Yearly Archives: 2014

Mother Nature pours down

Four to seven inches of rain in a matter of hours fell on June 30, resulting in flooded basements and other storm-related problems. Wet or flooded buildings and basements, combined with electricity and natural gas, create safety risks. [caption id="attachment_64754" align="alignright" width="300"]Local flooding due to the June 30th rain....
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 7/3/14

Oh, the sound of sweet thunder rolling. There’s nothing much better than an afternoon storm and naps. The Scrumptious Little completely agrees with this as she’s attempting to tackle hour three of nap time. She likes a good challenge so I’m most certainly rooting for her. I tapped out after a two-hour nap. It was...
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Accident report released

On June 25, the Jasper County Sheriff's Office released the report of an accident which occurred at the T-intersection of  East 110th Street South and South 68th Avenue East located four miles northwest of Sully at 6:14 p.m. on June 19. According to Deputy Tony Ong's report, a 1993 Ford small pickup driven by Brianna Rikki...
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Art in the Park encourages young artists to explore, discover, inspire, and create

Bookbinding, embossing, abstract and radial design, screenprinting, weaving, pottery creation...budding artists tried their hand at all of these art techniques during the seventh annual Art in the Park camp held June 23-26 at the Sully Ballpark shelterhouse for children in grades first through fifth grade. Led by L-S grad and Carroll Kuemper art teacher Jodi (Nikkel)...
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L-S softball improves to 29-1, is guaranteed part of SICL title

The Lynnville-Sully softball girls have dominated the South Iowa Cedar League this year, with no losses to conference foes yet this season. In fact, a victory over Sigourney last week guaranteed that the Hawks will have at least a share of the conference title for L-S. This will be the third year in a row...
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