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Season stops at sectional meet for L-S boys golf

            Lynnville-Sully’s boys golf team enjoyed some beautiful weather for the last meet of the year on Friday, May 10. The Hawks sent three golfers to the Class 1A sectional at Marengo Golf Club. Despite their best efforts, none of the three will advance.

            Junior Logan Ingersoll played his best golf...

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JH boys win SICL meet, girls take fifth

            The L-S junior high track teams finished the season strong on Tuesday, May 7, at the SICL Conference meet. The boys earned a conference championship, winning by half a point, and the girls ended up placing fifth overall.           Many exciting things happened for the boys that night. Eighth-graders Malcolm Hay and Conner Maston went one-and-two...

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After-dark golfing raises $1,000

            Forty-four golfers hit the links after dark for the fun and unique Glow Ball Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 11. The fourth annual event raised an estimated $1,000 for the Lynnville Ball Park. Golfers teed off in the two-person best shot tourney at 8:30 p.m. using glow-in-the-dark...

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Sully Council selects ‘Sounds of Freedom’ as Fourth of July theme

            Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 13, at Sully Community Center. Councilmembers present were Brad Rozendaal, Wes Van Wyk, Teryl Ver Ploeg, Gordon Yarrington, city clerk Barbra Maasdam, and public works director Jeremy Behun. Guests present were Craig Maasdam, Matt Walker of Garden and Associates, James...

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Sidewalk discussion held at Lynnville City Council meeting

            The Lynnville City Council met in regular session on Monday, May 13, at Lynnville City Hall. Mayor Roy James called the meeting to order with councilmembers Mark Newberg, Terry Fraker, Kevin Arment, and Bev Van Maanen present. City clerk Bev Arthur was also present as well as guest Faye Brand.

Twin Vos sisters publish heartwarming memoir about family, travel, faith

            “Our Story: Living Under God’s Umbrella of Care” by Erma and Elva Vos of Pella is the latest memoir published by The Write Place of Pella.

            In warm and inviting tones, the Vos sisters describe everything from their birth in August 1935 on a farm near Sully to their whirlwind...

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Darren W. Fischer, 59

            Darren W. Fischer, 59, of Newark, NJ, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2019, after a battle with cancer. Among survivors are his parents-in-law, David and Garnet Gertsma of Lynnville, his brother-in-law and his family, Bruce Gertsma of Lynnville, and his sister-in-law and her family, Mark and Sarah Scholten of Lynnville. Visitation will be...

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