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Hawk girls take second at Sigourney, fight tough HLV course

Hawk girls take second at Sigourney, fight tough HLV course
In their first away meet, the Lynnville-Sully girls golf team placed second at Sigourney on Tuesday, Apr. 18. The Hawks beat Montezuma but lost to the Savages. “We played really well. It was exciting to have Tessa go to a playoff. She put in the lowest score of her career. As a team, we did a...
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Hawk boys keep rollin’, win their class at BGM

Hawk boys keep rollin’, win their class at BGM
Another meet, another win for the L-S boys track team. The Hawks dominated Class B at BGM on Tuesday, Apr. 18, beating English Valleys, HLV, Iowa Valley, Keota, Meskwaki, and Tri-County. The L-S boys won seven events and soared over second-place HLV by 46 points. “We had another great night as a team,” said head coach...
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Post-injury Jones beats the odds, runs Boston Marathon

Post-injury Jones beats the odds, runs Boston Marathon
“I don’t stop when I’m tired; I stop when I’m done.” That mantra is what kept Julie Jones going during the grueling last few miles of the Boston Marathon last week. The Sully resident finished the 121st running of the Boston Marathon in 3 hours, 50 minutes, 11 seconds. In less than four hours, a dream Jones...
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The hawk has landed at L-S

“If you want to get something done, do it.” Those wise words along with a deep sense of community pride prompted a generous supporter of Lynnville-Sully to initiate the process of getting a physical hawk mascot to its home at the Lynnville-Sully Community School District. Sixty years after the high school graduated its first class...
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From the Kitchen: LeAnn Hjelmeland

This week’s featured cook is likely a familiar name, but not face, to many of our Hometown Press readers. LeAnn Hjelmeland is an integral part of our newspaper staff, working remotely from her home in southern Minnesota. LeAnn has been with the Hometown Press and Co-Line now for over five years. Three and half years...
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Jansens add Boston Marathon to athletic accomplishments

Julie Jones wasn’t the only runner with local connections who completed the Boston Marathon. Corey and Erin Jansen were also there and, like Jones, the temperatures in the mid-70s had an impact on their races. Corey, the son of Mike and Susan Jansen of Sully, was the 3,513th runner to finish, clocking in at 3:14:09....
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