Hannah Jewel was born to Daniel and Amber (Walker) Doty on Mar. 10, 2017, at 4:07 a.m. Hannah is joining her two-year-old brother, Caleb, at home in Kansas City. Grandparents are Lonnie and Julie Walker of Sully and Daniel and Vannie Doty of Trimble, MO....
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L-S School Board meeting includes new principal, operational sharing with Montezuma
The Lynnville-Sully School Board met Monday, Mar. 20, at 7 p.m. in the high school library with board members Tim Dunsbergen, Tammy Vos, Jer Schnell, Gerry Van Dyke, and Steph Young present. Administrators Shane Wheeler, Teri Bowlin, and Shane Ehresman along with student ex-officio Skyler Young and school board secretary Karla DeCook were also in...
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Sweet Sully Memories

By Erika Veurink
For 20 years, I didn’t know the address of my Grandma’s farm.
I don’t think any of the cousins really did. We knew you drove to Sully, Iowa, and then turned at this mass of metal structures and then just when you thought you were there, turned right one more time. Its unknown coordinates...
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L-S names Wheeler new high school principal
The Lynnville-Sully Board of Education named Shane Wheeler, cur-rent 7-12 dean of students and technology di-rector, the new high school principal at the school board meeting on Monday, Mar. 20.
In 2015, L-S Superintendent Shane Ehresman started serving dual roles as superintendent and high school principal following the elimination of the principal position in an effort...
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Pastor’s Pen – 3/23/17
By Jerry Morningstar, Sully Community Church pastor
There has been a lot of discussion in the political realm lately over something called “fake news.” With fake news, stories are put out with no grounding in fact.
One example occurred not too long ago when the new president took office. Some members of the press were invited into...
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Statewide tornado drill Wednesday, Mar. 29
The Iowa Statewide Tornado Drill is Wednesday, Mar. 29. A Test Tornado Watch will be issued at 10 a.m. for the entire state followed by the Test Tornado Warning around 10:30 a.m. In case of severe weather, Thursday, Mar. 30, and Friday, Mar. 31, are identified backup days. The purpose of this drill is to...
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Lynnville-Sully Honor Society welcomes 10 new members

The Lynnville-Sully Honor Society held their annual induction ceremony on Thursday, Mar. 9, welcoming 10 new members. The evening opened with a welcome by Mr. Joel Vos, Honor Society sponsor, following introductions of the new inductees, a message from the Honor Society president John Trettin, and guest speaker Mr. Jamie Bogaard, pastor of Lynnville Friends...
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