Stepping Stones Christian Bookstore in Grinnell was feeling the squeeze of the economic collapse in 2010 when owner Mindy Van Dyke felt led by God to open a second location in Marshalltown. That step of faith caught the attention of the CBA (The Association for Christian Retail), leading to Stepping Stones recently being featured in...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 2/25/16
I’m back from California and may never go back. There are too many cars and too many people in California.
The trip home started with tension taking over my body.
I wanted to leave the house at 6:30 for the airport. Our plane was leaving at 10 a.m. We stayed with my wife’s sister. The airport is...
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Lynnville dog registrations due Mar. 1
The City of Lynnville reminds all dog owners that dogs ages three months and older must be licensed by Mar. 1. Below are the guidelines of the registration process.
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- Dog registration costs only $5 per dog.
- Registration fee and proof of vaccinations must be submitted to the city clerk.
- All dogs three months and older MUST be registered...
Top 10 finish for Lynnville-Sully middle schoolers at Science Bowl
A group of five Lynnville-Sully Middle School students teamed up to compete against Iowa’s brightest middle schoolers in the Middle School Science Bowl hosted by Ames Laboratory/Iowa State University on Saturday, Feb. 20, in Ames.
Maren Egging, Joshua Morningstar, Jacob Morningstar, Emily Rozendaal, and Bret Stravers learned of their entrance into the bowl only days before...
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Johnson one of nine national awardees for teaching on 9/11 attacks
Kevin Johnson, Lynnville-Sully Middle School language arts teacher, will be recognized by the 9/11 Tribute Center as an award-winning teacher at the ninth annual Sept. 11 Teacher Awards on Feb. 26.
Johnson will travel to New York with his wife to accept a Certificate of Merit and monetary gift to his school for having created exemplary...
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Lifelong Sully resident celebrates 85th birthday
A houseful of family after the whole family attended a morning church service was the best present lifelong Sully resident Gorman Rozendaal could have asked for on his 85th birthday on Feb. 7. With two kids and their spouses, six grandkids and their spouses, and seven great-grandchildren in attendance, the 61-year-old home on 1st Street...
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Virtual field trip gives SCS students a ‘feel’ for farm life
How much food do pigs eat each day? How do you know when animals are having a baby? What kind of machines are used on a farm?
All these questions and more were answered when a virtual field trip brought the farm to the first- and second-grade classroom on Monday, Feb. 8.
During science class, the students...
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