When the subject of water quality arises in Iowa, the topic often involves nitrogen levels. An important part of crop-growing, nitrogen in the soil helps support healthy crops, but when excess amounts of the chemical get in the water supply, that’s another story. Nitrogen levels have become so much of a concern in Des Moines,...
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Pastor’s Pen – Servanthood
By Tom Pool, Lynnville Heart of Worship pastor
“Whoever wants to be great must become a servant,” Mark 10:43.
When my wife and I moved here almost four years ago, it was a joy to be back in the heartland of Iowa after living away from our family and friends for many years. We discovered very early...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/20/16
Starting these articles is one of the trickiest things I have to do every other week. Usually because my brain is mush. That and because I procrastinate, which isn't good because I'm mildly to moderately a perfectionist when it comes to stuff like this. So, all I want is to write a perfectly good article...tomorrow.
Anyway,...
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Press INKlings: Where have all the words gone?
Thank you to the reader who shared this article with me after someone shared it with her and someone before that shared it with them:
Words gone as fast as the buggy whip! Sad really! The other day, a not-so-elderly (65) lady said something to her son about driving a jalopy, and he looked at her...
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Equipment torched at Dakota Access Pipeline project
For the second time in a matter of months, Jasper County deputies and local fire departments responded to the scene of several pieces of heavy construction equipment on fire near the area of Salmon Street and Highway F62 near Reasnor in Jasper County late Saturday night, Oct. 15.
According to Jasper County Sheriff John R. Halferty,...
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Smooth road is here
This week, work will be completed on resurfacing of 1st Street in Sully and Highway F62 west of town so drivers will have very smooth driving after years of bumpy trips. Manatts planned to have final pavement markings, shoulders, and driveway outlets completed as well as the final five inches of hot mix asphalt (HMA)...
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Sunday fire extensively damages Sully Community Locker
Volunteer fire departments from Sully, Lynnville, and Kellogg were called to Sully Community Locker after a passerby saw a fire at 8:25 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16. The business opened in Sully 70 years ago this month.
Current owners Jared and Stacey Nikkel of rural Sully, who bought the business in 2012, were vacationing in Minnesota...
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