Each year, grades 5-8 attend a Civic Center production based on a historical event. This year’s performance, “Lifeboat,” on Wednesday, Apr. 8, transported SCS students back to World War II, to the time of the extraordinary true story of two young ladies.
In 1940, a ship named City of Benares set sail from Britain headed for...
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Sully Ambulance and Fire Dept. Emergency Topics for You
By Mike Vander Molen, Sully Fire Department Chief
It hasn't been very long since we were thinking winter would never end. I think we can all agree that the weather lately has been great. Do you know what comes with the warmer weather? Did any of you notice how the weather quickly turned to warm and...
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Remember When – 4/16/15
35 years ago (1980)
Bryce W. Gause joined the staff of the First State Bank in Lynnville as executive vice president. Gause graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School in 1959, served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1967, and graduated from Simpson College in Indianola in 1969 with a BA degree in accounting.
Harold and Grace Beyer...
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A day for sweet little candies
Apr. 22 is National Jelly Bean Day. Who doesn’t love a jelly bean, from good old cherry, orange, or lemon to the more adventurous flavors like buttered popcorn, latte, and chili mango? Jelly beans are a classic candy with a soft, chewy center and a thin candy coating. The flavor possibilities are endless, which has...
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Sully Fire Dept. fire call reported
Monday, Apr. 13, at 12:50 a.m., the Sully Fire Department was called to just west of the junction of F-62 and T-22 near the Jerry Elscott residence for an electric pole on fire from a lightning strike....
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John Nile-Bruce
Brandon and Noelle Husmann of New Sharon are the proud parents of a baby boy, John Nile-Bruce Husmann, born Monday, Apr. 6, 2015. John weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces.
Grandparents are Lance and Sharon Husmann of Mount Auburn, the late Barb Kraus Dierks, Duke and Lisa Dierks of Cedar Falls, and Marlo and Ruth Jansen of...
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Silas David Barrett
Joel and Victoria Lewicki of Virginia Beach, VA, are the parents of a son, Silas David Barrett Lewicki, born Mar. 24, 2015. He weighed 7.7 pounds and measured 19.5 inches long. His siblings are Benjamin (6) and Violet (4). Grandparents are Harlan and Mary Van Wyhe of Sully, Sheila Van Wyhe of West Des Moines,...
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