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I think it’s official. The Rankin house is going through a bit of a pregame before the terrible twos strike. I feel like The Little is just warming us up for the real show and what’s to come. I’m starting to firmly believe in this theory. Nobody warned us about this. Read more

35 years ago (1980) Lynnville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Gary Tice displayed the air masks the department received through donations from Elsie and Lucile Sparks and the LSK Jaycees. Ardena Nelson, Lynnville-Sully business education teacher, retired after serving the L-S School since 1959. In response to the grain embargo of suspension of grain sales to the USSR, 52...

So this week is Easter, one of my favorite holidays for many countless, eggcellent reasons. Like we all didn’t see that one coming, but puns aside, it’s a joyous occasion. Amid the family gatherings, food will be devoured, and with that, you’re going to need a fresh recipe. Maybe you will need a quick lunch...

35 years ago (1980) The Iowa Department of Transportation reminded all motorists that studded snow tires had to be removed by April 1. Iowa law allowed studded tires from Nov. 1 to Apr. 1. Gosselink’s Grocery advertised fresh whole chickens for 57 cents a pound. A dozen grade A large eggs were 69 cents. Dwight Beyer took his...

As I sit here writing this, my daughter is sedated and my cat is in day care, the couch is covered in fresh, spring breeze-smelling laundry, and it’s a weebit chilly outside. This weather is almost downright begging for one last soup of the year, and, boy, is it tempting! It will definitely be a...

Seventy years ago, Ilda Lou (Mol) Van Zee was growing up in Sully and at age 14 started to play the organ at Sully First Reformed Church, in the old building now moved to Grinnell. “It was a Hammond organ,” Van Zee explained. “Pearl Terpstra, recently deceased, showed me how to start it and use the...