Category Archives: News

Letter to the editor: Hog confinement disagreement

Editor: Synergy likes to tell us how they talk to the neighbors of a proposed new confinement facility and get their support. We now know that when they get zero support from the neighbors, they say to heck with them. We have also learned that a confinement can’t be located where it can be seen from...
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Goal surpassed in Sully Central Park fundraiser

The fundraiser for the new playground in the Sully Central Park has surpassed the $50,000 goal! The receipt last week of a $5,000 donation from the Vermeer Charitable Foundation put the fundraiser over the top. "The Sully Central Park Playset Committee expresses a huge thank you to the individuals, businesses, and foundations that have enabled the fundraising...
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Fourth of July celebration in Sully coming up

“Pride In Our Past ... Faith In Our Future” is the theme for the 2015 Fourth of July celebration in Sully, and now is the perfect time to start planning your parade entry. To help the parade start on time, please plan to fill out an entry form before July 4. Forms are available at...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 6/18/15

I finally got to Durango, CO, on a long-awaited motorcycle trip. I pulled a trailer out with my Harley in the back. I had planned on driving out alone, but one of my daughters decided to go along so I wouldn’t fall asleep. A few days later, one of her twin daughters decided to go, and...
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Benefit set for Jennie Van Wyk

After last year’s first successful “Smoke on the Water” fundraiser barbecue competition, the second annual event has been set for Saturday, Aug. 29, at Lynnville Old Settlers Park. The cookoff this year will benefit Jennie Van Wyk, 1986 L-S graduate who lost her leg in a car accident. The young lady she collided with did...
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Jasper County Fair events start Saturday

The Jasper County Fair Queen Contest that is a part of the 2015 Jasper County Fair Round Up is slated for this weekend at the Jasper County Fairgrounds in Colfax. Along with the Barnyard Baby Revue Contest and fair fun and games, fair food and live music by Double Barrel Band from Omaha our Master...
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Sully Lions Courtyard nears completion

For over a year, the Sully Lions Club has been working on beautifying the alley between the Coffee Cup Café and the dentist/chiropractor/CPA office on the south side of the Sully square. From broken and weedy cement and ugly cement barricades, which crumbled when pranksters pushed them over, to a pleasant and beautiful area, the...
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