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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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Members of the Lynnville and Sully Fire Departments take the Polar Plunge

Call them generous, brave, crazy, or all of the above. Six members of the Lynnville and Sully Fire Departments – Jason Allbee, Carna De Jong, Corey Van Kooten, Tony Van Wyk, Jeff Vander Molen, and Jeremy Vander Molen – accepted the “Take the Plunge for Landon” challenge from Kellogg Fire Department members and leaped into frigid waters...
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Six fire calls reported

Six fire calls reported
The Sully Fire Department was called out six times last week. Fire officials think that Sunday’s rain and Monday’s snow should take care of the dry conditions which caused so many grass fires.
Sully volunteer firemen David Foster (left) and Jeremy Vander Molen work on putting out a grass...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – Apr. 17

This weekend brings us Good Friday and Easter! Last weekend brought 86 degrees one day to a monsoon the next to cars in the ditches from snow the next. It’s officially spring in Iowa, and through all its imperfections, I still love Iowa. The golden colors and bright blue skies will soon turn to bright...
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L-S Prom 2014: A Reflection to Admire

The past seven months of planning and preparation by the L-S junior class and its sponsors, Mrs. Tara Conover and Mr. Dwight Beyer, came to a conclusion with one memorable night of celebrating in the high school gym that was elegantly transformed for Prom 2014, held Saturday, Apr. 12, to the theme “A Reflection To...
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L-S Grandparents Day 2014

It’s a toss up as to who enjoyed Grandparents Day 2014 more on Friday, Apr. 11, at Lynnville-Sully – the hundreds of proud grandpas and grandmas or the elementary students who eagerly anticipated sharing a morning with their special guests. Approximately 250 grandparents joined their precious grandchildren in kindergarten through fifth grade from 9 a.m.-noon on...
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