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Hundreds gathered at the Sully Ballpark on an unseasonably-warm Saturday evening, Oct. 22, to watch the Sully Fire Department and crews from the Lynnville Emergency Services and Kellogg Fire and Ambulance in live motor-vehicle accident training. The training was designed to improve emergency response and involved a staged collision with trapped passengers. The planned Life Flight...

  There will be plenty of opportunities this weekend for area children and families to celebrate Halloween. Settle on a costume, have a candy bucket ready, and hit up the activities planned in one or all of our local communities. A fun afternoon and evening of Halloween activities will take place in Lynnville on Saturday, Oct. 29....

Lynnville-Sully’s Greenlee Smock became a four-time cross-country state qualifier at the district meet at Central Decatur on Thursday, Oct. 20. Smock, a senior, claimed the individual girls title and will advance to the state cross-country meet in Fort Dodge on Friday, Oct. 28. She will be joined by teammates senior James Gruver, sophomore Olivia Norrish,...

Throughout our small-town communities are groups of selfless heroes willing to answer the call — any time of the day or night — to help people in need. In honor of Fire Prevention Month this month, we salute our volunteer firefighters, who truly are the unsung heroes of our communities. Lynnville, Searsboro, and Sully have trained...