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L-S Girls Basketball Preview: Young Hawk team hosts Jamboree

They may be young, but the Lynnville-Sully high school basketball girls aren’t going to let that stop them from being a force to be reckoned with this winter. The girls began practicing as a full team on Monday, Nov. 9, and Coach Jerry Hulsing – in his 24th year coaching at L-S – has been pleased...
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Girls end with winning record, ranked fourth in conference

Pulling off multiple close matches, claiming a tournament title for the fourth straight year, and securing fourth place in the SICL – clearly, the Hawk volleyball team had much to be proud of from their fall campaign. The season opened the first week of September with a loss to CMB and a dominating three-set win over...
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Sully Women’s Volleyball League wraps up season

The 2015 Sully Women’s Volleyball League season is officially in the books after the end-of-the-year tournament was held on Sunday, Nov. 15. The Itsy Bitsy Spikers won the nine-team tournament to claim the bragging rights. After the championship game, a purely-for-fun game was held with switched-up teams. Between league participation fees for the teams and...
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Remember When – 11/19/15

Conner Bros. of Sigourney, the general contractor for the new L-S Elementary-Junior High School building, had concrete work moving forward. The work had progressed to the pouring of the walls. Oscar Mayer and Co. started construction on the new hog-buying station two miles south of Sully on land they purchased from Ivan Renaud. The 60’ x...
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Press INKlings: Where has the time gone?

Many first-time visitors to our office or an issue of this newspaper comment on how wonderful our newspaper is. Some are talking about our business office and others about the edition we produce each week. There is a tinge of surprise due to preconceived notions about small newspapers, small businesses, small towns, Iowa, and rural...
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