Yearly Archives: 2020

Baarda places seventh at state, helps SEP earn championship title

Baarda places seventh at state, helps SEP earn championship title
Camden Baarda kisses the Class 3A Dual Team Wrestling State Champion trophy he helped win for Southeast Polk on Feb. 19. Individually, he placed seventh in the Class 3A 152-pound bracket.   Camden Baarda, Southeast Polk senior, wrapped up his high school wrestling career in memorable fashion, winning his last high school match, at the Iowa High...
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L-S girls shut down GVC, fall to No. 3 NM

L-S girls shut down GVC, fall to No. 3 NM
Senior Mallory Loftus reaches up for a shot against North Mahaska on Friday. Loftus was one of the leading scorers with nine points.   Facing Grand View Christian in the regional quarterfinal on Tuesday, Feb. 18, the Lynnville-Sully girls took a bit to find their groove. But when they did, there was no looking back as the...
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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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