Happy {belated} Mother’s Day!
Well, I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day a few days ago. Our Sunday was basically enjoyed because neither parent had to work. There are no words for that. That’s the only present this mama needed!
Whether you enjoyed a quiet day, got to enjoy a spa day over the weekend,...
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Press INKlings: Unscrambling the mysteries of an egg
May is National Egg Month, and my email inbox is filled with egg promotions. One promotes easy-peel hard-boiled eggs:
May is National Egg Month, and there's no better way to celebrate than going back to cooking and nutrition basics with the Incredible Edible Egg. Eggs are as popular as ever and at 19 cents apiece and...
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Sully Fire Department report – 5/4/16
At about 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, the Sully Fire Department was called to a field fire two miles southwest of Sully where about 20 acres of fence rows and corn stalks burned. Due to the windy conditions and the speed the fire was moving through a field of corn stalks, the Kellogg, Lynnville,...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 5/12/16
It was quite a wild and crazy weekend at our home again.
All four of my daughters and spouses and friends and animals showed up for Mother’s Day and the graduation of my twin grand-daughters from the University of Northern Iowa. The graduation was one day before Mother’s Day.
My wife had me cleaning house for nearly...
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Hazy Saturday here due to Canadian wildfires
If you thought it was hazy and maybe even the air smelled smokey on Saturday, May 7, in most of Iowa, you were correct.
Fine particulate (PM2.5) levels near federal health standards were in northern and central Iowa. A plume of smoke originating from Canadian wildfires passed southward through the state. This smoke plume caused an...
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Marion Pol, 86
Marion Pol, 86, of Pella passed away peacefully on May 4, 2016, at Comfort House in Pella with his family by his side. Funeral services were held Monday, May 9, at Trinity Reformed Church, Pella. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Pella.
Marion Pol was born June 1, 1929, in Otley,...
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L-S Board accepts 2.82% wage package increase
The Lynnville-Sully School Board met in a short special meeting at 7:45 a.m. on Thursday. May 5. Present were Tim Dunsbergen, Jer Schnell, Steph Young, Gerry Van Dyke via speaker phone, Shane Ehresman, Karla De Cook, and guests Jessica Winegar, Carol Hite, and Margaret Vander Weerdt. The main order of business was approving the negotiated...
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