Lynnville-Sully fall sports teams will kick off their seasons at the Gatorade Scrimmage on Friday, Aug. 16, starting at 5:30 p.m. The night will be a fun evening for the football, volleyball, and cross-country athletes to show Hawk fans what they can look forward to watching in the 2019 competitive season.
The volleyball team will be...
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Lynnville Council approves bid letting for proposed $735,000 sewer project
The Lynnville City Council met in regular session on Monday, Aug. 12, at Lynnville City Hall. Mayor Roy James called the meeting to order with all councilmembers present: Bev Van Maanen, Kevin Arment, Terry Fraker, Mark Newberg, and Hugh Carney. City maintenance director Josh DeWitt, city clerk Bev Arthur, and guests Faye Brand, Jack Pope,...
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Sully Council debates using loan or funds on hand
Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12, at the council chambers. Councilmembers present were Jeff Brummel, Brad Rozendaal, Wes Van Wyk, Teryl Ver Ploeg, Gordon Yarrington, mayor Brent Vander Molen, city clerk Barbra Maasdam, and public works director Jeremy Bethun. Guests present were Jerald Kunce, Ron McKeag, and...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Aug. 15, 2019
The things that go through an unemployed lazy man’s head are amazing.
I love sweetcorn on the cob. I was chewing on one recently and looked down at the cob. I had made one pass. I had made a perfect five kernel rows down the cob. I thought I would make a second pass down the...
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Leland E. Fynaardt, 85
Surrounded by his family, Leland E. Fynaardt, 85, of Sully, passed away Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.
Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug. 8, at 10:30 a.m. at Sully Christian Reformed Church. Burial was in Sully Cemetery.
The family prefers memorial contributions be made to Sully Christian School.
Leland Eugene Fynaardt, son...
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Mae Cora
Dan and Morgan (De Jong) Jameson of Chicago, IL, are the parents of a daughter, Mae Cora Jameson, born at 1:14 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. She weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces.
Grandparents are Brent and Sandy De Jong of Sully and Al and Jodi Jameson of Rockford, IL.
Great-grandparents are Harold and Velma Rozendaal of...
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Farm accident claims Ben Van Wyk, 19

Benjamin Raymond Van Wyk, 19, of Lynnville died Friday, Aug. 2, when he became entangled in a sweep auger inside a grain bin south of Lynnville near the Jasper/Mahaska County line.
According to the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office, Van Wyk was pronounced dead at the scene when several area responders found him after they were dispatched...
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