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Lynnville museum receives $1,000 from Facebook contest

Lynnville museum receives $1,000 from Facebook contest
Garnet Gertsma, treasurer of the Lynnville Historical Society, recently accepted a $1,000 check from Jeff Finch, dealer principal of Wes Finch Auto Plaza of Grinnell. The Wagaman Mill was the top vote-getter in the dealership’s recent Facebook contest. The car dealership started the contest in 2014 to generate more “likes” on its Facebook page and has...
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L-S drama department presents CSI: Neverland

L-S drama department presents CSI: Neverland
Months of preparation, line memorization, and rehearsals paid off when Lynnville-Sully High School cast members took to the stage in the successful debut of the fall play, “CSI: Neverland,” Nov. 7-8. The cast, under the direction of Ms. Melinda Hardin, high school language arts teacher and drama coach, presented a matinee rehearsal in front of...
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Band of Brothers: Nearly one-third of football team had a brother on the squad

Band of Brothers: Nearly one-third of football team had a brother on the squad
Some sports teams form family-like bonds. Others have biological brother bonds built right into them. At Lynnville-Sully, 13 football players comprising six sets of brothers came into the season already having tight ties. Those ties, in turn, helped form an overall closer football team this fall. [caption id="attachment_521293" align="alignright" width="300"]Brother sets on... </div> <a href=Read more

The rest of the cattle roundup story

The week of Oct. 17, the last two cows were spotted and captured of Larry and Lauren Van Wyk’s 140 head of cattle, which escaped out of their lot five miles north of Sully on Aug. 18. In September, two cowboys were hired and captured 20 of the approximately 1,200-pound cattle. The last two animals walked...
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Sully Council gives $1 lots program, townhouse construction go ahead

The Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov 9. Present were Sully Mayor Brent Vander Molen, Sully City Clerk Barbra Maasdam, public works director Shaun Needham, and councilmembers Brad Rozendaal, Diane Vos, Darin Morvant, Jeff Brummel, and Chad Fikse. Also present were Teryl Ver Ploeg, Rod Jansen, Beth Steenhoek,...
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Poor cell phone reception discussed at Lynnville Council meeting

It was a quick meeting for the Lynnville City Council at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9. Mayor Kelly Bryan called the 45-minute meeting to order and welcomed guests Mark Newberg, Faye Brand, Glenn Lewis, and Gene Braaksma. Councilman Terry Fraker was absent. Numerous citizen complaints have been received about poor cell phone reception in Lynnville. All...
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Sully Ambulance and Fire Dept. Emergency Topics for You

By Mike Vander Molen, Sully Fire Department Chief This week’s topic is one most of us, including me, know very little about. It is a topic none of us likes to talk about, but actually talking is probably the best thing any of us can do. Suicide is not a comfortable topic, but it is a...
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