At 4:12 p.m. Monday, May 18, the Sully Fire Department was called to a fire in the street at 308 5th Street in Sully. The fire was pieces of a flat tire from a trailer that had gone down 5th Street. The fires were stomped out before the trucks got there....
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Sully Ambulance and Fire Dept. Emergency Topics for You
By Mike Vander Molen, Sully Fire Department Chief
Last week, I skipped a week from writing this article. Monday, we had two fire calls. Tuesday, we had two ambulance calls and another one Saturday. I guess I better try not to skip anymore.
Last week was also National EMS Week. If you see anyone involved with EMS,...
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Lynnville-Sully track stars shine at state
Thirteen Lynnville-Sully student athletes capped their track seasons at the 2015 Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships May 21-23. Four of those athletes, seniors Shelby Davis, Madison Rasmusson, Cori Rice, and Noah Zylstra, made the final trips of their high school track career around the blue oval, culminating a track career that included...
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Garden Chapel Funeral Home receives Award of Excellence
Garden Chapel Funeral Home of Pella and Sully received the Award of Excellence in Funeral Service at the 135th Annual Iowa Funeral Directors Association (IFDA) Convention held May 12-14 at the Iowa State Center and Gateway Hotel in Ames.
The Iowa Award of Funeral Service Excellence recognizes a funeral home’s exemplary service to the community it...
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Lynnville ball park receives a facelift
With baseball and softball season in full swing, the Lynnville ball park is the place to be! In the spring of 2014, the Lynnville Chamber of Commerce initiated its “Be a Ballpark Backer” program. Thirteen area businesses signed up to jump- start the ball park improvements, donating $400 each for a three-year commitment. In 2015,...
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L-S Girls Softball Preview: Girls eye state title, return six starters
The L-S softball team approaches the 2015 season hoping to end up where last season ended – at the state tournament. The girls accumulated an impressive 36-2 overall record in 2014, won the SICL Conference title, and qualified for state for the fourth time in five years. Still, their hearts yearned for more, particularly the...
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Lynnville’s Ray Allbee, the late Ralph Ogan honored as Transportation Heroes by the Iowa Transportation Museum
The Seventh Heroes Center Awards Ceremony honored 2015 inductees or their representatives at the Spaulding Center in Grinnell on Friday, May 15. Inductees with local ties included Ray Allbee, Jr. of Lynnville and Lynnville resident Bert Schnell’s father, the late Ralph Ogan. Since the first ceremony in 2009, 70 individuals have been honored as a...
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