Category Archives: Feature

This week was super trash day. You could set out any huge piece of junk you wanted rid of no matter how big and ugly. My wife absolutely hates my little old Honda that has the chrome stacks up each side. It was a good thing I glanced out the window before going to bed. She...

It’s homecoming week in Sully, and it’s only fitting we feature quite possibly one of the busiest households in town, the Parkinson family. Mike and Sara Parkinson have called Sully their home field for the past five years, where Mike is the head varsity football coach and boys track coach along with teaching social studies...

Greetings, you readers of the paper! It's been awhile, and while I was gone, I've had a lot of time to think. Think of things utterly pointless. Things like ... Is Google male or female? I've come to the conclusion it's obviously female because it doesn't let you finish your sentence without suggesting other ideas. At a movie theater,...

My name is Deb Johnson, and I’m the newest staff member at the Hometown Press where I serve as a part-time office assistant. There’s a lot to learn at the newspaper, but people have been very helpful and patient as I get my feet wet. I’ve very much enjoyed meeting customers who come into the...

I really don’t think I’m as bad a guy as people say. But I do have the ability to make my poor wife very angry. I had a doctor’s appointment in Des Moines last week. She went along because once I get into a large hospital, I can’t find my way out. I’m like a rat...

The year 2018 promises to be an exciting year for this week’s featured cook, Elizabeth Van Wyk, and her husband of four years, Nathan. The couple will welcome their first child into this world in January. They currently live in Sully, but are in the final stages of fixing up a home on the outskirts...