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When Karli Nikkel opened a bakery on the south side of the Sully square in 2017, she never imagined La Rose Marie Bakery would expand so quickly, offering fashionable apparel and now fresh flowers, in addition to her sweet treats just four short years later. On Monday, Aug. 31, La Rose Marie Bakery and Boutique added...

Tractors are lined up outside of Lynnville Friends Church for the LFC Tractor Ride on Saturday, Sept. 4. A total of 27 riders participated in the ride. Lynnville Friends Church hosted its annual tractor ride Saturday, Sept. 4. Twenty-seven riders met in the parking lot of the church, enjoying a cooler, overcast day. The route...

  Recent retiree Gelene Evans is used to being in the role of teacher, with over 30 years spent in education. But the roles were reversed for the Reasnor resident this summer as she took on the part of a student as the first-ever Phyllis Zylstra Memorial Apprentice. Hosted by the Pella Historical Society, the apprenticeship was...

Lynnville-Sully Head Cross-Country Coach Darin Arkema has many reasons to be excited about L-S XC this year after the season opener at the Williamsburg cross-country meet on Tuesday, Aug. 31. The many miles logged and hard work put in over the summer were evident on Tuesday night as several L-S runners improved their times from last year,...