November 10, 1927 – January 12, 2011 Visitation: 12:00 p.m. until 1:30 p.m., Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell Funeral Service: 1:30 p.m., Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell Interment: following the service on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Sully Cemetery in Sully, Iowa Source: Smith Funeral […]
May 14, 1924 – January 12, 2011 Visitation: 4:00 p.m.to 8;00 p.m. Friday and with the family present from 5:00 to 7:00 Friday evening January 14, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. Saturday January 15, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell Interment: following funeral service January 15, 2011 at Hazelwood Cemetery, […]
Here we are, middle of the second week of ‘Where in Mahaska County’. So far, 6 days and 6 different people have guessed the pictures. Some of them have been guessed very quickly, others within the hour, and it surprises me every day how quickly people identify these places from such a small sample. After […]
While the U.S. Geological Survey recorded 22 magnitude-7 or larger earthquakes in 2010, almost all the fatalities were produced by one — the major quake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12. In 2010, about 227,000 people were killed due to earthquakes, with over 222,570 from the magnitude-7.0 Haiti event, as reported by the United Nations […]
January 12, 2011 According to NOAA scientists, 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year of the global surface temperature record, beginning in 1880. This was the 34th consecutive year with global temperatures above the 20th century average. For the contiguous United States alone, the 2010 average annual temperature was above normal, resulting in the […]
U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov today exchanged diplomatic notes to bring into force the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation for Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, referred to as the U.S.-Russia […]
Oskaloosa. Nellie Ver Beek, 99, of Montezuma formerly of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at the Montezuma Nursing and Rehab Center in Montezuma. She was born March 9, 1911, in Mahaska County, the third oldest in a family of twelve children born to Arie and May Veerman Van Zee. She attended country school and […]
LIHEAP funding will help those in need stay warm during long winter months WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, announced today that Iowa has been awarded $26,431,102 through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The funding will help eligible Iowans meet […]
MANAMA, Bahrain (Jan. 10, 2011) — U.S. ships provided medical assistance to crew members from two vessels in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility since Jan. 1. Amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) provided medical assistance to an Indian crew member of a fishing vessel in the Arabian Gulf Jan 2. […]
WASHINGTON – An Ohio man was charged with illegally shipping infrared military technology to South Korea, the Department of Justice announced today. A criminal information was filed charging Kue Sang Chun, 66, of Avon Lake, Ohio, with one count of exporting defense articles on the U.S. Munitions List without first obtaining an export license or […]
