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Area farmer-entrepreneurs competing for $7,500 to grow business

Area farmer-entrepreneurs competing for $7,500 to grow business
The decision of who will compete for the Iowa Farm Bureau’s Grow Your Future Award and its $7,500 grand prize is now in the public’s hands. This competition, open to farmer-entrepreneurs ages 18-35, focuses on niche agricultural products, specialty services, and agritourism. Five contestants have been selected and will be narrowed through online voting, Dec. 4-10. The...
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Sully Development/Betterment members take a closer look at Dollar General

Sully Development/Betterment members take a closer look at Dollar General
Many questions have risen surrounding the potential rezoning request that would lead to a Dollar General/DG Market on the east edge of Sully. Members of the Sully Development/Betterment Committee have taken a closer look at the company whose business model on www.dollargeneral.com in part reads the company “stands for convenience, quality brands, and low prices....
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‘Farm to table’ by Julie Van Manen

‘Farm to table’ by Julie Van Manen
  As we celebrate Thanksgiving this week, we are especially thankful for the beautiful fall weather we have experienced! As soon as the combine was parked, the baler began turning out cornstalk bales, the natural fertilizer from the pig barns was injected into the soil in preparation for next year’s crops, and Emily and Braden began...
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Vos reelected L-S School Board President, Jones named Vice President

The Lynnville-Sully Board of Education met in regular session at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 20, in the high school library beginning with the annual meeting. President Tammy Vos called the meeting to order with board members Gerry Van Dyke, Amanda Jones, David Foster, and Jer Schnell present along with superintendent Matt Dunsbergen, preK-8 principal...
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Hawks push Class 2A’s ranked EBF to the limit in season opener

Hawks push Class 2A’s ranked EBF to the limit in season opener
Lynnville-Sully’s girls basketball team rose to the challenge and pushed Class 2A’s second-ranked Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Rockets to the brink in the Hawks’ home season opener on Friday, Nov. 17. The game was a back-and-forth battle featuring several lead changes with the Hawks giving it their all down to the final minute. In the end, missed free...
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Sherry Rozendaal, 64

Sherry Lynn Rozendaal (Losing), 64, of St. Paul, MN, went home to our Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in St. Paul, MN. Funeral service was at Sully First Reformed Church on Wednesday, Nov. 22. Sherry was born in Grinnell on Dec. 27, 1958. A loving daughter, sister, mother, and friend, Sherry was known...
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Irene Fleck, 97

Irene Fleck, 97, passed away Nov. 18, 2023, at The Cottages in Pella.  Funeral services following visitation were Wednesday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m. in the Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa with Pastor Jamie Bogaard officiating. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery near Leighton. Memorials can be made to Lynnville Friends Church. Irene Maxine (Chilcote) Fleck was...
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