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SOAR students give back

SOAR students give back
Gabe Rozendaal, Lyra Dunlap, and Lorcan Lewis help clean and organize shelves at East Jasper Christian Food Pantry. At right, Kate Arkema cuddles a PALS feline friend. Armed with a mission to serve, Lynnville-Sully Middle School SOAR members launched a multi-project community service initiative in early 2026. See page 6 to learn how the students’ care...
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De Jong spends 23 years serving others out of love for Jesus

De Jong spends 23 years serving others out of love for Jesus
Diane De Jong celebrates 23 years of caring for patients at the Pella Regional Medical Clinic in Sully with an open house for her retirement on Friday, Mar. 6. Diane De Jong, PA-C, retired after 23 years of caring for patients at Pella Regional Medical Clinic in Sully last week. Thank you to everyone who stopped...
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Tice recognized for good sportsmanship

Tice recognized for good sportsmanship
Cory Tice is honored with the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union and the Iowa Farm Bureau’s outstanding sportsmanship award prior to Lynnville-Sully’s State Quarterfinals game on Wednesday, Mar. 4. He was presented with a certificate by Karina Romero, an IGHSAU student-athlete advisory committee member. Sportsmanship matters and is an emphasis of values that goes far beyond...
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Let the Madness begin! By Megan Pothoven

Let the Madness begin! By Megan Pothoven
During the middle of March, ESPN will be on most of the time while Adam is keeping up with his NCAA brackets. We used to each do a bracket and keep score when we first dated and married. While Adam would put a lot of thought into the strategy of bracketology, I would typically choose...
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Hawks’ special 24-1 season comes to a close at State

Hawks’ special 24-1 season comes to a close at State
photo by taylor photography The Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team’s 24-1 season came to a close with a Quarterfinals loss in the Class 1A Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s State Basketball Tournament on Wednesday, Mar. 4: Front row, left to right, Brooke Harthoorn, Breah Lowry, Kate Harthoorn, Tatum Huyser, Aubrey Harthoorn, Emma Parkinson, Brynlee Farrell; back, assistant...
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Hawk alumni and fans reunite on the court

Hawk alumni and fans reunite on the court
photo by sandy kuhlmann L-S community basketball game players included, front row from left, Joel Harthoorn (1997), Corey McCoy (2018), Reggie Hoegh (2003), Jay Mitchell (2001), Joel Vos (1997), Nick Harthoorn (2000), Jacob Van Manen (2010); second row, Matt Dunsbergen (1997), Kemper Lukehart (2018), Alex Van Rees (2007), Blaize Kuhlmann (2020), Jaron Vos (1998), Keegan DeWitt (2024),...
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Harthoorn honored as E. Wayne Cooley Scholarship recipient

Harthoorn honored as E. Wayne Cooley Scholarship recipient
Lynnville-Sully senior Kate Harthoorn, daughter of Nick and Amy Harthoorn of Sully, shined bright under the spotlight during Iowa Girls High School Athletic Association’s coverage of Girls State Basketball on Friday, Mar. 6. Harthoorn was interviewed on live TV by PBS host Paul Yeager and later that night, she was honored at center court during halftime of...
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