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The Lynnville-Sully girls’ basketball team kicked their season off this past week. The Hawks hit the road to take on Iowa Mennonite on Friday, Nov. 16. The girls put in a solid offensive effort and easily captured their first win of the season, 75-30. L-S got up early in the first quarter, 16-9, and continued to...

The first accumulated snowfall of the season blanketed the area with just over one inch of snow Thursday night into Friday, Nov. 8-9. The snow was accompanied by fierce winds and bitter cold temperatures, which according to the Farmers’ Almanac’s long-range outlook for the 2018-19 winter will be the norm with a “teeth-chattering cold” with...

The midterm general election last Tuesday, Nov. 6, had the largest voter turnout ever in Iowa. Unofficial election results showed a total of 1,321,151 Iowans voted, or about 61 percent of the state’s total registered voters. That’s up from the 2014 general election, when 1,142,311 people voted, or 59 percent of the state’s registered voters. Voters...

The community is invited to enjoy an evening of family fun on Saturday, Nov. 17, for the sixth annual Sully Night Out Fall Family Night held at the Sully Community Center from 5-8 p.m. Highlights of the evening will be a freewill donation supper of chili, chicken noodle, and potato soups as well as cinnamon rolls....