Kenneth E. Schnell, 87, of Newton died on Saturday, Mar. 24, 2018, in Sun City, AZ. A private burial was held at the Newton Union Cemetery. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Kenneth, the son of Edward and Pearl (Hagedorn) Schnell was born July 8, 1930 in Grinnell. Dec. 4, 1955,...
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Rev. Wayne E. Bekkering, 75
Rev. Wayne E. Bekkering, 75, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Resurrection Day, Apr. 1, 2018. He was born Dec. 20, 1942, in Byron Center, MI. He served four Protestant Reformed congregations as pastor and then spent three years serving as a missionary in Ghana, West Africa.
He will be deeply missed by...
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Maeve Lynn
Zach and Laura McCalester of Marengo are the parents of a daughter, Maeve Lynn, born Mar. 23, 2018. She weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces.
Grandparents are Kyle and Tammy Terpstra of Lynnville, Dawn and Bob Pfister of Monroe, and Lee McCalester of San Antonio, TX.
Great-grandparents are Albert Terpstra of Lynnville, Larry and Sandy Willemsen of Grinnell,...
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Generous hearts gather in Lynnville to package nearly 15,000 meals Saturday
It was a rainy and sometimes icy day on Saturday, Mar. 24, but inside the Lynnville Friends Church FCC Building, eight teams were hard at work packaging 14,688 meals for Jasper County Take Away Hunger. One team didn’t show up due to the weather.
The teams were sponsored by 1st State Bank, Lynnville Friends Church Missions,...
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Smoke on the Water 2018 prep in full swing
Plans are underway to make Smoke on the Water, an annual barbecue competition held in Lynnville that raises thousands of dollars every summer for a great cause, even better in 2018. Smoke on the Water Committee members made a live Facebook announcement on Sunday, Mar. 25, revealing details about this year’s event.
Smoke on the Water...
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Dreams do come true: LSCEF hosts annual Daddy-Daughter Dance
The Lynnville-Sully Community Education Foundation’s (LSCEF) annual Daddy-Daughter Dance proved once again to be a fairy tale for area girls who got all dolled up for an evening “Under the Sea” with their fathers or male chaperones in the Lynnville-Sully Middle School gym on Saturday, Mar. 24.
The magical night was like a scene ripped from...
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L-S golfers prepare for start of 2018 season
This spring, two new coaches will be at the helm of the Lynnville-Sully golf team. The first-year co-coaches, Mike Moran and Jennifer Kramer, will be leading 13 golfers through the 2018 season. Both coaches are looking forward to the competitions ahead.
The team welcomes back two returning girl starters, juniors Tessa Van Maanen and Kayla Van...
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