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Sidewalk poured around L-S track

Sidewalk poured around L-S track
Mid-State Construction of Baxter framed and poured the concrete sidewalk around the Lynnville-Sully track last week. This week, Manatt’s will be building the track up with more rock and laying asphalt, according to L-S Superintendent Shane Ehresman. [caption id="attachment_111310" align="alignright" width="300"]The newly-poured concrete sidewalk is the most recent work done at the... </div> <a href=Read more

Brand’s final round postponed by rain in Brainerd

"Hurry up and wait" was the name of the game for Team Co-Line/Goalsetter at the 33rd annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, MN, last weekend Aug. 15-17. Dale Brand and crew qualified third with a 5.662 second pass at 256.50 mph. Brand is leading the nationwide points chase, but both the No. 2 and No....
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First surgery in Iowa on da Vinci Xi Robotic System at GRMC

David Coster, MD, with Surgical Associates of Grinnell, completed a complex diaphragm hernia repair using the new da Vinci Xi surgical robotic unit at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. This is the first surgery in the state on this advanced model. Other surgeons, Nick Kuiper, DO, and Mathew Severidt, DO, both of Surgical Associates, completed surgeries on...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 8/21/14

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 8/21/14
Happy Annibirthday! This last week in the beige house on the corner brought a lot of excitement! The Rankins celebrated turning nine this past week, and one of us had a 28th birthday roll around! It just so happens we got married on my birthday! It was a phenomenal week to say the least! Lots of...
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Remember When 8/21/14

35 years ago (1979) Grant Rooda, 20, won the honor to compete in the North American Rodeo Finals in Red Rock Park at Gallup, NM. Grant competed in bull riding and some saddle bronc riding. More than 300 people attended the meeting sponsored by Citizens for Workable County Zoning at the horse show grounds at Kellogg Holmdahl...
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2014 state fair was amazingly amusing

I’m thinking that the Iowa State Fair is becoming one of my favorite places to go, especially to watch people, which I really enjoy. This year’s Iowa State Fair was no exception. I spent the evening of the first day of the fair along with 13 hours at the fair this past Saturday and I...
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Leona Pothoven, 84

Funeral services were held for Leona Pothoven, 84, of Pella on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, at the Pella First Reformed Church. She died Aug. 10 at home. Burial was in  Oakwood Cemetery in Pella. Leona Vos was born Nov. 17, 1929, in Sully. She was the first of six children born to John Cornelius Vos and...
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