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Bell farm honored as Century Farm

Pictured from left are: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, Barb McCallend, Mark Bell, Jacob Bell, David Bell, Doug Bell, Sophia Bell, Jaci Bell, Vicky Bell, and Iowa Farm Bureau President Brent Johnson.   At this year’s Iowa State Fair, 398 Iowa Century and Heritage Farms were honored, including Bells Valley High Farms owned by James Douglas...
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Conover, Rodgers show champions at Aksarben

Brooke Conover showed the champion market heifer at the Aksarben Stock Show. Standing beside Conover and the champion heifer are her father Chad Conover, cousin and aunt Andrew and Anna Arkema, and judge Jirl Buck. Photo by Legacy Livestock Imaging Some locals exhibited at Aksarben Stock Show in Grand Island, NE, last week Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 21-24,...
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Hawk Homecoming kicks off Monday

Hawk pride will fly high Sept. 25-29 as Lynnville-Sully celebrates Homecoming with the theme “Stop the Raid.” Activities fans may want to keep on their radar include powderpuff volleyball on Tuesday, powderpuff football on Wednesday, Coronation on Thursday at 7 p.m., and the Homecoming parade featuring all K-12 students around the Sully square on Friday...
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Vander Molen publishes his story in ‘The Quad Life’

By Margaret Vander Weerdt Joel Vander Molen, 41, a quadriplegic (he shortens to quad) from Pella, has published a book “The Quad Life” sharing his life story with others to provide encouragement and inspiration that every life can be useful. At the age of three in 1985, Vander Molen was involved in a motor vehicle accident and...
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L-S School board holds September meeting

The Lynnville-Sully Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, Sept. 18 in the high school library. President Tammy Vos called the meeting to order with board members Dave Foster, Amanda Jones, Jer Schnell, and Gerry Van Dyke present. Others in attendance were superintendent Matt Dunsbergen, board secretary Karla Vos, preK-8 Principal Teri Bowlin,...
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