As I write this article, most of the state of Iowa has been placed under a Winter Storm Warning. On the farm, preparations for such an event have taken place. Cattle have been given extra bedding and panels have been placed on one barn. The wind that is predicted to follow is not fun on the...
The Lynnville-Sully Board of Education met on Monday, Jan. 21, in the high school library at 5:30 p.m. President Tim Dunsbergen called the early meeting to order with board members Tammy Vos and Steph Young present along with superintendent Shane Ehresman, board secretary Karla DeCook, and guests Faye Brand, Brian Lowry, and Darrell Veenstra. Due to many...
Winter finally got here with a vengeance. I hate it. Last Saturday, I happened to look out the window and saw my flag pole was bent about halfway down due to that stupid wind of 50 miles per hour gusts.
I did not want the flag to get down on the ground....
Lynnville Heart to Heart Food Pantry at Lynnville Heart of Worship Church is overwhelmed with how fast the food pantry has grown. It has already outgrown two areas at the church with another move needed soon for more space.
Mitzi Smith had the idea in October 2017 and didn’t know if anyone...
Iowa received its first taste of winter weather when Mother Nature dropped upwards of 14.5 inches of snow in southern Iowa and lesser amounts locally. A winter weather advisory was in effect for area counties Friday and Saturday, Jan. 11-12. Locally, snow started falling late Friday and continued into Saturday. The first widespread snow of the year prompted...
The U.S. Postal Service will leave 50-cent Forever Stamps behind Sunday, Jan. 27, increasing their price by five cents. The single-piece additional ounce price will be reduced to 15 cents, so a two-ounce stamped letter, such as a typical wedding invitation, will cost less to mail, decreasing from 71 cents to 70 cents. This means postal...
Ever since I turned 30, some many moons ago, and each and every day since that, I wake up, and I is sore, I is tired, I isn't 20 anymore. Did I mention I hurt? Because I do. And that I'm tired, and because I'm tired, meal planning and any sort of planning takes the brunt...
