The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors approved adding Co-Line Welding, Inc. into a 15-year tax increment financing (TIF) area during the board’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
The board received positive comments regarding the county's proposal to enter into a development agreement with The Welder’s Shield, LLC, and Co-Line.
"Mahaska County Development Group (MCDG) supports this...
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Strong competition, new course challenge L-S CC runners
Much nicer weather conditions than the week before provided an opportunity for quality races for the Lynnville-Sully cross-country team at Grinnell on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
“When the body isn’t expending so much energy trying to keep you cool, you have more to put forth into racing,” said L-S Coach Darin Arkema. “Tonight’s course was similar to...
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Hawk VB wins fourth straight Twin Cedars Tourney, improves to 5-2
Four wins in five matches made for a thrilling past week for the Lynnville-Sully varsity volleyball team – and the cherry on top was being named champions at the Twin Cedars Tournament for the fourth year in a row on Saturday.
Hosting Keota on Thursday, Sept. 10, the Hawks lost the first set 25-20, had a...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 9/17/15
As far as I’m concerned, when it comes to this football season, there’s only one winner, and that would be Team Appetizers.
Even though the big game was last week, there are two things you should know: A) If, for some odd chance you’re reading this and you’re not from Iowa, you haven’t seen a rivalry...
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Remember When – 9/17/15
35 years ago (1980)
Incumbent Don Jansen was reelected by a large margin to the Lynnville-Sully School Board.
With materials from the purchase of the torn-down John’s Market warehouse and Sully Sundries, Dewey Veenstra upgraded his dairy parlor. The construction process also included an office, bathroom, and maternity ward. The new milking equipment purchased made milking the...
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Press INKlings: The ninth month name means ‘seven?’
The month of September is here and signals the end of summer, the beginning of autumn, and the start of a new school year. The ninth month September comes from the Latin root septem-, meaning “seven,” because in the original Roman republican calendar, September was the seventh month of the year.
How about a different kind...
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Letter to the editor: Pella Co-op should permanently shelve $85 renewable energy charge
As members of the Pella Electric Cooperative Association, we’re hopeful our co-op will engage in an open and unbiased discussion about our energy future. Pella Co-op recently proposed to tack an $85 charge on the monthly bills of those having renewable energy systems. While the Pella Co-op has, at least temporarily, withdrawn the $85 monthly...
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