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Lynnville teen named 2024 Smoke on the Water beneficiary

Lynnville teen named 2024 Smoke on the Water beneficiary
Smoke on the Water, a long-standing BBQ competition that has drawn the best barbeque enthusiasts to Lynnville for the past decade as well as served as a community benefit raising over $150,000 in its tenure, has announced plans for the Aug.24 event at Old Settlers Park in Lynnville. Monday, Apr. 29, SOTW announced the 2024 beneficiary in...
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Veenstra, Vos place at Drake Relays

Veenstra, Vos place at Drake Relays
The Drake Relays in Des Moines is known for highlighting the strongest and fastest track and field athletes the final week of April. This year’s Relays, the 114th held Apr. 25-27, were no different, and two local high school athletes and three athletes with local ties were among the elite field of student-athletes. Trevor Veenstra, son...
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Apartment damage at Sully Post Office fire Monday

Apartment damage at Sully Post Office fire Monday
At 6:42 a.m., Monday, Apr. 29, Sully Fire Department was called to Sully Post Office on the southeast corner of the town square due to smoke and a bad smell from the upstairs apartments area, possibly due to an electrical issue. Fos Van Wyngarden, post office personnel arriving at work, called 911. The south apartment...
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‘A Slice of Home’ by Simone Bates

‘A Slice of Home’ by Simone Bates
Grandma's Secret Recipes Those of us who have been married for a little while (14 years this July!) may not remember a time when we weren’t part of our husband’s or wife’s family. I hope, like me, you have joined a family that embraced you and folded you in to all the crazy love it shares....
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Hawks take a victory lap at EBF, finish third at West Marshall

Hawks take a victory lap at EBF, finish third at West Marshall
Davis Utech takes the baton from Wyatt Mathis in the Hawks; 4x100 weightman's relay at West Marshall. The Hawks claimed another victory in Class B at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on Tuesday, Apr. 23. Points were scored in all 19 events – the Hawk captured first place in eight events, second place in 12 events, and third place...
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L-S girls gear up for conference, state-qualifying meets

L-S girls gear up for conference, state-qualifying meets
             PCM A swift meet at PCM on Monday, Apr. 22, allowed the Lynnville-Sully girls track team to see some nice things on a beautiful spring night. The Hawks placed third with 83 points behind Ballard (139) and PCM (113). Sophomore Tatum Huyser ran 28.21 seconds in the 200m dash, placing second, while freshman Brilynn Tice ran...
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L-S girls finish sixth at SICL West Tourney

L-S girls finish sixth at SICL West Tourney
The rolling hills of the Brooklyn-Victor Country Club was the destination for the Lynnville-Sully girls golf team on Thursday, Apr. 25, for the SICL West Golf Tournament. Twenty-six golfers among the SICL West schools – L-S, Montezuma, BGM, Colfax-Mingo, HLV, and North Mahaska – teed off on Thursday. L-S finished with a team score of 496...
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