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Greenlee Smock is the 2021 Class 1A Individual State Champion

Greenlee Smock has just won the 1A Golf state tournament!  She shot back-2-back scores of 77 to secure the title!  Greenlee is the first female athlete at Lynnville-Sully to win an individual state championship - so if you get the chance, please congratulate her.  We will be having a recognition tonight just before the girls...
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Beautiful Memorial Day morning for Sully CRC Cadets Breakfast

Rowan, Memphis, and Paisley Vos, children of Cole and Shelly Vos of Sully, at the Sully airstrip, admire the planes that had flown in for the Cadets’ Memorial Day breakfast.  Guests of Sully Christian Reformed Church Cadet Club’s annual Memorial Day pancake breakfast arrived at Sully Christian School by plane, car, bike, and foot on Monday, May...
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Community clothes closet expands to new storefront in Lynnville

The Pay It Forward Clothes Closet, a ministry of Heart of Worship Church, has moved to a new location in Lynnville. Previously located at the church, the ministry will now have its own storefront at 403 East Street, next door to Riverside Junction in downtown Lynnville. The new location has already been a blessing to...
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Smock represents L-S well at state golf

Greenlee Smock sinks a putt on day one of the IGHSAU state golf meet at Ames Golf and Country Club June 1.       Lynnville-Sully’s Greenlee Smock spent the first day of summer vacation representing the Hawks at the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s 2021 State Golf Tournament. She shot a 77 in the first round on...
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Local student artists win statewide fire prevention poster contest

Breah Lowry, Chloe Vos, and Sawyer Osborn are flanked by two Iowa Firefighters Association representatives at the luncheon recognizing statewide fire prevention poster winners.  Three local elementary students combined their artistic talents with a heart to help others and created award-winning fire prevention posters for the Iowa Firefighters Association. Since 2006, the Iowa Firefighters Association has sponsored...
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641Apparel brings new threads to town

By Megan Pothoven What started as a small hobby in the family’s garage has turned into a full-blown family business. 641Apparel, owned by Dana and Ryan McFarland, is a new custom-order apparel shop in Sully. Many locals may be familiar with FaithInspired Signs, a homemade sign business, also owned by the McFarlands, established in 2015. [caption id="attachment_6926773"...
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Military cook, an overlooked but important job

By Megan Pothoven Something many people don’t think of when they think of the military is how the soldiers are fed. It can be seen as an irrelevant job, but it is one that is important and necessary. Dan Vande Krol, of Sully, was a cook during his time of service during the Vietnam War. When...
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