Firefighters were called to a massive fire at the Taintor home of Emery Black and Judy Clenin on Thursday evening, Nov. 13. When crews arrived at the scene in the small community located eight miles southeast of Lynnville, the house was fully engulfed and flames could be seen from miles away. The blaze claimed the life...
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Sully Fall Family Fun Night
Mark the calendar to attend the second Fall Family Fun Night on Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Sully Community Center from 5-8 p.m.
Join neighbors and community members at this family-friendly event for all ages. The Killduff Hotshots 4-H Club will serve a freewill donation meal consisting of barbecue pork sandwiches, baked beans, chips, desserts, and...
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Kids Against Hunger partners with locals to feed families around the world
Dozens of local volunteers teamed up with Jasper County’s Kids Against Hunger to package highly-nutritious, life-saving meals for starving and malnourished children and their families in developing countries and the United States. The food packaging event was held on Saturday, Nov. 11, in the Lynnville Friends Church FCC Building. Saturday’s event was the third community...
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Improved playset for Sully’s Central Park proposed
The last phase of the Sully Central Park update project will be a playset to replace the current playset that is over 30 years old, which has served the city well but is deteriorating. Teryl Ver Ploeg presented the playset proposal to the Sully City Council at its regular meeting Monday night, Nov. 9, to...
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Lynnville Council initiates new city ordinances, approves smoke testing of sewer system
The Lynnville City Council met in regular session on Monday, Nov. 10, at the Lynnville City Hall. Guests included Gilbert Caldwell, Rosemary Allbee, Sandy Gray, Glenn Lewis, and Faye Brand. Councilman Kevin Arment was absent. Mayor Kelly Bryan called the meeting to order and led those in attendance in “The Pledge of Allegiance to the...
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Sully City Council accepts $454,227 bid for 1st Avenue paving project
Last Thursday, four bids were reviewed instead of two bids like the first time but the results were not much different for the 1st Avenue and business park paving project. The low bid was $454,226.50 by Bloomers Construction of Pella. City engineer Brad Uitermarkt had initially estimated the project at $407,923 early in 2014. For...
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Jasper County Sups. Brock, Carpenter reelected; Allen, new county recorder; governor reelected to sixth term
History was made at the midterm election Nov. 4 with Iowans reelecting Iowa Governor Terry Branstad to a historic sixth term and electing Joni Ernest as the first female from Iowa to the United States Senate.
Republican Terry Branstad was easily reelected to a sixth term as Iowa's governor, overcoming his Democractic opponent State Senator Jack...
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