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‘A Slice of Home’ by Simone Bates

Easter weekend, we took Liam and Liesl to see Derek’s Grandma Joetta at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. Liam got lots of sweets in the Easter egg hunt, and Liesl was enamored with the Easter bunny!    Egg-stra Eggs! Happy belated Easter! As I type this, I am drooling over the smell of our carrot cake baking in...
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LSCEF hosts ninth annual Daddy-Daughter Dance

It was a night to shine for 101 area girls in kindergarten through fifth grade and their fathers or male chaperones at the Lynnville-Sully Community Education Foundation’s ninth annual Daddy-Daughter Dance with the theme “I Love You to the Moon and Back” on Saturday, Mar. 23. Above, the...
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Pour Boy Construction under new ownership

  The rise in mercury with spring finally here is just what Eily Vande Krol is looking forward to as he takes the lead on concrete work as new owner of Pour Boy Construction. Vande Krol, a 2012 graduate of Lynnville-Sully High School, purchased Pour Boy Construction from founding owner Eric Lanser earlier this month. Vande...
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Lynnville-Sully artists shine at annual art show

Lynnville-Sully K-12 artists and high school jazz band musicians took center stage at the annual Art Show Monday night, Mar. 25. The high school gym was turned into an art gallery featuring aisle upon aisle of incredible pieces of art created by the students and admired by hundreds of proud family, friends, and community members. This...
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Community Easter egg hunt Saturday

Lynnville Heart of Worship Easter Egg Hunt at Old Settlers Park in Lynnville will be Saturday, Mar. 30, with ages 6-10 at 1 p.m., followed by age 5 and under at 2 p.m. For the two age groups, there will be over 10,000 eggs filled with candy, prizes, and money. For those with children in...
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Sully City Council holds two special meetings

  Sully City Council met in special session at 7 p.m., Monday, Mar. 25, for the public hearing on proposed property tax levy for fiscal year 2025. Present were mayor Ben Ahrens, city clerk Barbra Maasdam, councilmembers MaryCarol Cross, Tim LeCompte, Dan Stouthammer, Justin Van Soelen, and Jon Van Wyk, and guest Margaret Vander Weerdt. The...
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