The Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 14, in the council chambers at the Sully Community Center. Council members present were mayor Brent Vander Molen, city clerk Barbra Maasdam, public works director Shaun Needham, councilmembers Chad Fikse, Brad Rozendaal, Diane Vos, Darin Morvant, and Jeff Brummel as well...
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Pastor’s Pen: The True Treasure of Christmas
By Pastor Tim Morgan; Kellogg – Pleasant View United Methodist Churches
I have always tended to approach the Christmas season with mixed feelings. Certainly, it is a time of year that has many good and pleasant qualities. We outdo ourselves to make our surroundings extra beautiful for all those we share them with. We take more...
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Heart of Worship addition in progress

An addition project at the Lynnville Heart of Worship is in full swing on the west edge of Lynnville with work being done by the Key Cooperative Lumber Department. The addition looking east is pictured with the progress, slowed some by the recent rain, as of Monday, Dec. 14. Earth Works Inc. did the excavation...
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Hawk boys win two, fall in double OT at Montezuma

The Lynnville-Sully varsity boys picked up two conference wins but also suffered their first loss of the season in the past week of action.
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Senior Kyle Van Dyke gets a...
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Senior Kyle Van Dyke gets a...
Students sing in Christmas season
Students in third through fifth grade ushered in the Christmas season with a winter concert performance on Thursday, Dec. 10. It may not have looked or felt like Christmas outside given the unseasonably warm temperature, but holiday spirit was high inside the high school gym.
The fifth-grade band opened up the concert, in their first performance...
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Hawk wrestlers come in 10th at Saydel

Bigger schools brought a high level of competition to the Saydel Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 12, with the Lynnville-Sully grapplers placing 10th out of 12 teams. The Hawks earned 43 team points, ahead of Pella’s 40 and North Polk’s 35.
“The Saydel tournament proved to have very tough competition,” said L-S Coach Steve Squires. “The L-S...
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L-S girls still undefeated after onslaught of close games
Four games in seven days pushed the Lynnville-Sully varsity girls in the areas of stamina, focus, and strength this past week. Though some of the games were definitely hard-fought battles, L-S can still boast a perfect 8-0 record after adding four wins to the Hawks’ record.
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Last Tuesday’s tight game at home against HLV took the...
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