The mercury is forecasted to hit 70 a couple of times this week. But one doesn’t need to look at the thermometer to know that spring has sprung in the Lynnville-Sully area; a simple walk around town and a drive into the country on Tuesday, Apr. 22, revealed plenty of signs that the winter woes...
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James Greenhouse celebrates 25 years in business
Thousands and thousands of plants have gone through the doors of James Greenhouse throughout the years. And 2014 – the greenhouse’s 25th year in business – will be no different.
With temps reaching into the 70s in the week ahead, Craig James, owner of James Greenhouse near...
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With temps reaching into the 70s in the week ahead, Craig James, owner of James Greenhouse near...
L-S Board approves Manatt’s bid for new track, 3.51% pay increase for employees
The Lynnville-Sully Board of Education meeting on Monday, Apr. 21, was led by board president John Terpstra and opened with a public hearing required for the Proposed 2014-2015 Innovative Calendar and Early Start Waiver which 95 percent of the Iowa schools start before the first full week after Sept. 1. No one was heard for...
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McIntosh returns to SCS after reading goal reached
During a visit in January, KCCI 8 news anchor Marcus McIntosh promised the students he would return to SCS if the seventh and eighth graders reached their 20 million word challenge.
Last Tuesday, Apr. 15, he fulfilled that promise.
Not only did the seventh and eighth graders reach their Accelerated Reader goal, they surpassed it. By McIntosh’s...
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Improvements made at PC meet, L-S girls finish fifth
The Lynnville-Sully girls track team faced some bigger competition at the Pella Christian Coed Invitational on Tuesday, Apr. 15. The Hawks came away with a fifth-place finish out of nine teams total.
Coach Darin Arkema wanted his girls to focus on using the tough competition to push them to strong performances.
“I wasn’t so concerned about what...
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L-S boys win six events, overcome PCM for second
The Lynnville-Sully boys not only won six events at the Pella Christian track meet, they won events when it counted. The Hawks claimed three of the last four events to overtake Prairie City-Monroe for a second-place overall finish behind ADM on Tuesday, Apr. 15.
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Van Wyk hired as director of golf at Oakland Acres
Kristin Van Wyk began golfing at the age of 2, working on her short game on the eleventh green of Oakland Acres Golf Club. Recently, Oakland Acres announced on Facebook that Van Wyk was hired as the director of golf for the club.
“I will be in charge of everything involving golf for Oakland Acres,” Van...
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