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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Mar. 7, 2019

                I can take a joke as well as the next guy but this weather is wearing me down.

                I’m writing this article at 11:45 p.m. on Monday night. Margaret wants it up to her office no later than 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning. I rarely make it up there before the...

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Ruth Ver Woert, 94

                Funeral services were held Monday, Mar. 4, at 1:30 p.m. at Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Pella for Ruth Ver Woert, 94, who died Feb. 25, 2019, in Pella. Memorials have been designated for Wesley Life and Crossroads of Pella.

                Ruth Virginia Ver Woert was adopted as a young child after Robert...

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Brooklyn Harper

                Travis and Karissa Chapman of Sully are the parents of a daughter, Brooklyn Harper, born Feb. 25, 2019, at 5:01 a.m. She weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and measured 19-1/2 inches long. She was welcomed by her brother, Aiden, 6.

                Grandparents are Steve and Rita Vos of Lynnville and Glen and Terri...

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Squires remembered at Iowa AAU State Wrestling Tourney

The L-S Little Hawk Wrestling Club and hundreds in attendance at the Iowa AAU State Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines observed a special moment of silence on Saturday, Feb. 23, for Steve Squires, the beloved coach, youth leader, and community member who passed away after a courageous battle with cancer.

Winter weather causes headaches for local schools

The winter’s fury has caused numerous schedule changes, cancellations, and delays due to the 40-plus inches of snow Iowa has experienced this winter. Lynnville-Sully and Sully Christian Schools were not exempt from the wrath of Mother Nature. The Lynnville-Sully School District has had five late starts, three early dismissals, and eight no-school days due to weather. With...

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Lynnville-Sully FFA Chapter hosts Career Development Event

Months of planning came to fruition for the Lynnville-Sully FFA Chapter members and their advisor, Brian Lowry, when they played host to 15 schools in the east sub-district of the South Central District for the 2019 Career Development Event (CDE) at Central College in Pella on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

                Over 200 students participated in...

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We Love Pets

Pet owner(s): Tammy Vos of Sully.

                What is your pet's name and how did you come up with that name? Zoey, she was named when we got her at six months old.

                What type of animal and breed is your pet? Shih Tzu

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