Lynnville-Sully High School senior Sage Zylstra joined the ranks of elite wrestlers with 100 high school career wins on Tuesday, Jan. 23. The senior, who had been sidelined with a shoulder injury, was sitting at 99 wins when three of his teammates hit the monumental victory mark last week. At Tuesday’s meet at Martensdale St....
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Family fun at SCS annual Food and Fun Night Saturday
Sully Christian School’s annual Food and Fun Night will be held Saturday, Feb. 3, at the school located at 12629 S. 92nd Avenue East in Sully. Starting at 4:30 p.m., hamburgers, hot dogs, and a variety of sides will be served and the silent auction will begin. Fun games including Ring-A-Pop, skee ball, and Olympic...
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Lowry recognized in corn yield contest
Terry Lowry of Searsboro recently won state third place in the AA Non-Irrigated division of the 2017 National Corn Growers Association's (NCGA) Corn Yield Contest. Lowry won with Pioneer® P1197AM™ brand corn, which yielded 314.4225 bushels per acre.
DuPont Pioneer growers took home nearly 50 percent of the state awards. Pioneer® brand products continue to shine...
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SERVING US – Walton Van Maanen: Childhood hobby evolves into lifelong career for U.S. Air Force Crew Chief
Walton Van Maanen of Lynnville is a well-known native of the area, most notably for his 46-year career of ownership of Van’s Radio and TV. But before this, he served for four years in the U.S. Air Force during a time between the Korean and Vietnam Wars, part of “The Cold War Era.”
The Cold War...
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FROM THE KITCHEN – JENN VAN GORP
This week’s featured cook is Jennifer Van Gorp. Jenn graduated from Newton Senior High School and DMACC in Ankeny. She is married to Darrell Van Gorp, and in March, they will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. The Van Gorps live on a farm just south of Killduff where they have lived since they got married.
They...
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Hawk girls soar past Tigerhawks, Warriors
The Lynnville-Sully girls improved to 13-5 with a pair of victories last week. The Hawks were on the road to Colfax-Mingo on Jan. 23 and came away with the 59-34 victory.
L-S got off to a 20-7 lead in the first quarter. They continued to put up points and went into the second half up 40-12....
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L-S boys pull off the ‘W’ over C-M, dominate HLV
The Lynnville-Sully boys maintained their perfect 14-0 conference record with a couple of wins last week.
The week started on the road at Colfax-Mingo where the Hawks earned a hard-fought 65-57 victory. L-S came out and scored a quick 21 points in the first quarter and held C-M to just 10. However, the Tigerhawks fought back...
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