Nick and Amy Harthoorn of Sully announce the birth of a son, Colton Nicholas, born at 7:48 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. He weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches long. His sisters are Kate (7), Brooke (6), and Aubrey (4). Grandparents are Doyle and Linda Huyser of Lynnville and Kurt and...
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Return papers from stolen safe
Sometime between Tuesday evening and Thursday morning last week, St. Andrews Lutheran Church a few miles west of Sully was burglarized. According to Jasper County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Dittmer’s report, Nancy Pick, pastor of the church, arrived at the church Thursday morning to find someone had been inside and gone through most closets, drawers, and...
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Brandon Rozendaal, 17
Brandon Rozendaal, 17, died at his home in Monroe on Nov. 6, 2015. Funeral services were Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Federated Fellowship Church, Pella. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to: Pella Christian High School, Pine Rest Christian Services, and Federated Fellowship Church.
Brandon Michael Rozendaal was born Jan. 13, 1998, to Calvin and...
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Minimal interest in local city elections, write-ins fill a few seats
As was the case in nearly all Jasper County towns, write-ins filled a few seats on local city councils, and voter turnout was very light on Election Day 2015, Tuesday, Nov. 5.
In Sully, only nine percent of the city’s 629 registered voters went to the polls, casting 59 ballots. Incumbent Sully Mayor Brent Vander Molen...
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Feeding the hungry, saving the starving
Twelve teams of area residents ready to lend a helping hand packaged 20,736 meals in just two hours on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Lynnville Friends Church FCC Building for Jasper County Kids Against Hunger. The volunteers united to fight worldwide hunger by packaging fortified rice-soy casserole meals in assembly-line style. The food will be sent...
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Makers of purple hats for November Shaken Baby Awareness Month
For several weeks, volunteers requested by Jenice Van Rees, of Sully have been knitting or crocheting purple hats for November Shaken Baby Awareness Month. Last week, a group of the volunteers gathered at Coffee Cup Café in Sully, from left: Front row, Delia De Jong, Darlene Struik, Colleen Castorf, Bonnie Vander Weerdt, Bertha Zylstra; back row holding some of...
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Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week kicked off at Lynnville-Sully on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Students joined thousands across the country in a campaign aimed to educate and raise awareness about the harmful effects of drug use.
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