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35 years ago (1980) Mr. and Mrs. David Kaisand of Kellogg and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Lowry of Searsboro were named district winners in the Iowa Farm Bureau’s outstanding young member award competition. Fritz James was crowned king and Cheryl Fleener queen for the July Searsboro Celebration. With the theme “Christmas in July,” several appearances were made...

(Editor's Note: Missy Doll is no longer a Lynnville-Sully teacher and has found her volumes of "Iowa's Fading Farms-Student Interview Project." Permission has been granted to print some of these interviews as space is available. Appreciate the past while thoughtfully contemplating America's farming future! Unedited essay follows.) Farm, Life, Education By Morgan De Jong, Mar. 30, 2005 We...

This week's article is a clipping from our blog! I know not everyone has the opportunity to have access to it, so I wanted to share what all happened last week. Plus, I don't have a working kitchen at the moment, so take-out and restaurants have been frequented way too much lately! Might as well...

35 years ago (1980) The Lynnville-Sully School Board awarded Saylorville Construction the $7,986 bid for razing the Sully Elementary buildings. Co-Line Welding advertised an S-K Tool Box with a 25-piece, 3/4 drive socket set for $209. They also had Miller Falls Impact Wrenches, industrial duty with drill chuck included for $150. The Little Bear Inn was hosting the...

For most families, it seems the family reunion is a thing of the past. My parents and grandparents would always go, and a ton of kids would be running and yelling everywhere. It was chaos. I remember the Riverview Park. It was always fun for kids. The roller coaster seemed like the most exciting thing a kid...