Category Archives: News

Press INKlings: Where have all the words gone?

Thank you to the reader who shared this article with me after someone shared it with her and someone before that shared it with them: Words gone as fast as the buggy whip! Sad really! The other day, a not-so-elderly (65) lady said something to her son about driving a jalopy, and he looked at her...
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Equipment torched at Dakota Access Pipeline project

For the second time in a matter of months, Jasper County deputies and local fire departments responded to the scene of several pieces of heavy construction equipment on fire near the area of Salmon Street and Highway F62 near Reasnor in Jasper County late Saturday night, Oct. 15. According to Jasper County Sheriff John R. Halferty,...
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Smooth road is here

This week, work will be completed on resurfacing of 1st Street in Sully and Highway F62 west of town so drivers will have very smooth driving after years of bumpy trips. Manatts planned to have final pavement markings, shoulders, and driveway outlets completed as well as the final five inches of hot mix asphalt (HMA)...
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Sunday fire extensively damages Sully Community Locker

Volunteer fire departments from Sully, Lynnville, and Kellogg were called to Sully Community Locker after a passerby saw a fire at 8:25 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16. The business opened in Sully 70 years ago this month. Current owners Jared and Stacey Nikkel of rural Sully, who bought the business in 2012, were vacationing in Minnesota...
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Terpstra and team bring hope to China through Salt Company

Every morning at 10:02 a.m., an alarm goes off on Lyndsay Terpstra’s cell phone. This is to remind her of Luke 10:2: “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few...” Terpstra, a 2014 Lynnville-Sully graduate, journeyed across the world last summer for a nine-week mission trip in China, motivated in part by this verse in...
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Two L-S seniors, future soldiers conquer summer basic training

By Bryson Barnett While other L-S students were enjoying summer, seniors Bryson Barnett and Derik Allbee were at basic training. Both students enlisted last year; Allbee joined the Army Reserves and Barnett joined the National Guard. Throughout last year, they trained once a month with their units to get ready. Basic training is approximately nine weeks long...
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Heart of Worship to host free concert, kids activities on Sully square

Lynnville Heart of Worship Church invites the community to celebrate Octoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 3-5:30 p.m. in the Sully Central Park for an afternoon of free family entertainment, including a special concert in the park by Wilson, featuring Kassie, with an opening performance by Tim Babcock. A variety of fun activities in addition...
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