Rhylee Rodgers watches as a judge gives “Yellow” the Grand Champion slap at the National Western Stock Show.
The National Western Stock Show has earned the tagline “the best 16 days in January.” Two local families heavily invested in the cattle industry agree. Wade and Kaylene Rodgers of Searsboro and Jordan and Tayler Vander Molen of...
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Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig visits Ebert Honey
Phil Ebert explains the assembly line process for bottling honey to Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Naig, during his 99-county tour on Jan. 28.
As part of his 99-county tour, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig took an opportunity to tour Ebert Honey near Lynnville and speak to Phil Ebert about his family’s operation on Friday,...
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Squires enlists in the U.S. Air Force, trains to be crew chief
By Megan Pothoven
Following in his family’s footsteps, Trevor Squires joined the military forces to serve his country. The son of Chad and Michelle Squires, he lived in Killduff his whole life and graduated from Lynnville-Sully in 2017. After graduation, he worked as a drafter making blueprints at a steel fabrication shop in Ames, but the...
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‘A Slice of Home’ By Simone Bates
Love in a Cup
Ah, February, the month of love: Valentine’s Day for the romantics, Galentine’s Day for your beloved friends, and Super Bowl for lovers of the game. The last one might be taking it a little far … unless the Chiefs would have made it again! Our home would definitely have been...L-S boys knock off SICL leader North Mahaska
Sophomore Lucas Sieck dives after a loose ball in the JV game against HLV. The Hawks won, 35-33.
The Hawks got a pair of big wins in the past week, which will fuel them as they finish out the regular season and look ahead to post-season play.
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Ball movement played an important role in the Hawks’ 65-37...
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Halftime adjustments help L-S down HLV, Hawks fall to NM
Greta Wallen, junior foreign exchange student living with Marlo and Ruth Jansen this school year, plays tough defense against a North Mahaska Warhawk.
The Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team went 1-1 in its week of play, picking up one win to HLV but falling to North Mahaska.
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On Tuesday, Jan. 25, in Victor, the Hawks defeated the HLV...
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Two Hawks crowned conference champs, three runner-up honors
Two Hawks – junior Gentry Walston and sophomore Maxwell Mintle – were crowned SICL Conference champs on Saturday after winning their brackets at the conference meet held at BGM. The Hawks had three runners-up, standing behind Walston and Mintle from left: Junior Reese Dunsbergen, freshman Terran Gosselink, and freshman Skyler Stoll. Photo by Kelli Johnson
The Lynnville-Sully...
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