The Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 14, in the council chambers at the Sully Community Center. Council members present were mayor Brent Vander Molen, city clerk Barbra Maasdam, public works director Shaun Needham, councilmembers Chad Fikse, Brad Rozendaal, Diane Vos, Darin Morvant, and Jeff Brummel as well...
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Remember When – 12/17/15
35 years ago (1980)
Work continued on the two million dollar switching station Iowa Southern Utilities Co. was building northwest of Montezuma. The facility was the termination point for a 345,000-volt line running from the Ottumwa Generation Station near Chillicothe.
Kruseman Fertilizer’s Ag Chemical Sale had Lasso for $14.38 a gallon, Counter for $1 a pound, Treflan...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 12/17/15
This has been a strange winter so far.
We have hardly seen below freezing, which is good because I have a couple of cars that have 20- degrees-above-zero antifreeze. One of the things I’m always going to take care of tomorrow, but just have not been able to have time, is to put in more antifreeze....
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Hendrik Michael
Brent and Michelle Van Soelen of Norwalk are the parents of a baby boy, Hendrik Michael. He was born Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. He weighed 10 pounds and measured 21 inches long. He is welcomed home by his big brother Harrison, 14 months old. Grandparents are Mike and Marlene Van Soelen of Sully and Arvin...
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Holden Rayne
Peter and Kyra Smith of Lynnville are the parents of a son, Holden Rayne, born at 5:01 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. He weighed 9 pounds 15 ounces and measured 20.5 inches long.
Grandparents are Leon and Margaret Vander Weerdt of Sully and Gary and Brenda Smith of Malcom.
Great-grandparents are Jerry and Barb Minner of...
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Spring rains at Christmastime?
Usually in December in Iowa, we don’t hear about flood warnings or see flooded fields. But over three inches of rain on Sunday and Monday, Dec. 13-14, did cause flooding in Des Moines and Oskaloosa as well as other areas in Iowa. Above is the high river at the Lynnville dam area the morning of...
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Veenstra-Nikkel
Shelby Nikkel, daughter of Mike and Val Nikkel of Sully, and Brennan Veenstra, son of Kevin and Carrie Veenstra of Pella, announce their upcoming wedding on Jan. 9, 2016, in Sully. Shelby is a 2012 graduate of Pella Christian High School and a 2015 graduate of PCI Academy, where she obtained her license in cosmetology....
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