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Serving U.S.: Dale Flander, U.S. Army motor pool truck driver in Alaska

Lynnville’s Dale Flander is a two-year veteran of the U.S. Army, having begun his time served by boarding a bus in Grinnell on Jan. 23, 1968, and heading for Fort Des Moines where he was sworn in. The 1965 graduate of Montezuma High School had been living with his parents in Montezuma and working at the elevator...

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From the Kitchen of Kayla Dunsbergen

This week’s featured cook is Kayla Dunsbergen. She is a 2012 Lynnville-Sully High School graduate. She is married to Kenton Dunsbergen, and they live outside of Kellogg on Kayla’s family farm in the house she grew up in. They have one son, Brody, who is four months old. They also have two Shih-tzu dogs named George and...

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Runner-up finish for L-S at EBF, third at WM

Another solid week of running, throwing, and jumping is in the books for the Lynnville-Sully boys track team. The Hawks had two meets in a span of three days and earned second at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont and third at West Marshall. The team is yet to lose to a school of its own size, and L-S Coach Mike Parkinson...

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L-S girls take on bigger schools, improve at WM

Although rain fell on the way to the meet, the night turned out to be pretty nice when the L-S girls competed at West Marshall on Thursday, Apr. 25. The team finished fourth out of eight teams with 68 points. They were beaten by BCLUW, West Marshall, and Pleasantville, and defeated Baxter, Colfax-Mingo, Meskwaki, and Colo-Nesco.

Special Sully Council meeting approves sale of two Northridge lots

                The Sully City Council met in special session at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 29, at Sully Community Center with the main item of business the sale of lots 7 and 12 in Northridge Estates subdivision and request for the extension of construction start date on one of the lots.

                The special...

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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers May 2, 2019

                I’ve written before about my great ability to be a klutz. Every morning I wake up, I’m older than I have ever been before.

                My ability to be a klutz is greater than it ever has been before.

                I sat at a green traffic light and never moved....

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Verla Jansen, 83

                Verla Joy Jansen, 83, of Sully, passed away Wednesday morning, Apr. 24, 2019, at Park Centre in Newton.

                Funeral services were held Monday, Apr. 29, at Sully First Reformed Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested for Sully First Reformed Church Phase 2 Sanctuary Renovation.

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