Yearly Archives: 2025

Fifth Quarters are back at L-S this football season

Fifth Quarters are back at L-S this football season
Rhonda Pool, faithful supporter of L-S students, is shown at a 2024 Fifth Quarter surrounded by the happy students. Pool is on a quest to keep the fun tradition going at L-S, and is looking for help for the 2025 season. A heart for youth and a desire to keep a positive tradition going has spurred...
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Back to School season is fast approaching  

Back to School season is fast approaching  
Squeezing in every last drop of summer fun is on the agenda now that the calendar has flipped to August. The end of August marks the start of a new school year and back to the routine of schedules and classes for local children and their families. Both Lynnville-Sully and Sully Christian Schools are gearing...
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Fikse’s Fixings-Making biscuits and gravy from scratch

Fikse’s Fixings-Making biscuits and gravy from scratch
My first encounter with biscuits and gravy was, unfortunately, not a positive experience. During a family vacation to Florida while I was in junior high, we stopped at a breakfast buffet in a state I would have considered “the South.” While perusing the buffet, I was presented with a pan of pale gravy near a...
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Beyer wins DTGC Men’s Club Tournament

Beyer wins DTGC Men’s Club Tournament
Keegan DeWitt, Nick Beyer, and Baker Zegers finish in the top-three of the Diamond Trail Golf Club’s Men’s Club Tournament. Beyer won the event with a 149, Zegers came in second with a 151, and DeWitt took third with a 155. Twenty-four golfers from the Diamond Trail Golf Club’s Men’s League hit the links for the...
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Small Schools East crowned champs in IHSBCA’s All-Star Series

The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association hosted the annual All-Star Series featuring 56 of Iowa’s best senior baseball players July 31-Aug. 2 at Ankeny and Urbandale High Schools. Lynnville-Sully senior Carson Maston was selected to play on the Small Schools East team coached by Jake Souhrada of Wilton, Travis Griffith of North Linn, Devin Schwiesow...
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Bad Fast Motorsports is Boone Bound

Bad Fast Motorsports competed in Marshalltown and Boone the first weekend of August. In Marshalltown, Corey Van Der Wilt started third in his heat and made it to the tech pad with a fourth-place finish. The bad luck streak continues for Brett Maasdam, who after getting the frame straightened out, lost oil pressure after hot...
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Louis Terlouw, 91

Louis Terlouw, 91, of Pella, passed away on Aug. 2, 2025, at The Cottages in Pella. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 9, at Berean Baptist Church in Pella.  A private family interment will be held at Sully Cemetery prior to the memorial service. Memorials may be given to the Berean...
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