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Finnish student learns more about himself through exchange experience

Finnish student learns more about himself through exchange experience
When Lauri “Fin” Ryyppoe was on the other side of his foreign exchange student experience last summer, he was told that the year ahead would be “life-altering.” After living in the United States for about nine months, Fin can’t help but agree with that statement. “You really grow as a person,” he said. Nicknamed Fin after his...
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Baseball Preview: Scandridge returns, coaches experienced team

Baseball Preview: Scandridge returns, coaches experienced team
An experienced team under the direction of a new coach can be found at the L-S baseball diamond this year. After ending with a 5-20 overall record last year, the L-S boys face a fresh new season with the first game less than a week away. L-S Athletic Director Bob Scandridge is back as head coach...
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Hawk track is bound for state

In what will go down as one of the most successful track nights in school history, the Lynnville-Sully girls and boys qualified 18 entries to state after a successful night at districts on Thursday, May 15. Overcoming both the cold and rain, the L-S boys won their third straight district championship and the L-S girls...
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Vander Weerdt’s cow gives birth to triplets

Vander Weerdt’s cow gives birth to triplets
Vernon Vander Weerdt was greeted with quite a surprise when he went to check on one of the pregnant cows on his farm outside of Sully a few weeks ago. The cow had given birth to not one, not two, but three calves on Apr. 12. Vander Weerdt said he'd gone out to check on his...
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James Greenhouse celebrates 25 years in business

Thousands and thousands of plants have gone through the doors of James Greenhouse throughout the years. And 2014 – the greenhouse’s 25th year in business – will be no different.IMG_2802web With temps reaching into the 70s in the week ahead, Craig James, owner of James Greenhouse near...
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Jansen marks two decades with second heart

Jansen marks two decades with second heart
It’s been 20 years since Roger Jansen received a new heart. Twenty years since he was given a second chance at life. In 1994, the then-50-year-old had been on a waiting list for a heart transplant for about a year and a half. He’d been called to Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines a couple...
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