Category Archives: Feature

Conrad Van Maaren, 70, of rural Kellogg, is a retiree of the Maytag Company in Newton, having worked there for 34 years. He began working there soon after graduating from Newton High School, but after the first year and a half of working at Maytag, he was drafted into the U.S. Army at the age...

This week’s featured cook is Cathryn Dunsbergen. She grew up in Pella and graduated from Pella Community High School and recently graduated from Iowa State University with a major in agriculture and society and a minor in public relations. Cathryn is married to Blake, and on June 10, they celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary. Blake...

The landscape of the Lynnville-Sully football field has changed dramatically over the summer with the addition of a newly constructed 42- x 10-foot press box. The new press box was set into motion in January, when the school accepted the lowest sealed bid from NorthRidge Estate Builders, Inc. for $70,477. Shortly after school was dismissed...

An overwhelming outpouring of love, support, prayers, and more is being felt by Steve and Heidi Squires and their five children of Sully. Steve, 40, has been a long-time community volunteer, church youth group leader, and coach and was recently diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer. A community prayer service was held Tuesday, June 19, at...

For the fourth time since 2009, Sully First Reformed Church sent a group of volunteers to Haiti to lend a helping hand from June 4-11. This year’s group included Jeff and Alison Knouse, Craig Maasdam, Drew and Shelby Shinkle, Darlys De Penning, Nick De Penning, and Hannah Boehmer. They served with five people from Atlantic, IA. [caption...