Monthly Archives: December 2019

SERVING U.S.: Roger Plummer, U.S. Navy

SERVING U.S.: Roger Plummer, U.S. Navy
Jean Van Der Kamp made this Quilt of Valor for her brother-in-law, Roger Plummer. It was presented to Plummer on Nov. 17. Fifty-four years ago, Roger Plummer was 19 years old and living in Tekamah, NE. He received a Selective Service questionnaire in October 1965, wanting to know what he was doing, which he took as...
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From the Kitchen: Sara Wilmesmeier

From the Kitchen: Sara Wilmesmeier
Scott, Sara, Blake (on the left), and Tyson Wilmesmeier live on three acres on the west edge of Killduff in a home they built in 2012. The holidays are just around the corner and for the Wilmesmeier family of Killduff, that means making a lot of special memories at family holiday gatherings, as well as spending...
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L-S boys face three strong foes, go 0-3 in opening week

L-S boys face three strong foes, go 0-3 in opening week
Senior Cale Foster puts up a shot over the outstretched arms of his BGM defender.  COLFAX-MINGO The Lynnville-Sully boys basketball team had its first game of the season at Colfax-Mingo on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The game didn’t quite go as the Hawks wanted it as the Tigerhawks pulled ahead in the fourth quarter to escape with a...
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No. 10 L-S gains two conference, one non-conference wins

No. 10 L-S gains two conference, one non-conference wins
Junior Korinne Jansen and sophomore Reagan McFarland box in a Colfax-Mingo Tigerhawk. COLFAX-MINGO The L-S girls won their first conference game of the season at Colfax-Mingo on Tuesday, Dec. 3.   They beat the Tigerhawks 83-34, dominating the court offensively in the Hawks’ second game of the year. All L-S team members contributed to the scoring, which helped the...
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L-S grapplers open season with four-event week

L-S grapplers open season with four-event week
Freshman Gentry Walston puts Pleasantville’s Devon Luing on his back to earn his second pin at the Montezuma Invitational on Saturday. Walston finished the day in second place at 113 pounds.   OTTUMWA DUALS A busy opening week for Hawk wrestlers started out in Ottumwa on Tuesday, Dec 3. This dual meet matched L-S up against Pekin and...
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Lynnville Council approves loan

Lynnville Council approves loan
Above, During the Lynnville City Council meeting Monday night, city clerk Bev Arthurs swears in newly reelected mayor Roy James and councilmembers Kevin Arment and Mark Newberg.   The Lynnville City Council met in regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, at Lynnville City Hall. The meeting opened with “The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.”...
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Sully City Council: ATVs, UTVs now legal on Sully streets with county license

[caption id="attachment_4537319" align="alignright" width="422"] The Lynnville-Sully LEGO League presented its community improvement project suggesting crossing guards much like railroad crossing arms at the dangerous school crossing on the highway south of the school. The group of students included, from left, McKenzie Pinegar, Matthew Mintle, Jack Bowlin, Will Conover,...
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