Mike Hoogeveen of Sully is living every parent’s worst nightmare, leaning on his faith day by day and sometimes hour by hour with the motto of “get better, not bitter.”
Nearly six years ago, Mike lost his precious daughter, Megan, to Hemophagocytic LymphoHistio-cytosis, HLH. The disease ravaged the 18-year-old’s body just days after she walked across...
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Lynnville Council approves budget Monday night
The Lynnville City Council met in regular session on Monday, Mar. 13, at Lynnville City Hall with councilmembers Mark Newberg, Terry Fraker, Bev Van Maanen, Roger Beason, and Hugh Carney present. Guests included Faye Brand, Brenda Terpstra, and Dale Flander.
Mayor Roy James called the meeting to order and led the reciting of “The Pledge of...
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Sully Council approves budget, leases ice cream shop, sets fees
The Sully City Council met in regular session on Monday, Mar. 13, in the council chambers. Council- members Jeff Brummel, Phyllis Zylstra, Diane Vos, Brad Rozendaal, and Chad Fikse were present along with mayor Brent Vander Molen and city clerk Barbra Maasdam. Guests included Julie Dunsbergen, Lori Nore, Ron McKeag, Scott Wilmesmeier, Jennifer Johnson, Kim...
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Conover Seed gearing up for its third spring
As spring approaches, area farmers are looking forward to getting back in the field soon. It’s a busy time of year for the ag industry, and that includes Conover Seed north of Sully as well.
Owner Chad Conover, a Pioneer dealer, has been preparing for spring ever since November, the biggest seed-selling time of the year...
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L-S Jazz Ensemble captures first place in Class 1A at Hoover Jazz Fest
The Lynnville-Sully Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Mr. Ryan McNulty, band director, traveled to Hoover High School on Saturday, Mar. 4, for the 46th Annual Hoover Jazz Fest. Hoover Jazz Fest is the largest jazz band festival in the state of Iowa and featured over 50 bands from across all classes.
Lynnville-Sully performed three songs,...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 3/9/16
Basic. Minimal. Let's focus on those two perfect words with the food this week.
Do you all need a recipe that's 100 percent unashamedly lazy? Beautifully easy? Of course you do. I really promise this is 100 percent kid friendly. I know I say that every week, but even the one-year-old INHALED this. Like, three bowls...
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Mother Nature unleashes powerful punch
Severe weather including eight reported tornadoes ripped across Iowa during the evening hours of Monday, Mar. 6, leaving a devastating path of debris and clean up in its wake.
Photos of the damage can be found here.
Much of the state was under a tornado watch and a severe thunderstorm warning for most of the evening....
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