Category Archives: Feature

Serving U.S.: Dale Flander, U.S. Army motor pool truck driver in Alaska

Lynnville’s Dale Flander is a two-year veteran of the U.S. Army, having begun his time served by boarding a bus in Grinnell on Jan. 23, 1968, and heading for Fort Des Moines where he was sworn in. The 1965 graduate of Montezuma High School had been living with his parents in Montezuma and working at the elevator...

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Special Sully Council meeting approves sale of two Northridge lots

                The Sully City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 29, at Sully Community Center with the main item of business the sale of lots 7 and 12 in Northridge Estates subdivision and request for the extension of construction start date on one of the lots.

                The special...

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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers May 2, 2019

                I’ve written before about my great ability to be a klutz. Every morning I wake up, I’m older than I have ever been before.

                My ability to be a klutz is greater than it ever has been before.

                I sat at a green traffic light and never moved....

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Beautiful weather shines on area Easter egg hunts

A beautiful, sunny day on Saturday, Apr. 20, drew hundreds of children and their families to area Easter egg hunts.

                Volunteer organizers of the annual Reasnor egg hunt kicked off their festivities Saturday morning with a 10 a.m. hunt. Long-time Easter egg hunt coordinator Luann Steenhoek handed over the reins of the annual...

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Jansen enjoying life 25 years after heart transplant

Editor’s Note: April is designated as National Donate Life Month. Enjoy this third story in a three-part series where we highlight people within our community who have been given the gift of life through organ donation.

                Last week, Roger Jansen celebrated his 25th transplantiversary. A quarter of a century after being given a...

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