The Lynnville City Council met in regular session on Monday, Aug 9, at Lynnville City Hall. Mayor Roy James called the meeting to order with councilmembers Bev Van Maanen, Terry Fraker, and Mark Newberg present. City clerk Bev Arthur, city maintenance director Nick Arthur, and guests Josh DeWitt, Barb Hoogeveen, Mark Lageveen, and Faye Brand...
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Sully Council approves RLF Loan maximum increase to $65,000
The Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 9, at Sully Community Center. Present were mayor Gordon Yarrington, city clerk Barbra Maasdam, councilmembers Jeff Burkett, Josh Foster, Wes Van Wyk, and Jon Van Wyk; Teryl Ver Ploeg was absent. Guests present were Lejon Ladwig, Rod Jansen, and Margaret Vander...
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Brand scores two more wins in his quest for class points title
Fourteen-year-old Carter Brand of rural Lynnville is having a very successful drag racing season at Eddyville Raceway Park. Leading the points in the Junior Advanced Class, Brand chalked up two more victories last weekend in his race for another championship title, winning his sixth and seventh events this year. On Saturday, Brand raced five rounds...
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Hawk football fever heats up
Jaiden Richards gets ready to drive into a tackling dummy held by his brother, Bryce, at football camp.
Lynnville-Sully football players ranging in age from first graders to high schoolers got their first taste of football for the season at the annual summer football camp led by Lynnville-Sully’s head high school football coach Mike Parkinson...
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L-S netters wrap up preseason volleyball camp
High school volleyball camp attendees are, front row left to right: Allie Van Wyk, Morgan Jones, Makayla Tice, Jordan Spooner, Lily Terpstra, Aliya James, Kaylee DeWitt; middle, Elise Alberts, Paige James, Abby Roberts, Natalie Roberts, Avery Merten, Sophia Squires, Alaina Roberts, Selah Schnell; back, Majesta Vos, Alyssa Bassett, Ellyse Merten, Aubrey Arthur, Riley Van Maanen, Summer Hackert, Makenna Schnell,...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, August 12, 2021
I’ve been doing a lot of my own cooking lately. I have two daughters living with me at the present time, but they are always too busy to cook!
I’ve had some disasters in the kitchen.
The only thing I’m fairly good at is a beef roast. Just throw it in the cooker, and smother it with...
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Jasper Community Foundation awards $97,000 to non-profit organizations
Dan Skokan, president of the Jasper Community Foundation, presents a check for $5,000 to Marilyn Van Soelen who represented the Lynnville Historical Society at the grant presentation. The money will assist in the efforts to repair a retaining wall for the non-profit organization.
Five local non-profits are among the 19 organizations awarded grants to improve the...
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