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Red Carpet Awards Night concludes GEMS Girls’ Club season

Red Carpet Awards Night concludes GEMS Girls’ Club season
  [caption id="attachment_7074568" align="alignright" width="266"] Eighth-grade GEMS girls recognized for their time in the organization are from left, Bailey Vos, Lily Vander Leest, Sadie Manatt, and Shelby Van Baale.[/caption] Starting last September, Sully Christian Reformed Church’s GEMS Girls’ Club welcomed 38 local young girls in grades 5-8 every Wednesday night....
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‘A Slice of Home’ By Simone Bates

‘A Slice of Home’ By Simone Bates

Icing on the Cake

This past month was full of celebration in our family!

My dad turned 70, and then a few days later, our son turned one. My mind is still spinning at how quickly Liam’s first year has gone (has it been that long since I slept through the...

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Rex Cheney, 58

Rex Cheney, 58 of Deep River, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Mar. 30, 2022, at the Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Apr. 4, at Community Hope Church in Montezuma. Burial was in the Golden Rod Cemetery in Deep River with a luncheon following at  Deep...
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Melanie Blunk, 67

Melanie Blunk, 67, of Fremont, passed away Tuesday afternoon, Mar. 29, 2022, at Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Apr. 2, at Union Mills Christian Church with Pastor Josh Martin officiating. Burial was in the Union Mills Cemetery with a luncheon following in the fellowship hall...
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Rod Jolly, 71

Rodney Jolly, 71, of Pleasantville, passed on Apr. 3, 2022, at Pleasantville Care Center. A visitation will be held Saturday, Apr. 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mason Funeral Home.    Private family burial will be held at Pleasantville Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Pleasantville FFA. Online...
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Jameson Russel

Dusty and Lisa Briggs of Grinnell are the parents of a son, Jameson Russel, born Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2022. He weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces and measured 20.75 inches long. He has seven siblings: Emma (14), Liam (10), Ty (7), and Maya Johnson (5); Landon (13), Lilly (11), and Liam Briggs (5). Grandparents are Stan and...
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