Category Archives: News

Pastor’s Pen: Real Christians

Pastor Tim Morgan, Kellogg – Pleasant View United Methodist Churches There is a firm called the Barna Group that specializes in doing sociological studies about the church and how Christianity interacts with modern culture. In their most recent research, they found 78 percent of Americans say they are Christians. Of course, you can say you’re anything....
Read more

Year-end celebration honors music, band, drama, and speech students

The L-S music, band, and drama departments held a year-end celebration on Monday, May 2, at the Sully First Reformed Church’s The Gathering Place. This year marked a new tradition as the departments joined to honor all of their students on one night. The growing number of students in all departments, the number of extra-curricular...
Read more

Advanced math and science students check out the view from St. Louis

On a gloomy Friday morning, Apr. 28, 39 students in advanced math and science classes along with four chaperones – math and science teachers Dwight Beyer, Heidi Van Wyk, and Allison Wenck, and school board member Tim Dunsbergen – boarded a bus at 4 a.m. for St. Louis, MO, the location of the annual L-S...
Read more

Remember When – 5/5/16

40 years ago (1976) Cindy Rozendaal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gorman Rozendaal of Sully, received the DAR Good Citizen Award from Lynnville-Sully High School. Ruth Conover, daughter of Bruce and Norma Conover of rural Lynnville, was selected as Lynnville-Sully’s Cardinal Relays queen candidate. At a cost of $172,383, the Jasper County contract for a new bridge over...
Read more

Press INKlings: From scientists to reporters, the best and the worst

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be newspaper reporters. Mamas, do let your babies grow up to be scientists. I’ve been getting a little flack about the worst of the 10 worst jobs of 2016, among 200 considered, according to a recent report from the website CareerCast.com. The annual assessment factors in: Environment...
Read more

Advanced STEM classes coming to Lynnville-Sully

By Shane Ehresman, L-S Superintendent As Lynnville-Sully High School students begin the 2016-2017 school year, many of them will experience new opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Project Lead The Way (PLTW), an engaging project-based STEM curriculum, will be offered at Lynnville-Sully High School. From its early beginnings in upstate New York, PLTW has...
Read more

Lynnville, Sully Hometown Pride Committees receive grants

Keep Iowa Beautiful and Iowa tool manufacturer Yeoman & Company have announced the awards for the Yo-Ho Tools for a More Beautiful Iowa grant program, and Lynnville and Sully both received grants. Lynnville’s Hometown Pride Committee and the Lynnville Women's Club will use the award at Old Settlers Park, the ballpark, and ABC garden park. Sully’s Hometown...
Read more