The Sully City Council met in regular session Monday, Sept. 10, at the council chambers at Sully Community Center at 7 p.m. following a work session by the council (except Jeff Brummel) to visit the city’s lagoon to see how it operates. Members present were Jeff Brummel, Brad Rozendaal, Wes Van Wyk, Teryl Ver Ploeg,...
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Lynnville Council sets trick-or- treat night for October 27
The Lynnville City Council met in regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10, at Lynnville City Hall. Mayor Roy James called the meeting to order with all council members present and guests Kyle Terpstra, Glenn Lewis, and Faye Brand. City clerk Bev Arthur and city maintenance director Josh DeWitt were also in attendance.
The...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Sept. 13, 2018
All the wet weather has had me sitting around the house a lot because my riding lawn mower has been stuck in the yard.
I thought about my 45 years of being employed at the same job. I drove a semi around Iowa and delivered freight to nearly every town in Iowa at one time or...
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Weekend Washout: Heavy rains leave rare Labor Day weekend flooding
Typically, local farmers say, “The crop isn’t in the bin yet” even when fields look really good. Rare Labor Day weekend flooding means some will lose crops to the flooding. An old Sunday school song says, “The rain came down and the floods came up.” That’s exactly what happened locally during the Labor Day weekend....
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From the Kitchen of Lori Nore
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Members of the Nore Family: Lori is holding Miles, Sean is holding Logan, and Natalie is in front.[/caption]
This week’s featured cook is Lori Nore. Lori grew up north of Killduff and graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School. Lori is married to Sean, and he grew...
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Members of the Nore Family: Lori is holding Miles, Sean is holding Logan, and Natalie is in front.[/caption]
This week’s featured cook is Lori Nore. Lori grew up north of Killduff and graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School. Lori is married to Sean, and he grew...
The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Sept. 6, 2018
I’ve been sitting around in this wet weather with nothing to do because it is so darn wet outside.
I don’t know, 11 or 12 inches in the last few days. I looked out yesterday and a gusher was coming down through a small pasture above my house. A good portion of my grass was under...
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Smoke on the Water raises $23,000 for fellow pitmaster and cancer fighter Bryce Wehrle
Smoke on the Water lived up to its motto of good people, good food, and a good cause when over 1,000 people gathered for the fifth annual event held Saturday, Aug. 25, at Old Settlers Park in Lynnville and helped raise $23,000 for this year’s beneficiary, Bryce Wehrle of Lynnville, who is battling Squamous Cell...
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