The Lynnville City Council met in regular session on Monday, Dec. 15, at Lynnville City Hall. Mayor Roy James called the meeting to order with councilmembers Bev Van Maanen, Terry Fraker, Kevin Arment, and Mark Newberg present. Hugh Carney was absent. Guests included Rhonda Guy, Mark Van Wyk, Faye Brand, and Bill Sparks. The agenda...
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Sully Council approves new city logo, seven-year Midwest Sanitation contract
Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 14, in the council chambers at Sully Community Center. Present were mayor Gordon Yarrington, city clerk Barbra Maasdam, councilmembers Jeff Burkett, Josh Foster, Wes Van Wyk, and Teryl Ver Ploeg, guests Bryan Vander Meiden...
NM out-shoots, out-rebounds L-S in first loss of year

Junior Reagan McFarland beats the North Mahaska Warhawks as she brings the ball up the court last Tuesday.
By Elizabeth Squires, L-S Journalism Student
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NORTH MAHASKA
The L-S girls basketball team suffered its first loss of the season, 55-47, last Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the hands of the North Mahaska Warhawks. The girls struggled with both shooting and...Hawks dig too big of hole in first quarter against NM

Freshman Corder Noun Harder takes over control of the ball after stealing it from HLV on Friday night. He had four steals in the game.
Week also included win over HLV, loss to G-R
The Lynnville-Sully boys basketball team went 1-2 in the past week, splitting a couple of conference games and falling in a narrow...
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Hawks fall in Grinnell dual; Walston, Snethen earn pins

Sophomore Reese Dunsbergen battles with Grinnell's Andres Cantillo, eventually falling by a 7-2 decision last Thursday.
The Lynnville-Sully grapplers had a slower week on the mat with just a single dual against Grinnell on Thursday, Dec. 10.
The Hawks were in Tiger territory for the event and fell to the host, 55-24.
Four L-S wrestlers picked up wins...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, December 17, 2020
I have fiddled with old cars and motorcycles most of my life. I can only guess at maybe 150 to 200 of them. I wasted huge amounts of money.
When my dad ran a truck sales shop uptown, farmers would trade in their old 1949 and 1950 Chevy pickups. They were in bad shape and I...
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Jeanette Jansen, 74
Jeanette (Verhoef) Jansen, 74, of Pella and formerly of Sully, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, at Hospice of Pella Comfort House after a courageous four-week battle with COVID-19 and the effects of COVID. Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 14, at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Memorial contributions are preferred for...
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