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Remember When…Explosion and fire at Sully Co-op

35 years ago (1980) A series of explosions and resulting fire destroyed the Sully Co-op Exchange’s main office building and the oil department on May 5. Three Sully men were seriously injured while digging a hole south of the Co-op service station for a bulk antifreeze underground tank when the backhoe they were using apparently struck...
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May is Beef Month in Iowa

May is Beef Month, and I’ve been receiving lots of interesting trivia about beef. The first “beef on the hoof” in the U.S. were Longhorns, brought into the southwest by the Spaniards in the early 1500s. Sioux County is the county with the most beef cattle in Iowa, where cattle are raised in all 99 counties....
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zeegers – 5/7/15

People always told me how bored I was going to be when I retired after all those years in a truck. That has not been a problem. My Dodge Intrepid makes a horrible noise. Something has shifted around in the back, and one rear wheel is rubbing on the frame. My old hot-rod Ford that roars and smokes...
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Fourth graders step back in time at Living History Farms

Far removed from iPads and cell phones, L-S fourth graders traveled back to the 1800 and 1900 historical time periods at Living History Farms on Wednesday, Apr. 22. The trip was educational and entertaining, providing insight into how Iowans transformed the plains of the Midwest into productive farmland hundreds of years ago. At the 1850 Pioneer...
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Love of flying draws pilots over Sully

No precipitation. No storms. No high winds. Area farmers need that weather for planting this time of year. For another group, it is the weather meant for flying above the land, in aircrafts built by the pilots them-selves. John Bender, flyout coordinator from the Waterloo EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association), checks three aviation weather sites before sending...
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Wolf Creek Life & Wellness formed to help people attain goals

Most people have goals, dreams, and hopes for their lives. But the tricky part is knowing how to make them happen. For many, the path to their goals seems too difficult, confusing, or impossible – and the goals are never reached. That’s where Aaron Sterrett comes in. Sterrett has started a new business called Wolf Creek Life...
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