Monthly Archives: February 2020

BGM bests Hawks in district game to conclude L-S season

BGM bests Hawks in district game to conclude L-S season
Senior Bray Noun Harder drives into the lane.   The Lynnville-Sully boys basketball team battled to the final buzzer against BGM on Thursday, Feb. 20. But the Hawks came up short, 58-52, in their first district tournament game at Keota and saw their season come to a close. [caption id="attachment_4978240" align="alignright" width="234"] Read more

The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Feb. 27, 2020

I get together with a farmer friend of mine in his cabin in the timber north of town. Now and then, two or three more old geezers show up. The “bull” gets to flying around so fast it’s a wonder the windows don’t blow out. When they all show up, there are two truck drivers, two men...
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Tom Martin, 59

Tom Martin, 59, died Feb. 20, 2020, at his home in Lynnville. Tom’s family will greet friends from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb.  28, at Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton to celebrate his life. A private family burial will be held at the Hewitt Cemetery in rural Reasnor at a later date. In lieu...
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Vivian Jewel

Vivian Jewel was born Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, to Johnnie and Maria Bogaards of Knoxville. She weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Her brother is JR, age two. Grandparents are Jim and Ruth Van Soelen of Sully and Randy and Joyce Bogaards of Pella. Great-grandparents are Lois Van Wyk of Sully, Vernon and...
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Local churches team up to provide tornado relief in Mississippi

Local churches team up to provide tornado relief in Mississippi
Eleven volunteers representing three area churches left on the cold and dark morning of Saturday, Feb. 8, headed for their destination of Meridian, MS, a city where people are still dealing with the aftermath of damage left by tornadoes and flooding from two years ago. The volunteers who participated in this week-long mission trip are...
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Wrestlers leave it all on the mat with trip to state on the line 

Wrestlers leave it all on the mat with trip to state on the line 
Camden Baarda, 3A state qualifier for Southeast Polk. [caption id="attachment_4936691" align="alignnone" width="900"] Lynnville-Sully wrestling coaches Jason Walston and RJ Brown (in gray polo shirts), and wrestling cheerleading coach Lynn Dunsbergen, far right, celebrate freshman Reese Dunsbergen’s first-round thrilling victory at the district meet on Saturday, Feb. 15. Dunsbergen...
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Sully Locker and Market reigns as champ at IMPA event

Sully Locker and Market reigns as champ at IMPA event
For the third consecutive year, Sully Locker and Market owners Jared and Stacy Nikkel brought home the hardware from the 84th Annual Iowa Meat Processors Association’s (IMPA) Convention. This year’s event was held Feb. 13-16 at Gateway Hotel and Conference Center in Ames. The couple and their employees are proving to fellow meat processors across...
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