Pleasant Hill, died Thursday, May 30, 2019, at the Taylor House in Des Moines.

                Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 17, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Grinnell with Fr. Ross Epping presiding. A reception will follow the service at...

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Merlin Hite, 69

                Merlin Hite, 69, of New Sharon passed away peace-fully Monday morning, June 3, 2019, at Oskaloosa Care Center. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 6, at New Sharon United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery in New Sharon. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be...

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Collin Wayne Paul

                Jake and Gina McElroy of Lynnville are the parents of a son, Collin Wayne Paul McElroy, born May 28, 2019, at 5:03 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces. His big sisters are Samantha, 5; Lexie, 5; and Brystol, 2.

                Grandparents are Angie and Brad Braafhart of Grinnell, Mindy and Greg Van...

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Hackert conquers the Special Olympics one step at a time

Acea Hackert, 15-year-old son of Jamie and Cindy Hackert of Lynnville, joined nearly 3,000 other athletes at the Special Olympics Games at Iowa State University in Ames on Friday, May 24.

                Friday marked Acea’s second trip to the Special Olympics, and his parents had one goal for him. Simply put, they wanted him...

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Large crowd at rainy pancake breakfast on Memorial Day

Even though the rain was falling again, a large crowd attended the freewill donation annual Sully Christian Reformed Church Cadets pancake breakfast on Memorial Day morning at Sully Christian School. Of course, the conversations around the tables were about the weather and farming. During the past two weeks, over 10 inches of rain has fallen in the...

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Support the Agan family on Saturday, June 1

The community is invited to support Alison Agan and her three young sons at the Agan Benefit on Saturday, June 1, at Sully Community Church starting at 5 p.m.

The Agan family, clockwise from left, in a picture taken during the 2018 holiday season: Kyler, Shelby, Alison,...
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Where’s the apron?

APRON GIVEAWAY: Please send us a picture of your favorite apron and/or apron story and you could win an apron yourself! Share by emailing [email protected] and put apron in the subject line. Submissions must be emailed by June 5. One entry will be drawn at random and the winner will be announced in the June 13 Hometown...

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