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ISU crops judging team with two locals places second in Australian contest

ISU crops judging team with two locals places second in Australian contest
Two local college students have taken their agricultural knowledge beyond the fields of Iowa and America and into the fields of Australia. Marshall Hay, son of Mark and Kendra Hay of Lynnville, and David Samson, son of David and Mindy Samson of Sully, recently competed on the Iowa State University crops judging team at the Australian...
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Girls’ times improve at Knoxville, boys set back by illness, injuries

Girls’ times improve at Knoxville, boys set back by illness, injuries
The L-S cross-country team ran at one meet last week before taking a long break in action prior to this Thursday’s meet. The Hawks’ only competitive running last week happened at the Knoxville Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Faster times than last year were an encouragement to the girls, while the boys suffered a short-handed...
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Mississippi Mission

Mississippi Mission
Twenty-five students from the FOCUS youth group of the Lynnville Friends Church recently dedicated a week of their summer vacation to serving others in and around Clarksdale, MS. Situated about an hour south of Memphis in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, Clarksdale is home to the Delta Blues Museum and other attractions. The city is...
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Fishing hobby lures in grandson of local couple

Fishing hobby lures in grandson of local couple
[caption id="attachment_103798" align="alignright" width="225"]This is one of the rainbow trout Carson has caught while fly-fishing. This is one of the rainbow trout Carson has caught while fly-fishing.[/caption] If Carson Miller had a “gone fishing sign,” it would be hung up every day. The 18-year-old grandson of Bernie and Carlene...
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L-S softball tops PC by one, mercy rules next four games

L-S softball tops PC by one, mercy rules next four games
After a thriller game against Pella Christian on Tuesday, the L-S softball girls breezed past the rest of their opponents in the past week of play. Pella Christian In one of their closest games of the year, the Hawks took Pella Christian into extra innings and came out victorious, 2-1, on Tuesday, June 17. L-S had one...
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Danish girl heads home with nine months of memories, learned life lessons

Danish girl heads home with nine months of memories, learned life lessons
Nine months ago, Marlo and Ruth Jansen were practically strangers to Line Rossen Ascanius. Now, the Jansens are a second family to 16-year-old Line, a foreign exchange student from Denmark. Line (pronounced Lee-nuh) has spent the school year living with the Jansens in their home on the edge of Sully. And in that time, one of...
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