Monthly Archives: January 2015

Roland captures Great Lakes title

Roland captures Great Lakes title
Lucas Roland, a Lynnville-Sully eighth grader, recently traveled to Fort Wayne, IN, to compete in the Great Lakes Championship wrestling tournament and as part of Team Iowa in the Nuway National Duals. Roland went 4-0 to capture the Great Lakes title and 7-1 over the weekend to help Team Iowa to a second-place finish in...
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L-S grapplers get back in action at PCM after break

L-S grapplers get back in action at PCM after break
There was no easing back into the schedule after Christmas break for the L-S Hawk wrest;ers. The PCM Mustang Invitational pitted them against a high level of competition on Saturday, Jan. 10. Overall, L-S placed 11th out of 13 teams with 82 points. Knoxville won the invitational with 178 points, ahead of second-place Gilbert with...
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Fourth-quarter surge by L-S girls ends in a victory at EV

Fourth-quarter surge by L-S girls ends in a victory at EV
The Lynnville-Sully girls varsity basketball team was on the road Tuesday, Jan. 6, for its first game of the new year. Pairing the No. 1 SICL conference team, the L-S Hawks, versus the No. 2 SICL conference team, the English Valleys Bears, the stage was set for a showdown at EV. The game was any...
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L-S guys keep EV winless

The first game after Christmas break started a little sluggish for the L-S varsity boys. But as the team got back into the swing of things, they pushed past English Valleys on Tuesday, Jan. 6, to come home with a 58-37 victory. The Bears have had a tough season so far as they are still searching...
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Influenza activity increasing in Jasper County

Surveillance by the Iowa Department of Public Health and Skiff Home Care/Jasper County Public Health and testing by the State Hygienic Laboratory indicate flu activity is increasing. The flu season typically peaks in February and can last as late as May. “If you have flu symptoms, help out your family, friends, and co-workers by staying...
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Blood supply dips to critical level, local blood drive January 26

LifeServe Blood Center, the sole supplier of blood products to more than 100 hospitals in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, urgently needs donors to give blood to increase the blood supply. Recent winter weather has caused the blood supply to dip to a critically low level. In fact, nearly 200 units of blood were lost...
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Remember When – 1/15/15

1980 (35 years ago) Marsha Arthur, Jasper County Junior Miss, was to compete in the Junior Miss pageant in Ottumwa. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Felper of Searsboro, she was a senior at Lynnville-Sully. The Jasper County Conservation Board announced their intent to seek the acquisition of additional lands across Jasper County. Larry Hutchinson, board...
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