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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The Wooden Spoon – by Faye Brand 11/20/14
Fellow spooners –it’s time to set aside the wooden spoon and pick up the turkey basting brush! It’s Thanksgiving time! Shelly Rankin is enjoying another week off, and I am attempting to fill in for her. As many of you know, cooking is not my forte. Baking, I’d say I’m average, but if you want...
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L-S Board approves two lease-to-own new propane buses
The Lynnville-Sully School Board met in regular session in the high school library on Monday, Nov. 17. President Duane Rozendaal called the meeting to order. Guests included Faye Brand and Dave Sietstra. School board member John Terpstra was absent.
The agenda was approved, as was the consent agenda including the minutes of the Oct. 20 meeting,...
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Sheriff’s office seeking other victims of construction fraud
Nov. 18, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a local resident in Jasper County about a male subject whom he had hired to build a pole-type building for him, according to a report by Duane Rozendaal, chief deputy. The caller advised he saw the ad in a local paper about this subject...
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