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By Mike Vander Molen, Sully Fire Department Chief We have had rain, and we have had heat and sunshine. This is just what we need for the farmers’ crops to grow. It will also make the grass grow. This of course means there will be a lot of grass mowing happening. Are you wondering what this...

I know the story’s been told before, but I was reflecting back on a year ago. A year ago when we left our five-month-old at my parents’ house, drug my knight in shining arm ink with me, hopped on a plane for the first and {probably last} time ever. We flew out to Pittsburgh for a...

35 years ago (1980) A series of explosions and resulting fire destroyed the Sully Co-op Exchange’s main office building and the oil department on May 5. Three Sully men were seriously injured while digging a hole south of the Co-op service station for a bulk antifreeze underground tank when the backhoe they were using apparently struck...

People always told me how bored I was going to be when I retired after all those years in a truck. That has not been a problem. My Dodge Intrepid makes a horrible noise. Something has shifted around in the back, and one rear wheel is rubbing on the frame. My old hot-rod Ford that roars and smokes...

It’s spring. You know what that means? It’s aspar-agus time! What do you say we rebound ourselves from last week’s chippy recipe to something fresh and healthy? Ey? You’ll be on board soon enough. Especially once you see it takes about 20 minutes to throw together! The chicken and asparagus swim in this amazing, flavorful...

35 years ago (1980) Sully Christian School sixth, seventh, and eighth graders participated in the District V Track Meet in Oskaloosa with five other schools. Winners from SCS included eighth-grader DeeDee Blom taking first in the shot put with a throw of 26 feet 2 inches. Duane Collins took first in the seventh-grade shot put. Both...

I hear from the people who read this column (both of them); they would like to read stories about the 50 years I was on the road in a semi. There are plenty of stories out there. One cold, snowy day, we had three full loads of freight to deliver in northern Iowa. They were terrible...