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Hawks commit to carrying on strong L-S football tradition

Hawks commit to carrying on strong L-S football tradition
The Lynnville-Sully football program held its annual Football Signing Day on Thursday, Mar. 21. Signing Day is a fun way of recognizing the student-athletes who are ready to commit to keeping up the rich tradition of Hawk football alive. Thirty players were present and signed their Hawk letters of intent for the 2024 season. Lynnville-Sully Head Coach...
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Marion Playle, 81

Marion Playle, 81, of Barnes City, passed away Tuesday morning, Mar. 19, 2024, at Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Mar. 21, at Holland-Coble Funeral Home of New Sharon. Burial was in Friends Cemetery in New Sharon. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are to Barnes...
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Donald Van Wyk, 79

  Donald Van Wyk, 79, of Pella and formerly of Lynnville, died Mar. 25, 2024. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Mar. 28, at Calvary Christian Reformed Church, Pella, followed by interment in Sully Cemetery. Donald Lee Van Wyk was born to Dick and Martha (DeKraai) Van Wyk Jan. 13, 1945, in rural Poweshiek County. He...
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Norman Vander Leest, 85

Norman Vander Leest, 85, of Sully, passed away Thursday, Mar. 21, 2024, at his home. A celebration of life was held 1-3 p.m., Tues-day, Mar. 26, at Sully Community Center. Memorials in Norman’s name have been designated for Hospice of Pella. Norman Willem Vander Leest was born Aug. 6, 1938, the oldest of four sons born...
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Haidyn James

Haidyn James was born to Austin and Lysandra Newell of Lynnville on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2024. She weighed 5 pounds 5 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Grandparents are Brenda and the late Alan Newell of Sully and Curtis and Stacey James of Searsboro. Great-grandparents are Kathy James of Lynnville, Larry and Sharon Van Wyk of Searsboro,...
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Fire engulfs Searsboro apartment, displaces Ward-Price family

Fire engulfs Searsboro apartment, displaces Ward-Price family
Melissa Rozendaal is with Dominick Price, the young man she is helping after a Mar. 13 fire completely destroyed the Searsboro apartment he and his mother lived in. Searsboro Fire Department was called to Searsboro Manor Apt. 1 at 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 13, according to Searsboro Fire Chief Gary Sears. They were there until...
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The end of an era

The end of an era
Lynnville Transport plans ‘Lynnville’s Last Ride’ to commemorate 75 years in the transportation industry, five decades of Vander Molen ownership   For 75 years, Lynnville Transport has specialized in hauling livestock across the country. Fifty years ago, Marty and Betty Vander Molen of Sully purchased the business and have since spent the last five decades making a...
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