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Savages make L-S boys suffer season’s third loss

The Lynnville-Sully boys basketball team faced the Sigourney Savages in Sully on Friday, Dec. 19, in their last SICL game before Christmas break. The Hawks stayed with the Savages in the first quarter and even took over the lead in the second quarter, but Sigourney pulled away from the Hawks in the second half, defeating...
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Hawk boys down HLV by more than 20 points

A commanding third quarter was just what the L-S varsity boys basketball team needed to push themselves ahead and earn a 55-32 win over HLV on Tuesday, Dec. 16. The Hawks were up 21-12 after the first half and utilized a 20-7 third quarter to take a 41-19 lead into the final period. L-S held off...
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L-S grapplers go 0-2 at C-M

On the road on Tuesday, Dec. 16, the Lynnville-Sully varsity wrestlers came up short in two separate duals at Colfax-Mingo in the Hawks’ second-to-last event before Christmas break. The Hawk grapplers lost the dual with Colfax-Mingo, 45-33, on the Tigerhawks’ home mat. The dual started with freshman Carson Dunsbergen pinning C-M’s Adam Teed in 2:33 at 132...
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Remember When – 12-25-14

35 years ago (1979) The Iowa Conservation Commission announced the water level of Rock Creek Lake was being lowered several feet to allow work to be completed on a county road bridge. The Searsboro Fire Department sponsored a fire prevention poster contest at the Lynnville-Sully Middle School in Searsboro. Fire department members Loren Vos and Gordon Lewis...
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Press INKlings: How’s your Santa Claus attitude?

Every few years like this year, this newspaper is published on Christmas Day. So this year is a perfect time to share how everyone should have a Santa Claus attitude. Whether you ever believed in Santa Claus or still do, there are things about the jolly old elf that wise people should consider emulating so they...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 12-25-14

Things are going on quite normally at The House. Maybe I shouldn’t say normally because there is nothing normal about it. The Christmas preparation began last weekend when three of the daughters moved in with, of course, three dogs. That didn’t upset me because the ferret didn’t show up. (I hope he passed on.) They showed up...
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Maxwell Reid

Maxwell Reid was born Nov. 28, 2014, to Ryan and Mallory DeZwarte of Kellogg. He weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces. Grandparents are Brent and Denise DeZwarte of Newton, Steve and Janice Davis of Fruita, CO, and Don and Myssi George of Grand Junction. Great-grandparents are Carroll and Rosalie DeZwarte of West Des Moines, Robert and...
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