Things oftentimes don’t go very smooth around my house just before 8 a.m. The wife still works. I can tell it makes her a little grumpy when I am prancing around in my underwear sipping coffee when she has to face the cold and go to work.
One recent morning, things got out of hand. To...
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Sully Fire Department reports given
The Sully Fire Department was called Nov. 20 at 9:42 a.m. for Kellogg Fire Department mutual aid at 2586 Hwy. T22S for a trash fire that caught the corner of a barn on fire. The fire was put out with little damage to the barn.
The Sully Fire Department was called at 4:15 a.m. for Reasnor...
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Appointments by the Jasper County Board of Supervisors
Every year, the Jasper County Board of Supervisors appoints numerous county residents to various boards, commissions, committees, and councils. The supervisors are always looking for qualified and interested people to serve. The board welcomes all people without regard to age, sex, ethnicity, or place of residence in the county to apply for an appointment.
Below you...
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Lynnville-Sully PPEL renewal vote Dec. 2
A special election will be held Tuesday, Dec.2, to consider whether to renew the school district voter-approved Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL). This is not a new tax or tax increase, as Lynnville-Sully residents have been providing this type of support to their school for the past 20 years. Iowa law requires a vote...
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Sully Fall Family Fun Night draws a crowd
A large crowd of family, friends, and neighbors gathered at the Sully Community Center on Saturday, Nov. 22, for the second annual Sully Fall Family Fun Night. The event drew community members together for an enjoyable evening of food, fellowship, and exciting games of bingo. The Killduff Hotshots 4-H Club served a delicious meal of...
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Pipeline proposed through Jasper, Mahaska, and 16 other Iowa counties
Dakota Access L.L.C., based in Houston, TX, is proposing to construct an approximately 1,134-mile long pipeline, which would carry 320,000 barrels of northwestern North Dakota crude oil daily through 18 counties in Iowa, including Jasper and Mahaska Counties locally. The line would carry oil to Patoka, IL which is located 50 miles east of St....
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Nicaragua: Hoogeveen’s new home for three years
From the United States to Uganda, then back to the U.S. and on to Nicaragua – Amy Hoogeveen’s world travels have been quite extensive since September of last year.
Hoogeveen served as a teacher to three of her cousin’s kids in Uganda, Africa, from Sept. 2013 until April 2014. She then returned home to the U.S....
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