The Lynnville-Sully Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, Oct. 15, in the high school library. Board president Tim Dunsbergen called the meeting to order with board members Jer Schnell and Gerry Van Dyke, board secretary Karla DeCook and administrators Shane Wheeler, Teri Bowlin, and Shane Ehresman present. Guests included Lisa Foster, Jill...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Oct. 18, 2018
No point in mentioning the weather. Everyone knows how wet it is.
The grass in my lower yard is six to eight inches tall and still a swamp. I don’t know if it will ever dry out this year.
I might have to let it freeze over and then drive across the ice to mow it.
My day...
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Harriett Brand, 96
Harriett Evelyn (Stek) Brand, 96, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Oct. 10, 2018. The funeral service was held Monday, Oct. 15, in Pella at Covenant Reformed Church.
Harriet was born July 30, 1922, to William and Gertie (Heslinga) Stek on a farm southeast of Lacey. She attended Johnson No. 5 Country School, about...
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Incessant rains waterlog fields, delay harvest
Waiting. Waiting is the name of the game for area farmers. Rain after soaking rain has been the talk of the town in recent weeks, and it’s not the positive kind of conversation among those living in central Iowa where fields are ripe for the picking. Following a record-breaking month of rain in September, the...
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Locals join thousands across the state for annual walk
In an effort to become the healthiest state in the nation, locals hit the streets on Wednesday, Oct. 3, for the 2018 Healthiest State Walk as part of Iowa’s Healthiest State Initiative. This is the fourth consecu-tive year in the walk’s eight-year history that orga-nized walks were held in all 99 Iowa counties.
Locally, junior high...
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Local runner finds her stride competing in marathons with meaning
Julie Jones laced up her running shoes early Sunday morning, Oct. 7, and raced along the streets of Chicago for a cause that far defied the goal of any time goal she may have crossed the finish line with. Julie ran Bank of America’s Chicago Marathon for six-year-old Sophia Bell of Sully and the 30,000...
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Serving U.S.: Kurt Jackson, U.S. Navy Vet, Director of Jasper County Veterans Affairs
As one enters Kurt Jackson’s office, it’s hard not to notice the framed print hanging on his wall entitled “It Is the Veteran…” with faces of 16 military men from every branch of the service, beginning with the time of the Revolutionary War represented by a red, white, and blue uniform and tri-corner hat, and...
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