On Jan. 31, the Jasper County Sheriff's Office completed an investigation of reports of theft at Star Auto in Sully, the City of Kellogg, and Todd's Tire of Kellogg. That investigation led to the arrest of Randy Birkenholtz, 40, and Christian Wolfe, 20, both of Newton. Birkenholtz is charged with three counts of second-degree theft...
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Service with a smile: Andrea Schnell marks 20 year waitressing at Coffee Cup
Andrea Schnell was honored on Thursday, Jan. 23, by Darin and Robin Morvant, owners of the Coffee Cup Café in Sully. They presented Schnell a plaque to honor her for 20 years of being a waitress at the restaurant.
The engraved plaque included Andrea’s favorite Bible verse, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens...
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Howerzyl named Pella Christian Homecoming King
Local Pella Christian senior Mason Howerzyl, son of John and Lyn Howerzyl of Sully, was crowned 2014 Pella Christian’s homecoming king on Friday, Jan. 31. Justin Stravers, grandson of Russ and Gladys Stravers of Lynnville, was also a member of the court.
Photo: Front, Queen Lauren Jungling and King Mason Howerzyl, son of John and Lyn Howerzyl...
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Devastating fire destroys half of Janco manufacturing plant
Black smoke billowed on the west edge of Sully on Thursday, Jan. 30, as a raging fire tore through the east portion of Janco Industries, Inc. at 101 1st Street owned by Joel and Deann Jansen. The blaze was reported at the metal fabrication business at 9:13 a.m. when a worker going on break heard...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – Jan. 30
How about that wind, ‘ey? Wind makes me hungry. Cold makes me thirsty. Actually, just thinking about wind makes me hungry; thinking about the cold makes me thirsty. This week was full of cold and wind.
What did we do? We ate. We drank. A lot. Probably too much. You’ll see what I mean. There are...
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Head2Toe Hair & Day Spa a ‘dream come true’ for Solderblom
By LeAnn Hjelmeland
When Becky Solderblom was young, she dreamed of being a hair stylist and massage therapist.
“I always played with hair, messed with hair,” she said.
Her Reasnor neighbor, Jan Smith, did hair and even showed the young Solderblom how to cut hair.
More than 25 years later, Solderblom’s childhood dream is coming a reality. She recently...
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Agricultural Insights – By Marshall Hay
With colder-than-normal tem-peratures bombarding the Heartland, a new term such as Polar Vortex fills the media. However, one new concept has recently come about that is unwelcome by all: Propane shortage. Due to a multitude of reasons, propane supplies are at record lows and extreme shortages are to be experienced across the Heartland.
Propane is a...
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