Monthly Archives: May 2025

Eagles are State bound, PC Sports Shorts

The Pella Christian boys golf team will make a return to the Class 2A State Golf Meet after punching their ticket with a first-place finish at Districts on Monday. Shown above, left to right are: Coach Kent Breems, Connor Van Zee, Cooper Spronk, Eliot Menninga, Deacon Branderhorst, Carter Brand, Landon Fransman, and coach Ron Branderhorst.   Read more

Ted De Vries, 90

Teddy Le Roy De Vries was born  Aug. 18, 1934, in Sully to Fred G. and Selena De Vries and passed away  Apr., 28, 2025, in Glendale, AZ. Ted graduated from Sully High School in 1952. He attended the Utilities Engineering Institute in Chicago, IL, and earned his Auto Body and Fender Craftsmanship Diploma in...
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Vernon “Pinky” Van Wyk, 87

Vernon “Pinky” Van Wyk, 87, of Grinnell, died Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. A funeral service was held on his birthday, Tuesday, May 20, at Grinnell Christian Church. Pallbearers were his grandchildren. Interment was in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell. Memorials may be designated to the Vernon Van Wyk Memorial Fund...
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Ron Reynolds, 72

Ronnie Jay “Ron” Reynolds, 72, of Killduff, died Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Montezuma Specialty Care. The family greeted friends from 4-6 p.m., Wednesday, May 21, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory, Newton. Memorials to the Newton Music Boosters may be left at the funeral home.
Ron, the son of Howard and Darlene (Wilson) Reynolds,...
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LSCEF Walkathon raises over $20,000

Ready, set, go! L-S kindergartners and first graders are off to the races during the 2025 Walkathon on Friday, May 9. At right, L-S Elementary Principal Teri Bowlin stands near the fundraising thermometer. Students exceeded the goal, which resulted in Bowlin turning into a banana split.               The sun shined as bright as the smiles on the faces...
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$1.22 million Sully Water Distribution System Improvements Project underway

Shane Poe Construction crew begins work on the Sully Water Main Improvement Project May 8 in the 600 block of 8th Avenue near the Sully Retirement Homes. Shane Poe Construction of Downing, MO, moved equipment into town May 5 for the $1.22 million Sully Water Distribution System Improvements Project and began the project May 8 near...
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Nod to the past at Wagaman Mill’s Pioneer Day

L-S fourth graders dress in clothes reminiscent of the time period during Pioneer Day. Lynnville’s Wagaman Mill and Museum exposed approximately 110 Lynnville-Sully and Newton fourth-grade students to life of a pioneer during the annual Pioneer Day Field Trip on Wednesday, May 7, the first of two days educating area youth about days gone by. The...
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