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The Lynnville-Sully Community School District recently boasted the largest number of preschool attendees in history since the two area preschools – Diamond Trail Children’s Center and Inspirations Daycare and Preschool – have operated as classrooms within the school district after the district received the four-year-old statewide voluntary preschool program several years ago. Fifty-six youngsters culminated...

Vernon Hartgers, 79, of Sully is a self-taught woodworker who has recently found a mission-minded application for his talent of over 30 years. This past winter, Vernon and his wife Marge needed major surgeries, which greatly affected their abilities to take care of day-to-day tasks while they both were recuperating. Their church family members from the...

This week’s featured cook is Shaylin Bryan. Shaylin grew up near Lynnville, daughter of Monty and Carol Lukehart, and graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School. She got married in October of 2017 to Mitchell Bryan, who grew up in Montezuma. They currently reside near Lynnville. Shaylin is an administrative assistant at Grinnell Mutual, and Mitchell works...