I’ve come to realize I’m nothing but a clutz! I recently went to breakfast with a friend, Mr. Finney Van Genderen from Lynnville. Our morning meal varies somewhat but is always a very substantial amount. We are professional eaters. Neither one of us will ever be called anorexic. We are cutting way back though. We...
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Jennie Willemsen, 97
Jennie Willemsen, 97½ of Oskaloosa and formerly of New Sharon, passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Holland-Coble Funeral Home in New Sharon. Burial was in the Friends Cemetery in New Sharon. Memorial contributions may be made to Iowa Hospice.
Jennie...
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Record-high propane prices add to winter’s wrath
The 2013-2014 winter has been one to remember, with long cold spells broken up by short-lived warm ups. State climatologist Harry Hillaker declared January to have been the 35th coldest January among 142 years of records and exceptionally windy, noting that wind gusts in Des Moines exceeded 40 mph eight days during the first month...
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3 babies born to… 2 sisters in… 1 day
Lots of cousins get to share birthday parties. Not too many cousins share the exact same birth date.
But that’s what happened 16 years ago last week, when Mindy Roorda gave birth to a set of twins in Minneapolis on Feb. 12. Two hundred fifty miles away, on that very same day, Mindy’s sister, Amy, gave...
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L-S school board approves construction of all-weather track
The Lynnville-Sully school board approved the construction of the all-weather track at its board meeting on Monday, Feb. 17. The school board approved the construction back in September if $150,000 was raised by the community. As of Feb. 15, the new track committee had $229,550 in committed donations. The Feb. 17 vote to move forward...
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Sully native to lead Ankeny’s Terrace Elementary
When 1997 Lynnville-Sully grad Matt Dunsbergen walked across the stage to receive his
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Matt Dunsbergen, a 1997 L-S graduate, will serve as the new principal...
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Matt Dunsbergen, a 1997 L-S graduate, will serve as the new principal...
L-S Board reduces one custodian, discusses At-Risk Programming
The Lynnville-Sully School Board of Education met in regular session in the high school library on Monday, Feb. 17, with a full room of guests including Colleen Taylor, Sara Rowe, Teryl Ver Ploeg, Chuck and Rita Maston, Beth Steenhoek, Judy Zegers, Dennis Staecker, Reggie Kaldenberg, Shelley Vander Molen, Cathy Fraker, Faye Brand, Joel Jansen, and...
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