Students eager to start a new school year bounded through the doors of Lynnville-Sully on Wednesday morning, Aug. 26, for the first day of classes. Happy chatter as friends reunited after a long summer break, jitters among first-time students, and the traditional back-to-school photos taken by parents culminated to create an exciting atmosphere as the...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 9/3/15
Firstly – wait, is that even a word? Okay. Either way, firstly, there are some recipes coming down the pipe you are not going to want to miss. Let’s just say the Ben and Tara Conover clan came over on Saturday to pick some of our pumpkin-sized apples. The article-to-be may be one of the...
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Remember When – 9/3/15
35 years ago (1980)
Pastor A.C. Johnson announced Sept. 7 would be his last day of service to the Lynnville Church of God. He moved to the Decatur, AL, area.
Terri Kooistra of the Lynn Grove Hustlers 4-H Club won first in western pleasure at the Iowa State Fair.
Iowa Southern built a $2.1 million switching station near...
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How many remember Guinness records?
For the past few weeks, numerous articles and items have been shared about the fact that Aug. 27, 2015, was 60 years since “The Guinness Book of Records” was bound for printing.
Back in the 1950s, if you wanted to know something, there wasn’t Google or anything called the Internet. So, after a 1950s shooting party...
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Beyer, new real estate, insurance agent at bank in Lynnville
Nick Beyer, 24, of Sully, is a new agent for Lynnville Insur-ance Agency and Patriot Realty of Montezuma at the Lynnville branch of 1st State Bank.
After college internships at the Lynnville bank, Beyer wanted to try working in a bigger city. For the past two years since graduating from Central College in Pella, Beyer has...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 9/3/15
There has always been conversation as to which is a better place to live, a small town or a big town. I personally have to vote for the small town. I’ve lived in a small town my entire life.
I haven’t gotten far in life. I drove over 4,000,000 miles and ended up three blocks from...
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Alise Geraldine
Alise Geraldine Kroll was born Aug. 27, 2015. Her parents are Todd and Kristen Kroll of Ankeny. She weighed 7 pounds 5.5 ounces and measured 18-3/4 inches long. Her sister is Lola, age 2. Grandparents are Rod and Candy Meyer of Killduff and Ronda Kroll of Galva....
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